Though women make up 66 percent of entry-level healthcare staff, the percentage shrinks when the focus turns to more senior roles, where women make up only 30 percent of C-suite positions, according to McKinsey research.
Tanya Townsend, senior vice president and CIO of New Orleans-based LCMC Health, can certainly remember when she was the only woman at an industry event or in an organizational space, but she’s happy to see more women in healthcare leadership roles.
Townsend, who also sits on advisory boards for healthcare technology companies, is the 2022 CHIME board chair — the third female…
Q&A: LCMC Health’s Tanya Townsend on Industry Change and Workforce Retention
