Welcome to Katie’s Notebook!

Once a month I send out a 5 point email with news I’m reading, content I’m consuming, recipes I’m making, mom-hacks I’m swearing by, and wardrobe additions I’m buying. It’s basically a peek into my brain delivered in your inbox for other busy parents working in healthcare and technology with the goal of bringing some joy to your life.

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Katie’s Notebook: November 3, 2025

“Peace of mind” marketing, witchy fall books, reflections from a public health leader on what to do in trying times, a profile on a baller CEO, new investments in digital health, and everything I bought to wear for the HLTH conference.

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Katie’s Notebook: September 3, 2025

How to get paid for seeing patients by text, 6 things to be hopeful about, ethical influencing in healthcare, antibiotic resistance, the ambient AI scribe battlefield, and fun fall clothes.

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Katie’s Notebook: July 15, 2025

The Heart of Healthcare podcast, summer reading, the NHS takes a stand on prevention, how the healthcare lobbying industry broke down during Big Beautiful Bill negotiations, resources for female founders, and some travel hacks.

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Katie’s Notebook: June 12, 2025

A new-to-me female founder grant resource, Springboard Enterprises Healthcare and Technology accelerator, an MFM op-ed, How DOGE cuts are affecting women, and an interview with Oura’s Senior Product Manager for women’s health

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Katie’s Notebook: May 14, 2025

Female health news, ARHQ funding for digital health research, Open AI’s HealthBench project, Food vs. Medicine for sustainable weight loss in the era of GLP-1s, and a startup that’s providing childcare support.

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Katie’s Notebook: April 24, 2025

Long-lasting effects of pregnancy, DOGE is hammering women’s health, good news for digital therapeutics, market indicators for Q1 2025, and innovative relief for women with UTIs.

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Katie’s Notebook: March 27, 2025

A call for Women’s Health Innovation speakers, finding happiness, generational differences in using digital health, the prettiest blouse, and fierce female founders.

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Katie’s Notebook: March 10, 2025

Female health company marketing struggles, a lovely friendship novel, start-up funding options, egg bites, and some helpful perimenopause research.

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Katie’s Notebook: Feb 21, 2025

Women’s health research funding, fictional books about digital twins and corporate espionage, the public health impacts of restrictive abortion policies, your new favorite tomato sauce recipe, and more thoughts on evidence-backed women’s health tech.

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