Four women hailing from all corners of the healthcare industry took the stage at the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Assn. conference this month for a free-ranging discussion moderated by WBUR reporter Martha Bebinger.
Each seemed frustrated with "band-aids" – the industry’s tendency to focus on using innovation to fix the U.S. healthcare system’s flaws. The real issue, they said, is the disconnect between healthcare executives and U.S. patients.