Equal access to healthcare is fundamental to a healthy nation. For women serving in the military, health equity not only ensures individual health, it also maximizes operational readiness and performance.
Dr. Faye Curran, Director of Military Health, Implementation Science, at Cognosante, has both professional and personal experience with advocating for women’s health through her work on military health system programs.
We asked Faye to share her point of view on the importance of “equalizing the playing field” for women who serve and women who support the families of actively deployed service members.
At Cognosante, our ultimate goal is to remove barriers and optimize care for all service members and their families to improve patient outcomes. At the end of the day, I know we’re doing that.
While deployed and stationed in Yokosuka, Japan I had to be evacuated because of an earthquake while I was 40 weeks pregnant. Because I couldn’t get on a plane, I had to be medivacked along with a dozen other expectant mothers to Okinawa in what became known as “Operation Motherload.” My first child was born the next day in a Military Treatment Facility there, so I know firsthand what it’s like to depend on the Military Health System in extraordinary circumstances!
With that experience, I feel like the work I’m doing is giving back. My family appreciates the support we received when we had our first child. I’m also really proud to support contraceptive care to protect women’s health beyond childbirth as well. Being able to take action to empower women—whether it’s ensuring access to contraceptive services or equipping new mothers to help them through what can be a scary experience—is personally gratifying.
My expertise is implementation science of clinical guidelines. Our team promotes awareness of the policies and clinical practice recommendations that the Military Health System publishes, and helps providers access and adopt them to standardize excellence in healthcare. In doing so, we’re ensuring service members receive the best care based on guidelines that have a strong evidence base.
Learn more about how Cognosante helps government healthcare organizations close the gap between knowledge and clinical practice through our Knowledge Translation capabilities.
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