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In its second year, HLTH is offering a smorgasbord of programs designed to facilitate networking at its conference at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas October 27-30.
In its second year, HLTH is offering a smorgasbord of programs designed to facilitate networking at its conference at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas October 27-30.
As part of the second annual HLTH conference October 27-30 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas will be a set of programming focused on how to get more women into the boardroom and leadership roles in healthcare and life sciences.
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CSweetener, a nonprofit organization founded by Lisa Suennen and Lisa Serwin, functions as a Match.com of sorts for healthcare. It pairs women healthcare leaders with established male and female mentors.
One of the panels at ATA this year focused on female leadership in the healthcare and telehealth fields. We've come a long way, but we've got a long way to go.
Even at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, the tide seems to have turned. This year, there were at least eight events that I personally heard of that were women-only and overflowing.