Elektra Health is back on our show, they’re still smashing menopause taboos, and this time they bring good news! Menopause is gaining traction, there’s a lot going on in this space, and we’re thrilled because women truly deserve it. When it comes to menopause, Elektra Health is a must-visit platform, and they bring you everything you need to navigate this journey: education, care, community, and conversation. Elektra is all about science, evidence-based information, expert care, and endless sources of support.
Today we hear from Jannine Versi, the co-founder and COO of Elektra Health. She’s previously worked at Google, the Obama White House and Cityblock Health, to name a few, and now she’s right where she belongs: in women’s health. She’s going to share plenty of interesting statistics and data collected from the company’s latest research, so stay tuned as Dr. Dweck and Rachel navigate through Elektra’s past year and learn how menopausal women feel in the workplace and what we can do to make them feel better!
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“Most of our members at Elektra are women who are in various stages of perimenopause, or they’re often recently postmenopausal.” (Jannine)
“If you can support these women in their time of need, you can often influence decisions, loyalty, and retention across other parts of your health plan business.” (Jannine)
“At a time when so much is happening in women’s health, [we] need to be paying attention to how we care for women across the lifespan.” (Jannine)
“The people who are having problems navigating their workday due to their menopausal symptoms, they’re in my office desperate for solutions.” (Dr. Dweck)
“I think there is a fear of pathologizing menopause in addition to all the other areas where women feel they have to counter stigma and bias.” (Jannine)
“42% of women report not having enough mental health support to deal with menopause.” (Jannine)
“We bring together education, care and community in partnership with women over the course of their journey to help them understand how to navigate.” (Jannine)
“If you can provide an environment where [women] are more comfortable emotionally, physically and intellectually, think about how your search costs will be reduced.” (Rachel)
“I’m amazed at the current status of the research that you present. It’s not just a little teeny snippet that somebody may hear on the news or read in a newspaper.” (Dr. Dweck)
“Building business in this space is hard. It’s energizing. It’s exciting. It’s exhausting.” (Rachel)
FURTHER RESOURCES:
Website: www.elektrahealth.com
Jannine @LinkedIn
LINKS FOR BUSINE$$ OF THE V:
Website: www.businessofthev.com
Dr. Alyssa Dweck: https://drdweck.com
Rachel Braun Scherl: www.sparksolutionsforgrowth.com/about-rachel-braun-scherl/
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