Women's Digital Health

Women's Digital Health is a podcast that aims to build community, fill information gaps in women's healthcare, and explore the potential of technology to enhance the overall healthcare experience.In this first episode, I share the story of why I wanted to launch this podcast and the things I'll discuss in each episode. Topics include:My motivation for starting this podcast, drawing on my experiences during the pandemic and my desire to build a communityThe changes in healthcare delivery ...

Knowing that I'm an anesthesiologist, you might wonder why I'm so interested in the technology you use at Home and why it would make a difference in the care you receive. So in this episode, I will explain it to you!One of the things I want to achieve through this podcast is to fill information gaps in women's healthcare. Technology can help you collect and provide many data points. It might feel like you're doing all the hard work, which will only benefit your health team. The reality i...

What do you think of when you hear the words Digital Health? And what could that mean to an anesthesiologist? In this episode, I try to explain my thoughts when I hear those words. It's a pretty broad definition - that can include your health provider going paper-free, telehealth options, artificial intelligence, and apps on your phone.These technologies won't replace the need for healthcare professionals, but whatever digital health means to you, healthcare IS changing. So I hope to get...

I'm sure that you - like me - have often wondered: just why is healthcare - particularly women's healthcare - so expensive?In this episode, I'm shedding light on the additional costs women face in accessing healthcare, and the things that cause these issues. These include wage disparity, geographical location, and the "pink tax" - the higher prices charged for products marketed to women.I also talk about the fact that, despite the role the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has played in protecting wo...

Do you have a reproductive life plan? Don't worry if you don't! I certainly didn't when I first heard the term. However, by the end of this episode, you should have more of an idea of what one is and why you should at least have a conversation with your health provider about getting one. Dr. Samantha Butts, MD MSCE, received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and has been in practice for more than 20 years. She is the current Chief of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinolog...

If you're a woman living in the US, you're probably like me and assume that when you pay your federal taxes, they're going to be put towards really important things, roads, food, and, you know, safety, education. You also assume that the money is going to be allocated to really important agencies like the National Institutes of Health, the CDC, and other agencies to fund healthcare. However, when you learn that only 2.5% of the federal budget is spent on healthcare for women, you have to...

Artificial Intelligence can trigger all kinds of scary thoughts, mostly the killer androids and evil computers from the movies. And the frightening pace that this technology is developing? It comes to something when the people behind AI are calling for developers to slow down.So if you saw this episode title and were concerned about the role AI could play in women's health, I'm here to put your mind at ease!In this episode, I describe what Artificial Intelligence is and how it learns by obser...

Adrianna Hopkins is an award-winning storyteller, professor, moderator, and host. She is also committed to breaking the wall of silence about fibroids.Fibroids are muscular growths that develop within the uterine wall. Although they are often non-cancerous, they can exist as solitary tumors or manifest in multiple masses within the uterus. These growths vary in size, ranging from as small as an apple seed to as large as a grapefruit.Research says that 90% of Black and 70% of White women will ...

My guest today is somebody who operates at the very forefront of women's digital health.Dr. Lynae Brayboy, MD is a specialist in reproductive endocrinology, infertility, obstetrics, and gynecology. She graduated from the Lewis Katz Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia in 2007, following which she worked as a Resident at the Abington Hospital Jefferson Health in Pennsylvania. In 2020, she became Chief Medical Officer for Clue, a period-tracking app, a trusted menstrual he...

For the final episode of the first season of the podcast, I wanted to dispel some myths about Women's Digital Health and Femtech in general.I wanted to do this because I think that some of these myths come from a desire to lessen women's concerns about technology. Throughout this series, I've tried to show you the many benefits that can come from adopting digital technology as a way to learn about and manage your health, alongside professional medical advice. So in this episode, I lay out som...