Media
03/04/2010: Disruptive Woman Robin Strongin publishes post in MD&DI
The post, entitled “Health Reform in 140 Characters“, discusses the recent explosion of Internet-powered healthcare reforms.
“Technology enabled the health industry initially to move from a preInternet, industrial economy to an information economy (in which information was pushed out). Today, the economy could be described as one that emphasizes relationships, characterized by innovative tools that enable companies to build social connections, share information, and collaborate online. Social media affords both opportunities and challenges for medical device companies as these online tools find their way into marketing, communications, research, advocacy, and legal functions within the life sciences,” writes Strongin.
02/02/2010: Disruptive Woman Rosemary Gibson publishes article in Healthcare Finance News
Gibson discusses the problem of overuse of treatments in Stop running red lights and pay for healthcare reform!: “Health care tests and treatments today are like the colors of a traffic light. Life-saving treatments flash green. Where uncertainty exists, the light flashes yellow. With overuse, the light flashes red and tells us to stop. We don’t stop at red lights in health care. In fact, we run right through them.”
01/20/2010: Disruptive Women Blogger to Publish Book on Overuse of Medical Care
The Treatment Trap: How the Overuse of Medical Care Is Wrecking Your Health and What You Can Do to Prevent It, written by Disruptive Woman Rosemary Gibson, will be published March 2010. By recounting many unfortunate experiences of real people within the context of medical research reporting that documents the burgeoning problem of unnecessary care, along with pertinent advice from doctors and related authorities, The Treatment Trap puts a human face on the “excess factor” in our health-care system.
01/11/2010: Disruptive Women in Health Care Founder Robin Strongin featured in Be Inkandescent
Be Inkandescent, the ezine for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, featured Robin Strongin’s “What the iPhone can teach us about improving health care” post from the Disruptive Women in Health Care blog in its inaugural issue.
12/02/2009: Kaiser Permanente Public Relations Leader Wins PR People Award
Disruptive Woman Holly Potter received the “PR Team Leader” award at PR News’ PR People luncheon.
11/30/2009: “Five Fierce Female Healthcare Bloggers to Watch” – Fierce Healthcare
Disruptive Women named one of Five Fierce Female Healthcare Bloggers to Watch.
11/18/2009: Empowering Women Will Improve Health Care in the Developing World
Washington, D.C. –
How do we improve health care in the developing world? We start by improving the economic opportunities for women, says advisor to the chief economist of the World Bank, Dr. Maureen Lewis.
Lewis will speak at a special networking event on Dec. 2 from 6-8 p.m. in Washington, DC, hosted by Robin Strongin, creator of the popular health care blog Disruptive Women in Health Care (www.disruptivewomen.net).
11/05/2009: “Turkey Day Blog Buffet” – KHN Blog Watch
Following the ongoing debate in the blogosphere about the new mammography guidelines, Kaiser Health News’s Blog Watch highlighted Phyllis Greenberger’s post Stop Targeting Women.
11/05/2009: “Texting for Better Health” – The New York Times
Disruptive Women’s Robin Strongin comments on “Texting for Better Health”, a recent post on NYTimes.com’s Well Blog.
10/28/2009: “Do Women Need Such Big Flu Shots?” – The New York Times
Disruptive Woman Phyllis Greenberger co-authors “Do Women Need Such Big Flu Shots?”, a New York Times op-ed.
4/15/2009: Disruptive Women in Health Care, Health eGaming, Healthy Patients Briefing on WashingtonPost.com
Coverage of Disruptive Women and the Health eGaming, Healthy Patients event in Capitol Hill Gets A Taste of Health Games, by Mike Musgrove on the Washington Post’s Post I.T. blog.
4/15/2009: Video Coverage of Disruptive Women event, where “technology and healthcare merged in a forum highlighting healthy egaming” – from The Hill
Disruptive Women in Health Care and media partner The Hill held the first of many health briefings on April 15, 2009 – Health eGaming, Healthy Patients: Supporting Stimulus Goals Through Health eGaming. Below is The Hill’s video coverage of the event:
3/30/2009: Disruptive Women in Health Care in Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Blog Watch
Kaiser’s Blog Watch linked to 10 Things You Need to Know About the Health Care Stimulus, a list which outlined several ways that Barack Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 would impact the country.
3/12/2009: Disruptive Women in Health Care Blog Adds Six New Disruptive Women to its Roster
Washington, D.C. – Disruptive Women in Health Care (www.disruptivewomen.net) is pleased to announce the addition of six new contributing authors to its already impressive list of disruptive women. The new bloggers include:
- Tamar Abrams, Strategic Communications Consultant and Blogger;
- Barbara Glickstein, R.N., Producer & Host, Healthstyles
- Jennifer McCabe Gorman; Chief Patient Advocate, Organized Wisdom
- Christine Gray, Ph.D., Anthropologist and Healthcare Activist
- Phyllis Greenberger, M.S.W., President & CEO, Society for Women’s Health Research; and
- Holly Potter, Vice President, Public Relations, National Media and Stakeholder Management, Kaiser Permanente.
1/9/2009: Disruptive Women in Health Care in Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Blog Watch
Kaiser’s Blog Watch linked to What Does The Surgeon General Do?, an interview with Dr. Richard Carmona, who served as Surgeon General from 2002-2006, which first appeared on the Get Better Health Blog.
1/6/2009: Disruptive Women in Health Care in Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Blog Watch
Kaiser’s Blog Watch linked to Dr. Val Jones’s Disruptive Women in Health Care guest post on Ten Good Things About the U.S. Healthcare System.
1/5/2009: Disruptive Women in Health Care in the Health Policy 100
Disruptive Women in Health Care has been named one of the the 100 best health care policy blogs by the Health Tech’s Blog.
11/18/2008: Amplify Public Affairs prepares for main launch of healthcare blog
PR Week announces “Amplify Public Affairs is preparing for the main launch of its blog Disruptive Women in Health Care on November 19″.
9/30/2008: Disruptive Women in Health Care in Medical Bisnow Washington
Medical Bisnow Washington reports “over 25 women will be blogging about bold healthcare changes at Disruptive Women in Healthcare, and the list includes some local talent”.
9/30/2008: Disruptive Women in Health Care in Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Blog Watch
Blog Watch highlights posts “presenting new perspectives on policy issues and drawing attention to under-reported topics,” today including Robin Strongin’s priorities for the next Secretary of Health and Human Services.
9/25/2008: New Effort Brings Together Leading Women in Health Care
Washington, D.C. – A newly launched blog is bringing together diverse women with one common mission – to disrupt the health care status quo. Disruptive Women in Health Care™ is the first effort of its kind to create a platform where women from diverse backgrounds, careers and expertise can assemble to share provocative ideas, thoughts and solutions to the health challenges this country faces. More
Launch Announcement Ad from The Hill (PDF)
9/8/2008 – Ruth Lubic: The Midwife On A Mission
CBS Evening News: Can A Simple, Caring Approach Reverse The High U.S. Infant Mortality Rate?
Our Bodies, Our Blog: Ruth Lubic, Birth Center Founder, Profiled on CBS