The Carol Emmott Foundation is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to achieving fully inclusive gender equity in healthcare leadership and governance.

Equitable, diverse, and fair representation in top leadership positions leads to better performance with higher employee satisfaction and better overall health outcomes1. And yet, although women make up nearly 80% of the health workforce, the numbers dwindle to low double digits in the highest ranks of care2,3. We are taking real steps to realize more equitable leadership of health organizations at both the individual and the system level.

  • how and where diversity drives financial performance

Moving more women into senior leadership positions is a step toward eliminating some of the significant inequities facing women in healthcare and will ultimately help healthcare institutions build more just, diverse, productive, and better performing work environments5,6.

1 How diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) matter | McKinsey • 2 https://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2023/healthcare-occupations-in-2022/ • 3 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8139257/ • 4 How and Where Diversity Drives Financial Performance (hbr.org) • 5 Women Doctors Are Better For Patients, Study Finds (forbes.com) • 6 Re:think: Improving women’s health could improve the world’s economy (mckinsey.com)

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