What 600+ Women Told Us About Working in Healthcare in 2018

A 2018 survey of female healthcare professionals found pessimism is rife, reports RockHealth . Approximately 55 percent of respondents think it will take more than 25 years to achieve gender parity in the workplace versus 45 percent in 2017. Five percent predict this to happen in the next five years, down from 8 percent in 2017. The percentage of women on Fortune 500 healthcare executive teams and boards has been almost flat since 2015, at about 22 percent. The proportion of executives at hospitals has held steady at about 33 percent female, while the portion of women CEOs of funded digital health startups, and women venture capital partners, is about 10 percent to 12 percent. Women in smaller companies are more likely than those at larger firms to concur that their employer nurtures a supportive environment for women leaders, and they also say their employer better supports career development overall. Moreover, the poll positively correlated company ratings and the percentage of women in leadership positions at Fortune 500 healthcare companies. Meanwhile, 86 percent of African-American women surveyed cited race as "very much" an obstacle to career advancement, compared to 9 percent of white women.