Becker's Hospital Review

52 WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP 20 health systems named top employers for women By Hannah Mitchell H ere are the top 20 health systems to work at for women, according to a July 27 Forbes report. Forbes partnered with Statista to survey 50,000 Americans, including 30,000 women, at busi- nesses that have at least 1,000 employees. Re- spondents ranked their organization based on working conditions, diversity and how likely they are to recommend their employer to oth- ers. Responses from men and women were compared to spotlight potential gender gaps. e final ranking compiled the top 300 em- ployers for women in the United States. Here is how 20 health systems rank among them: 1. UCLA Health (Los Angeles) Overall rank: 5 2. Duke University Health System (Durham, N.C.) Overall rank: 10 3. Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital Overall rank: 13 4. Cincinnati Children's Overall rank: 25 5. University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority (Madison) Overall rank: 29 6. UF Health (Gainesville, Fla.) Overall rank: 31 7. Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital Overall rank: 34 8. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas) Overall rank: 38 9. University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics (Iowa City) Overall rank: 44 10. University of Utah Health Care (Salt Lake City) Overall rank: 48 11. Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare (Memphis, Tenn.) Overall rank: 56 12. e Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Overall rank: 62 13. HealthPartners (Bloomington, Minn.) Overall rank: 63 14. Penn Medicine (Philadelphia) Overall rank: 68 15. Legacy Health (Portland, Ore.) Overall rank: 73 16. University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center Overall rank: 78 17. UC Davis (Calif.) Health Overall rank: 88 18. SSM Health (St. Louis) Overall rank: 89 19. Wellstar Health System (Marietta, Ga.) Overall rank: 95 20. Kaiser Permanente (Oakland, Calif.) Overall rank: 100 n 80% of female surgical residents face gender bias & 4 more study findings By Mackenzie Bean W omen in surgical residency programs are far more likely to ex- perience discrimination or sexual harassment than their male peers, a study published July 28 in JAMA Surgery found. Researchers surveyed 6,764 residents enrolled in 301 general surgery programs nationwide about their experiences with gender discrimina- tion and sexual harassment during the 2018-19 academic year. Five findings: 1. About 80 percent of female residents reported experiencing gen- der discrimination, compared to 17.1 percent of male residents. 2. The most common type of gender discrimination was being mistak- en for a nonphysician — often by patients or family members — with 77 percent of female residents reporting the experience. Just 4 percent of male residents reported the same. 3. Women who were pregnant and men who had children were more likely to experience discrimination. 4. Female residents were more likely to experience sexual harassment (42.5 percent) compared to male residents (21.5 percent). 5. The most common form of harassment was crude, demeaning or explicit comments reported by 37.3 percent of female residents and 19.5 percent of male residents. n WVU Health System names chief quality officer By Lauren Jensik W est Virginia University Health System in Morgantown has appointed Alli- son Suttle, MD, to be its chief quality officer. She will begin her new role in October, according to an Aug. 17 news release. Dr. Suttle joins the health system from Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health, where she served as CMO and chief medical informa- tion officer. "I'm excited to work with [CMO Mike Ed- mond, MD], the WVU Medicine quality team, and the faculty and medical staff across the WVU Health System to further establish it as a national leader in quality and patient safety," Dr. Suttle said. "The opportunity to help build a truly integrated network of care, one whose cornerstones are quality and patient safety, is too much to pass up." n

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