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Nurses and other health care workers are commonly stereotyped as being female. In truth, while women do make up the majority of hospital employees, there is still a disparity of women serving as health care executives. Furthermore, there is a substantial pay gap in the health care industry that results in men earning more annually than equally qualified and experienced women.

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Accelerating women leaders in healthcare and academic medicine

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Linkage's Leadership Summit for Women: Leading the Future of Healthcare and Academic Medicine is specifically designed to help female faculty, physicians, nurse scientists, nurses, and administrators in mid-management or higher roles advance into leadership roles. Click here http://www.linkageinc.com/institutes/leadership-summit-for-women.cfm to learn more.

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"To keep breaking the glass ceiling, women executives need to enter job interview prepared to state the value proposition they bring to organizations and be informed about the going industry salaries for the responsibilities they seek." -D. Barkholz

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Even in the predominantly female health care industry, there is still an imbalance in compensation and the distribution of leadership positions. This is true despite research that shows diversity is correlated with improved administrative performance. Women are encouraged to educate themselves about these issues before interviewing for a position and be prepared to negotiate compensation if necessary.

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Women are underrepresented on hospital executive boards despite the fact that diversity of gender and area of experience are correlated with improved administrative performance. Men may be outnumbered in the health care field, but they hold the majority of executive positions (Salmon, 2013).

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A gender-based differential in pay is present among health care workers of all specialties and rankings. Male nurses earn around $5,000 more annually than equally qualified females, while male hospital CEOs earn around 20% more, worth around $125,000 (Barkholz, 2017).

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Nancy Agee on Opportunities for Women in Health Care Leadership

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AHA Chair-elect and Carilion Clinic President and CEO Nancy Agee discusses how health care teams can work together to be inclusive.