Healthcare Pulse
Pulse: a central point of energy, a beat or rhythm. In healthcare, we know that to find the pulse is to confirm life, continuation. We know that there’s nothing stronger, more powerful, than feeling the thud of progress. Welcome to the Healthcare Pulse podcast. This is a show that brings the heart and mind of healthcare together to look beyond the challenges of care delivery to a world of possibilities. Hosted by Rich Bluni with guest appearances by industry experts, we share their knowledge and provide perspective to help you own your future in healthcare, before it disrupts you. Are you part of the pulse of healthcare?Rich Bluni, RN is a national speaker and best-selling author. Combined with his strong knowledge of healthcare from both the frontline and leadership perspectives, Rich’s passion for stories, community, and making a difference in the lives of others acts as a catalyst for this show to drive personal growth and organizational change.
Healthcare Pulse
To Be A Woman in Healthcare: A Ten Year Retrospective
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Rich Bluni, Debbie Ritchie
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Season 1
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Episode 4
In 2008, Studer Group was on a mission to better understand how women working in healthcare attempt to blend the multiple roles they assume in their lives. We wanted to know more about the unique issues they face on a daily basis and what their employers could do to ensure that they provide the best possible place for these individuals to work. To answer these questions, we conducted an online survey of 7,000 women working in the healthcare field. The findings of this study led to a number of recommendations to employers regarding ways to assist their female employees in dealing with the work-life balance.
Now, ten years later, we felt compelled to ask, “How have things changed for women working in this critical employment sector?” Furthermore, with the worldwide response to recent disclosures of sexual harassment cases, we wondered about the related issues faced by women in healthcare. Expanding upon the work we started a decade ago, our newly completed survey looks into the careers and personal lives of women across the United States. Joined by Studer Group President Debbie Ritchie, in today’s episode, we’ll review some of our findings from the survey and discuss their implications on the future of healthcare and those that work within the field.