Carolyn Buck Luce

Managing Partner Imaginal Labs LLC. Global Pharmaceutical Sector Leader at Ernst & Young, Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association Woman of the Year 2012, Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, Board Member at the Center for Work-Life Policy and New York Women’s Foundation. Views expressed here are my own.

The Health Care Industry Needs to Start Taking Women Seriously

By Carolyn Buck-Luce and Julia Taylor Kennedy

What is the greatest impediment preventing Americans from getting good health care? Surprisingly, it’s not the cost of care. Instead, according to new research from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), the fundamental issue is the health care industry’s failure to develop a nuanced understanding of, and commitment to, women as consumers and decision makers. For the full report, see the Harvard Business Review (Free registration required).