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Breaking down barriers to care in south Florida
When Nariman Heshmati, MD, MBA, FACOG (Chief Clinical Officer @ Lee Health) and his team started the Diabetes Care Journey, they found every patient with a hemoglobin A1C above 8.5 and brought primary care, a dietitian, cooking classes and a clinical pharmacist to the same patient. In 90 days, A1C fell by a point and a half to two points. On this episode of Moving Health Forward, Dr. Heshmati talks with Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH about leading 1,350 clinicians to work as one system across specialties and remove barriers so patients can access treatments that already exist. We cover:
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