{"product_id":"womens-guide-healthcare-leadership","title":"The Women’s Guide to Healthcare Leadership: The Why and The How","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou have what it takes to lead. This book shows you why you must lead and the way to get there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWomen make up 75%–80% of the healthcare workforce. They account for the majority of their families’ healthcare decisions. Research consistently shows that women leaders produce better clinical outcomes, stronger organizational performance, and more equitable workplaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet fewer than 15% of top healthcare leadership positions are held by women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat gap is not desirable or inevitable. It can and must be addressable. \u003ci\u003eThe Women’s Guide to Healthcare Leadership: The Why and The How\u003c\/i\u003e is the book that addresses it directly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by Patricia A. Gabow, MD, MACP — physician scientist, 20-year CEO of Denver Health, and one of the most honored healthcare leaders of her generation — this is the practical, evidence-grounded, experience-tested guide that aspiring women healthcare leaders have been waiting for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr. Gabow has made the journey. She has navigated the barriers, earned the credibility, and led one of the nation’s most respected health systems through decades of transformation. Now she shares everything she learned — the why and the how — so the next generation of women recognize the urgency to become leaders and see the path for the journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy Women Must Lead — and Why Now\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmericans spend nearly twice what other high-income countries spend on healthcare, yet Americans live shorter lives, face wider health disparities, and endure a system burdened by fragmentation, inequity, and runaway costs. The leaders who built this system have not been able to fix it. New voices — different perspectives, different priorities, different skills — are urgently needed at every leadership table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompanies with more women in senior roles outperform their peers financially. Women physicians generate lower mortality rates, higher adherence to evidence-based guidelines, and reduced readmission rates. Women legislators sponsor more bills and pass more meaningful healthcare policy. The question is not whether women should lead — it is how to get more of them there faster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKaren B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, Google Chief Health Officer (Retired), writes in the Foreword, “Anyone who is a gatekeeper of talent, resources, or policy has a role to play because when we empower women to lead in healthcare, we enable transformative change that can positively impact the health of generations to come.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr. Gabow is the perfect person to shape this advice given that she is an extraordinary leader admired by many — including me — as a model for principled and effective leadership.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat This Book Delivers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  A rigorous, data-rich examination of why American healthcare needs women in leadership — and what women bring to the table that the system cannot afford to lose.\n  An honest accounting of three of the biggest barriers women face — gender bias and the glass ceiling, the motherhood penalty and pay inequity, and work-life balance — with concrete approaches for navigating each one.\n  Practical “thought exercises” in every chapter that help readers move from understanding to action, applying the book’s insights to their own careers, institutions, and goals.\n  Real examples drawn from research, policy, and clinical practice that make the abstract concrete and the possible feel within reach.\n  BONUS: A concluding chapter of candid reflections from 10 accomplished women healthcare leaders — physicians, nurses, scientists, administrators, and policymakers — who share what helped them, what challenged them, and what they would tell their younger selves.\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFour Strengths That Set This Book Apart\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst, it is written by someone who made the journey. Dr. Gabow spent two decades as CEO of Denver Health, a model safety-net institution that demonstrated high-quality care is possible for everyone regardless of ability to pay. She is not writing from theory. She is writing from experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSecond, it is thoroughly documented. The book draws on an extensive body of peer-reviewed research on women’s leadership, healthcare system performance, clinical outcomes, and organizational effectiveness. Readers will find this a valuable reference long after they finish reading it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThird, it is genuinely practical. Every chapter is built around “thought exercises” that engage readers directly, asking them to apply what they are learning to their own situations. This is a book designed to be used, not just read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFourth, it speaks in many voices. Through in-depth interviews with 10 women leaders who represent the full breadth of healthcare — different professions, different roles, different backgrounds, different paths — the book makes clear that there are many starting points and many places from which to lead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis guide helps readers see their own potential and path to leadership.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeadership is your road map. The journey starts here.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AAPL Shopify","offers":[{"title":"ship","offer_id":47970358984841,"sku":"IR-BWOMEN-B-01","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/5578\/3490\/files\/Cover1_Gabow_Leadership_Shopify.png?v=1787086485","url":"https:\/\/www.physicianleaders.org\/products\/womens-guide-healthcare-leadership","provider":"AAPL Shopify","version":"1.0","type":"link"}