Joanne Armstrong, MD, MPH, is vice president and chief medical officer for Women’s Health and Genomics at CVS Health. Dr Armstrong is responsible for enterprise women’s health and genomics strategy, program/product development support, and associated quality and cost management initiatives, collaborating across CVS Health to drive clinical innovation, quality, and enterprise value.
Contributor: Helping Women of Color Achieve a Healthier Future
To achieve health equity, experts from CVS Health discuss why we must invest in programs that improve access to health care for historically marginalized communities, address social determinants, boost health education, increase representation in all levels of health care delivery, widen access to clinical trial research, and more.
Genomic Testing and Therapies for Breast Cancer in Clinical Practice
Despite almost universal testing for human-epidermal-growth-factor-receptor-2 (HER2), many women with a HER2-positive cancer may not receive trastuzumab. Fewer women received the newer gene-expression-profile (GEP) test.