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Focus Sessions Extended Through March 8 at 12 p.m. CT
February 26, 2021
Categories: Focus
Log in and complete the courses before March 8 at 12 p.m. CT Good news! The Focus Conference on-demand sessions and the exhibit hall will now be available through March 8 at 12 p.m. CT. We understand that extenuating circumstances with weather and power issues in the South last week caused interruptions to normal work plans and we wanted everyone in the EW community to have the opportunity to access courses. Reminder: Focus Conference is approved for 4.25 scientific and 21.25 business continuing
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The First Quarterly Buyer’s Guide Is Available Now
February 15, 2021
Categories: Vendor News, Vendor Promo
VGM & Associates is excited to introduce our newest resource for members of VGM, U.S. Rehab, OPGA, Essentially Women, and VGM Live at Home, the Quarterly Buyer’s Guide. The first issue is available now. The Quarterly Buyer’s Guide is your one consistent place to find the products and promotions that our vendor partners and VGM services offer for each quarter. Each issue will feature products and services specific to this quarter's seasonal disease states, industry events,
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Healthcare at Home: Telehealth for Women’s Health
February 10, 2021
Categories: Business, COVID-19, Essential News, Technology
Originally featured in “VGM Playbook: Forecasting 2021” by VGM & Associates, vice president of Essentially Women, Nikki Jensen, discusses how telehealth will most likely continue to be used in the women's health industry post-pandemic. You can access the full playbook here. The past year has been hard. There was no guidebook to reference, and no amount of Google searching could have predicted the entirety of what 2020 would bring. This past year has also introduced us to
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From the VP: You Won't Want to Miss Focus Conference
January 11, 2021
Categories: Essential News, Focus
This year, Focus Conference is featuring both live and on-demand sessions. But what does that mean? If you can't make all the live sessions work with your schedule, can you watch them later? Yes, you can! Flexibility is one of the main advantages of this year's virtual conference. Nikki Jensen, VP of Essentially Women, recently sat down to answer some questions and give you the details on how Focus Conference will work this year. Your Focus Conference registration includes the
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Nominations are now being accepted for the Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women (ACBCYW)
January 6, 2021
Categories: Breast Cancer
By: Nikki Jensen, Vice President, Essentially Women The Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women (ACBCYW) is now accepting nominations to create educational initiatives for young women diagnosed with breast cancer. These initiatives are intended to provide advice and guidance to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Assistant Secretary for Health, HHS and Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Guidance may be in the form of public and
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Member Spotlight: Brittney Gray with Revamped Beauty
January 5, 2021
Categories: Breast Cancer, Business, Compression, Lymphedema
By: Brittney Gray, Founder and Owner, Revamped Beauty Revamped Beauty is a 501c3 public charitable organization in Birmingham, Alabama. Our mission is to empower men and women to live their most beautiful lives in the face of a breast cancer diagnosis by providing access to specialized medical equipment and services. Revamped Beauty works in our community to spread awareness of the obstacles that patients endure after receiving a breast cancer diagnosis. We focus on providing resources that help
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The Latest Essential Advantage Now Available!
December 29, 2020
Categories: Business, Essential Advantage
We are excited to announce the latest installment of the Essential Advantage publication is now available! Available digitally, this publication reflects upon the latest news and updates that have been happening in the women's health industry. This edition's focus is all about business best practices and how you can do business better! You can access this publication by logging into the myEW portal and clicking on the "Resources" tab. Download your copy today!
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Focus Education Schedule Has Been Launched!
December 8, 2020
Categories: Essential News, Focus
We are excited to announce that the Focus Conference education schedule has been launched! Our online platform allows us to provide you more education sessions than ever before, all for one low rate of $75. We have an exciting line-up of 8 live and 19 on-demand courses where attendees can receive up to 5 Scientific and 22 Business continuing education credits from ABC and BOC. Please refer to the listing of speakers and sessions for CEU value per course. An online conference may
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Member Spotlight: Celebrating Strong Women During Breast Cancer Awareness Month
December 3, 2020
Categories: Breast Cancer, Essential Advantage, Essential News
October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we celebrated by hosting a podcast and interviewing Lori Miller, manager at Naturally Yours, an Essentially Women member in Illinois, as well as Jamie Lee, who is not only a breast cancer survivor but a business owner, a model who has walked the runway, and a force to be reckoned with. We wanted to highlight the strong, amazing women who impact this industry every day and who have not only conquered breast cancer, but have dominated it. You can listen
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Engaging Your Community, Leadership and Business Practice Optimization and Succession Planning All Featured at Focus Conference
November 4, 2020
Categories: Business, Focus, Succession Planning
With change comes great opportunity. Essentially Women is incredibly excited to provide more education than ever before at this year’s Focus Conference. When planning Focus Conference, we usually consider the conference venue and time constraints when scheduling our sessions. Because we are going virtual this year, we have the opportunity to offer more education than ever before. Focus: The EW [Virtual] Conference will offer 8 live sessions beginning