Welcome to EmpowHer – your source for women’s health online
EmpowHer is a unique online resource dedicated to helping women improve their health and well-being. We provide up-to-date medical information, access to leading medical experts and advocates, and a devoted community of women who ask questions, share stories, and connect with one another in a safe and supportive environment.
Did you know?
Women are grossly underserved by our current healthcare system. There are over 17 million uninsured women in the U.S. alone, plus women account for less than 30 percent of the participation in clinical trials on new medications and procedures. Even women fortunate enough to have access to care are still lacking current information, consistent diagnoses, and most importantly – a sense of empathy with other women.
Created from Experience
EmpowHer was created based on one woman’s experience with our sometimes challenging healthcare system. Michelle Robson, EmpowHer’s Founder, suffered from serious health issues. In spite of considerable resources and access to care, Michelle cycled through several different doctors who prescribed multiple treatments and medications. After nearly a year, she found herself suffering in silence – confused, isolated and still sick. Michelle ultimately became her own advocate and started on the road to wellness. She went on to become a renowned medical advocate helping women across the country. Now Michelle has helped assemble a team of leading medical, technology and media experts at EmpowHer – all focused on expanding her vision and improving women’s health one woman at a time.
EmpowHer was born from this experience
The pain and frustration of personal experience is what brought EmpowHer to life. One woman gave herself permission to speak out, share hear experience and help others.
- Michelle King Robson founded EmpowHer after being debilitated by the effects of a complete hysterectomy.
- She dealt with multiple doctors, treatments and medications, and even contemplated taking her own life.
- Finally, through the recommendation of a friend, she encountered a book that was able to help and got her to the right specialist.
- Within days, she felt better and began to take control of her wellbeing.
- Through her experience, she realized that her issues affected millions
- No timely/accurate information
- Broad-base, non-specific treatments
- No emotional/peer support
- No voice
Empowher is a unique and powerful online resource for women
Vowed to help women stop suffering in silence. Empowher seeks to give women a voice and the resources and support to stop suffering in silence. Through the collective wisdom and experience of other women, we can affect change.
- A safe and supportive community
- A place for women to advocate for themselves and others
- Women share recommendations and advice not offered anywhere else
- Access to comprehensive resources:
- Multimedia library of content related to women’s health topics.
- Exclusive interviews with top doctors in their fields.
- Database of breaking women’s health news.
- Medical encyclopedia, which covers conditions, symptoms and treatments.
- A-Z drug database.
- Comprehensive listing of health events across the country.
EmpowHer is making a difference
Empowher has proven to be a life saving resource for many women who, in turn, share their experience with others.
- One Empowher member, Gina, had severely unbalanced hormones
- She was unable to find successful treatments or therapies
- Gina found Empowher and listened to Michelle’s story
- She began to ASK and SHARE, and got the resources and support she needed
- Books on HRT
- Doctor referrals for her geography
- Empathy and support from an advocate
- Today Gina is happy, healthy and an EmpowHer evangelist.
- There are many other stories like Gina’s
Michelle's Story
Michelle King Robson (pronounced robe-son) is the founder and Chairman of EmpowHer.com, a free digital Internet community where women ask, share and connect to enhance each other’s health. The site features the country’s first online medical video encyclopedia and features health education and tips from some of America’s leading physicians. Now in beta format, the site will be upgraded and formally launched in November of 2008. Michelle founded the company in 2007, the result of years of health advocacy for her friends and colleagues about their healthcare ordeals.
Her passion for health advocacy was rooted from her own very personal health nightmare. Following a complete hysterectomy some five years ago, Michelle was transformed from a highly active woman to being unable to function. She saw multiple doctors, suffered numerous hospitalizations and took nine different medications before getting the help she needed. The lack of information and resources on women’s health led her to create EmpowHer.com. as a “medical home” for women to discuss their most intimate health concerns.
Michelle has served her community, her state and even the national stage regarding vital health care and community issues. She has served as chair of various state commissions and played a key role in the national effort to educate the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about the benefits of bioidentical hormones, resulting in the largest consumer advocacy campaign with the FDA behind smoking.
She served as co-chair of the St. Joseph’s Hospital and Barrow’s Medical Center $32 million dollar Pushing Boundaries Capital Campaign. She is a founding member of the National Campaign for Tolerance, and continues to serve as a Board Member at The Biltmore Bank of Arizona. Michelle was also a former board member of the Josephson Institute of Ethics, the nation’s leading advocacy group for ethics education and community outreach with a campaign called Character Counts.
Most recently, she was nominated to serve on the Governor’s Arizona Commission of Women’s and Children’s Health.
Michelle has been featured in many women’s magazines and has shared her story with newspapers, television and radio outlets across the U.S.
Michelle lives with her husband Ed, and daughter Amanda in Phoenix, Arizona.
Contact Information
| Address: | Empowher.com HWHC inc, 3104 E. Camelback Road #539 Phoenix, AZ 85016 |
| Phone: | 480-614-4942 |
| Fax: | 480-315-1447 |
