Closing diagnostic gaps in women’s healthcare

Women’s health continues to face significant diagnostic delays, often with profound impacts on outcomes, patient experience, and healthcare systems. In this article, Sagentia Medical experts explore how innovative thinking, user-centred design, and biomarker-led diagnostics can help close these gaps.

From endometriosis, where diagnosis can take years, to mastitis, a common postnatal condition that is frequently only identified once symptoms escalate, the challenge is not just scientific. It lies in translating promising biological insights into practical, real-world solutions that can be used earlier in the care pathway.

What you’ll learn

• Why diagnostic delays persist across women’s health conditions
• The role of biomarkers in enabling earlier, more accessible diagnosis
• How home-use and community-based diagnostics could transform care pathways
• The importance of usability, real-world context, and system-level thinking in device development
• A case study exploring early mastitis detection through breastmilk biomarkers