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AccendoWave - A Pain #Data Company While longer life expectancies for men and women have been a societal success story, this is not the full picture. Despite living longer than men, women spend 25% more of their lives in poor health. Health burdens have a heavy impact on women’s lives, with ripple effects for broader society. To address these issues, the World Economic Forum and the McKinsey Health Institute have released a new insight report as part of the Forum's Women’s Health Initiative. The report addresses the root causes of the women’s health gap (focused on science, data, care delivery and investment) and charts a number of ways forward to close this gap – from incentivizing new financing models to investing in women-centric research and implementing more inclusive health policies. Addressing the women’s health gap could potentially boost the global economy by at least $1 trillion annually by 2040. Investing in women's health – which is more than just sexual or reproductive health – is therefore not only a matter of health equity, but a chance to help women have expanded workforce participation. Most importantly, it would help them live healthier lives. A Top 4 Global Health Equity Solution and Top 15 Global Remote Monitoring Company, AccendoWave, benchmarks objective brain wave pain data (specialty, gender, age) and has nine #pain databases: Emergency Department, Maternal Health, Oncology, MSK, Medical Surgical, ICU, Women, Adults, Seniors to eliminate bias, improve outcomes and reduce health care costs. If desired, AccendoWave can also create customized pain databases for partners that can be accessed on the Datavant platform.

This meta-research review https://lnkd.in/etexd3sM aimed to examine how previous systematic reviews (n=47) and meta-analyses (n=37) of socio-economic inequalities in health have managed overadjustment bias. 2% included overadjustment in risk of bias assessment, 54% included confounding. Of the 37 meta-analyses, 16% conducted sensitivity analyses related to overadjustment. => Overadjustment bias has received insufficient consideration in systematic reviews and meta-analyses of socio-economic inequalities in health 🤓 A must read paper of Anita van Zwieten, Jiahui Dai, Fiona Blyth, Germaine Wong and Saman Khalatbari-Soltani

Neglecting women's health innovations and access is costly, not just for women. According to the latest Closing Women's Health Gap report from World Economic Forum & McKinsey Health Institute: - Addressing the women’s health gap could potentially boost the global economy by at least $1 trillion annually by 2040. - Women spend 25% more of the lives in debilitating health. No geographic region or age group is unaffected. Recommended five-pronged action across multi-stakeholders: 1. Invest in women's centric research. 2. Systematically collect sex and gender specific research data. 3. Increase access to women-specific care in all areas from prevention to treatment. 4. Create incentives for investment in women's health innovation. 5. Implement policies supporting women's health. ProSeek Bio aims to contribute to better women's health through cancer screening tests, starting with ovarian cancer. Our mass spectrometry-based glycoform-specific biomarker platform is pathology lab-ready, allowing rapid implementation after machine learning algorithm development. We will soon be looking for passionate and skilled team members, advocates and networks. Reach out if interested! #biomarkers #cancerscreening #diagnostics #proteomics #massspec #ovariancancer #womenhealth https://lnkd.in/edNrCEqm

🔬 Calling all #MinorityHealth and #HealthDisparities researchers: 🤝 Join the growing community of researchers leveraging the PhenX Toolkit #SDOH Collection to use social determinants of health as a standard measure in their research. Using SDOH as a standard measure could be the key to a long-term strategy for addressing health inequities and shaping a healthy future for all! https://bit.ly/3rYFRkq

The Future of Women's Health Research: Emerging Trends and Breakthroughs Women's health research is advancing rapidly, offering new insights and treatments for a variety of health issues. Emerging trends include personalized medicine, which tailors treatments to individual genetic and lifestyle factors, and digital health technologies, which offer innovative solutions for monitoring and managing women's health. Breakthroughs in women's health research have the potential to improve outcomes and quality of life for women worldwide. By staying informed about the latest trends and breakthroughs in women's health research, healthcare providers can offer more effective and personalized care to their patients. #WomensHealthResearch #MedicalBreakthroughs #HealthInnovations

The relationship between population health and the sustainability and resilience of health systems is reciprocal and intertwined.     A healthy population places less strain on resources, lowers healthcare costs, and bolsters system sustainability. Simultaneously, sustainable and resilient health systems, which provide adequate resources and adapt to challenges, significantly contribute to improved population health outcomes.       Read insights from #PHSSR member organisation KPMG Healthcare, exploring:  📖 PHSSR population health research findings  🧬 Health equity at the genomic level   📊 The importance of using diverse data repositories when conducting research using artificial intelligence and machine learning to prevent further exacerbation of existing health inequalities     https://lnkd.in/e9ev-3Je      #Sustainability #Resilience #HealthEquity #Healthcare #LifeSciences #Genomics #PrecisionMedicine  

Our 2024 Global Health Outlook is out now! This is a great read, hot off the press and as you would expect VERY topical! Stay tuned for links to a Webinar with the contributing authors as well! This report covers the following topics: *AI *Cost and Affordability *Workforce *Social Care *Sustainability You can read the summary attached or deep dive into any of these hot topics! https://lnkd.in/emFbGHgR:

You agree that prejudices and biases contribute to significant health disparities and that initiatives like this help us to understand their causes in order to narrow the gaps. World Economic Forum #health

Let’s try to address these issues

Appointment hours and availability, distance or cost of travel, and lack of trust in healthcare providers are some of the most common barriers to health inclusivity highlighted in this new Index from The Economist. Creating inclusive health policies is necessary, but most importantly, ensuring that those policies have adequate intersectoral implementation, especially in High-income countries where the gap between health policies and people's experiences of inclusivity is bigger. (Yes, high-income countries, despite my biased generative AI assistant wanting me to correct to low-income countries).  Healthcare is complex, and we cannot generalize the findings of this study, but I found it very interesting. My two big takeaways are: 1) Health in all Policies is fundamental to achieving inclusivity, and 2) Private companies, along with scientific associations and NGOs, can play a role in providing high-quality patient information and increasing health literacy. #healthequity