HIT Like a Girl Pod: Empowering Women in Health IT

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HIT Like a Girl Pod: Empowering Women in Health IT

HIT Like a Girl Pod is back—with Joy Rios, Grace Vinton, and Rebecca Love.

Three women. Three lenses. One big conversation about the future of healthcare, technology, and leadership.

Policy & tech. Patient. Nursing.

Each mini-series begins with all three of us around the mic, framing the big question. Then each of us hosts an episode through our own lens—bringing you voices you haven't heard, perspectives you haven't considered, and healthcare conversations that actually matter.

We don't have all the answers. We just know these conversations are worth having.

This podcast is built on joy, fueled by love, and led with grace.

Bigger vision. Deeper impact. Stronger together.

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18 November 2025

The Digital Divide is a Care Divide: Inside the Fight for Latino Health Equity

In a digital-first healthcare world, who gets left behind? The answer is often the same communities that have always been marginalized. But what if the solution wasn't just to build better apps, but to empower the very people from these communities to become the navigators, the mentors, and the doctors of tomorrow?In this inspiring and urgent episode of HIT Like a Girl, recorded at HLTH 2025, Joy...

11 November 2025

Dr. Aditi Joshi on AI, XR, and Unlearning American Healthcare to Build the Future of Medicine

In a world where healthcare is simultaneously global and deeply local, how do we build technology that truly serves humanity? From the conference floors of HLTH 2025 to the cobblestone streets of Paris, Dr. Aditi Joshi has been on the front lines of this question for over a decade. A pioneer who helped architect the very framework of American telemedicine, she now reveals why the biggest...

28 October 2025

Beyond the Before & After: Hilary Phelps on the Messy, Courageous Work of Long-Term Recovery

What does it really take to rebuild a life after addiction? For Hilary Phelps, the journey wasn't a linear path to a happy ending — it was a daily practice of peeling back layers, navigating severe depression, and redefining self-care as a single mother. In a world quick to judge and glamorize, she argues that the heart of recovery lies in the messy middle.In this deeply personal episode of HIT...

21 October 2025

The Body's Secret Weapon: An ER Doctor on the Endocannabinoid System and Why Cannabis is Real Medicine

What if we’ve been missing a fundamental piece of human biology? Dr. Leigh Vinocur, one of the first physicians with a master’s in Cannabis Science, pulls back the curtain on the endocannabinoid system — the "bliss molecule" network that regulates everything from pain to stress. She reveals why this science is ignored in medical schools, how it could have helped her own mother, and why "stress...

14 October 2025

Are We Failing Our Athletes? A Sports Medicine Doctor on Healing the Whole Person, Not Just the Player

We celebrate athletes as superheroes, but what happens when the pressure to perform ignores their basic humanity? From social media noise to the dangerous myth of the "normal" missing period, Dr. Marcia “Marcy” Faustin reveals the systemic gaps in sports care — and how a "Fuel Your Soul" model could revolutionize athlete health.In this compelling episode of HIT Like A Girl, guest host Dana...

07 October 2025

Hope is an 18-Hour Drive: Inside Planned Parenthood’s Fight Against a "Backdoor Abortion Ban"

In a post-Roe America, the attacks on reproductive healthcare are becoming more insidious. Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill Johnson reveals how a recent "big, beautiful" bill contains a provision designed to bankrupt providers — and why she sees this moment not as a defeat, but as a call to build an "infrastructure of hope."In this powerful and essential episode of HIT Like a Girl, guest host...

30 September 2025

Why Are Kids Dying? A Pediatrician’s Run for Senate to Stop the Normalization of Neglect

Gun violence is the leading cause of death for American children. Millions have been plunged back into poverty. A top anti-vaccine activist runs Health and Human Services. Pediatrician Dr. Annie Andrews argues that this isn't a political issue — it's a moral failure. So she left the hospital to run for the U.S. Senate, aiming to become its first pediatrician.In this urgent and inspiring episode...

19 August 2025

Breaking the Gender Gap in Healthcare: The Bold Innovations Shaping Women’s Futures

What if a tampon could diagnose infections—not just absorb them? In this fiery episode of HIT Like A Girl, guest host Demi Radeva sits down with Valentina Milanova, founder and CEO of Daye, live from HLTH Europe. Valentina’s mission? To smash the gender care gap with biotech breakthroughs—starting with diagnostic tampons that could rewrite women’s healthcare.From CBD-infused tampons to...

12 August 2025

Revolutionizing Women’s Health: The Breakthrough in Continuous Hormone Monitoring

What if women could track their hormones as easily as blood sugar? In this electrifying episode of HIT Like A Girl, guest host Demi Radeva sits down with Anna Luisa Schaffgotsch, founder & CEO of Impli, to discuss a game-changing innovation: real-time, continuous hormone monitoring.From IVF and menopause to PCOS and beyond, Anna Luisa’s work is bridging the gap between data and precision...

05 August 2025

Why Gender Equality in Global Health Is Still a Fight—And How We Can Win It

Despite decades of progress, women’s health remains narrowly defined by reproduction, research still overlooks gender disparities, and harmful norms continue shaping health outcomes worldwide. So how do we build a future where global health truly serves everyone?In this powerful episode of HIT Like A Girl, guest host Demi Radeva sits down with Anna Coates, the Senior Gender Technical Lead at the...