Women In Healthcare

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Women play an important role in health care, and are coming to play a significant role in the previously- male-driven area of health care information technology. Women have made several innovative contributions to health care IT, such as creating way issues are approached, implementing a more diverse field of information technology and displaying are hard work to accomplish taking higher positions within the field. After doing research on this particular topic it was an eye opener to see the major things women have accomplished ranging from studying medicine to becoming managers at hospitals to running them. Women haven't had it easy in many fields that are male driven one being information technology. Women are creating new approaches …show more content…

Why should a man and women have the same position,but different pays I do think it is unfortunate. When women are taught to stand their ground,it will show they are not easily persuaded and may be a quality they look for when being someone on to the team. So these influential women show that the fight isn't over and as much as health care is growing women are also growing within the healthcare information technology field. I do hope to say that I wish it were more women that could account for awards and higher positions within this field. Currently, its a total of 76 females in health IT leaders who appear on a list with three different categories one being healthcare IT executives working at a healthcare provider organization,two being the healthcare IT thought leaders and Last being healthcare IT vendor executives. I am glad we do have women that get recognized for their hard work a dedication towards this field,but I can say I wish to see much more in the near future. Some of the women that have made an impact on healthcare are Deirdre Ruttle she is a vice president, which she deals with healthcare payments network,Melinda Gates she is still a powerful force for gender equity and attempting to get more women into technology and Meredith Phillips she took the core of security at Henry ford health system located in Detroit. That was only women of about 23 that was honored for …show more content…

Many times younger kids hear about communications and even a nurse. With educating girls about interesting field as such health informatics they will see that it is not a limit to what you can do in the world. It is also important to educate our younger girls about the impression they can have and who they can even influence them younger than them. Showing them women,have a say so and can do whatever it is they dream to do. We are limitless individuals that can achieve anything and once they see actually see women in the positions of achieving important things such as the women I mentioned earlier. They will want to strive to be as great or even better. As a child growing up,my mother taught me to be independent also that a man should add to the qualities that I have within myself. All of that to say we do have a voice and it can be heard if we all stand together to accomplish unity and beat the odds that are against

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