Author: Natalie Hanson
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Springboard’s Women’s Health Accelerator
I’ve had an incredibly intense but inspiring week, listening in on founder presentations for the incoming cohort of Springboard Enterprises Women’s Health Accelerator. It’s been incredible to hear all the innovations coming in women’s health – from diagnostics to medical devices to biotech solutions. I have a whole new appreciation for why this accelerator has…
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Better Diagnostics, Better Care – Critical Momentum in Women’s Health
From an investment perspective, diagnostics is one of the most successful areas in women’s health right now. It makes sense – before we can deliver better innovation, better care, and better outcomes for women, we need a meaningful body of data about how female bodies works. Along with clinical research and sex-disaggregated findings, better diagnostics…
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Standard Care Shouldn’t Hurt: Reimagining the Pelvic Exam
What is a speculum? Current medical guidance says women should see an OB/GYN for an annual exam, primarily focused on the reproductive system. In addition to checking the breasts, external genitalia, and uterus, the doctor often conducts a pelvic exam. That exam typically uses a device called a speculum (usually metal or rigid plastic) which…
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Only 25% of Clinical Trials Address Female Differences
Sex-disaggregated research data remains a critical gap in women’s health Only 25% Of Trials Address Female Differences Today, only about 25% of clinical trials actually perform and report sex- and gender-based analyses – these are formal checks on whether outcomes differ between women and men. In majority of clinical trials, researchers never fully analyze whether…
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The Future of Women’s Health Starts with Better Data
What happens when we design clinical trials with women in mind? When only 22% of clinical trial participants are women (and even less are people of color), it means that most of the medicines on the market were never rigorously tested on the people who use them every day. It is no coincidence that women…
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Beyond the 2%: Discerning the Growth in Women’s Health
You Can See the Growth If You Squint At this point in the women’s health conversation, it gets repetitive (and boring!) to just talk about how far behind we are. That doesn’t mean the gap isn’t real – it means we need to be more thoughtful in how we talk about it. Especially when the…
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Women are a Good Investment
I’m not just talking about the business of women’s health, though that market is projected to grow 17% YOY. Today I’m writing about investing in female founders and leaders who still struggle to get the capital they need to bring their innovations to market, even when the numbers are clearly in their favor. The numbers…
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Joining the OutCare Health Board of Directors
I’m honored to share that I’ve joined the Board of Directors at OutCare Health. OutCare Health is doing critical work to advance LGBTQ+ health equity by supporting providers and expanding patients’ access to affirming care. I’m grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this mission and to work alongside such a dedicated group of leaders. If…
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Beyond Features and Launch Plans: The Human Side of Product Adoption
When adoption fails, it’s rarely about the technology — it’s almost always about people. Adoption is a Key Driver of ROI The slide that anchors this post breaks adoption into three drivers which I have found to be at the root of most adoption issues I’ve been asked to address – Utility (“this is for…
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272 Exits = $1B
The latest industry buzz One of the mostly talked about insights coming out of JPM last week was the report issued by AOA Dx entitled Follow the Exits: Why Women’s Health is a Smart Bet in Healthcare. Women’s health has already arrived What I found particularly powerful about the report was the reframing of the…
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The Women’s Health Ecosystem
I’m working on a series of blog posts about women’s health and I’d love your input. My aspiration is to share emerging research and celebrate what the industry is doing as it matures, at the same time raising awareness with women about what is at stake, and how the industry is evolving to support us…
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LLMs fail in 60% of women’s health scenarios
And we don’t have the data on women’s bodies to expect better from AI. In the FutureFemHealth newsletter this week, Anna O’Sullivan shared a new study about LLMs failure rate on women’s health scenarios. There are so many challenges in the field of women’s health, and the lack of basic science on women’s bodies is…
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