In the opening remarks from Monica Bertagnolli, MD at the recent American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2019 Annual Meeting, she challenged the medical community to take an active, diagnostic look at the disparities that exist in the access and affordability of quality care.“We need to make a dedicated effort to ensure that … data include underrepresented minorities,” Bertagnolli said of her experience visiting underserved regions across the country.I would like to echo her challenge, asking that we go further in our examination of health equity in medicine and address gender equity in the medical workforce. It’s time to make an equally dedicated effort to ensure that our health care providers reflect the populations we serve. We can begin this work now by taking the same active, diagnostic look at how women are faring across all specialties and positions in medicine today.

Source: ASCO 2019: Gender Equity Needs a Diagnostic Approach