Healthcare Employers Shine on Best for Women List

Women make up more than 60% of the healthcare workforce, so it makes sense that healthcare employers would make it on the list of Best Employers for Women.

Women account for more than 60% of the overall healthcare workforce, so it only makes sense that quite a few healthcare-related employers would make it onto Forbes’ newly-released list of America’s Best Employers for Women.

The list, which was compiled by surveying 60,000 Americans, including 40,000 women, included 300 businesses with at least 1,000 employees. Of the top 300 employers, 21 were listed under the umbrella of Healthcare and Social, 14 were listed as Healthcare Equipment and Services, and other healthcare-related employers, such as athenahealth and a handful of insurance companies, made the list in other categories, as well.

Some highlights from the top 100 include:

#9 – Cincinnati Children’s, Healthcare and Social
#11 – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Insurance
#12 – Stryker, Healthcare Equipment and Services
#13 – Providence Health Care, Healthcare and Social
#14 – May Clinic, Healthcare and Social
#15 – University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Healthcare and Social
#23 – Penn Medicine, Healthcare and Social
#30 – Tampa General Hospital, Healthcare and Social
#34 – Parallon, Healthcare Equipment and Services
#35 – Anthem, Insurance
#62 – McKesson, Healthcare Equipment and Services
#74 – Kaiser Permanente, Healthcare and Social
#76 – Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Healthcare and Social

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