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A Whole New Ballgame
Just as any football player needs a team to support him, Reggie Eggleston needed
a team of Summa Health providers to help him manage his complex needs.
of sports, and says Dr. Ilodi is the
coach of his health plan.
“I never knew good healthcare
until I met Dr. Ilodi. I thought what
other doctors did was the norm;
I didn’t expect anything different.
Summa showed me the care I
would receive from their doctors
was a whole different ballgame.”
During his first appointment at “He was a very sick man,” said During his care at Summa,
Summa Health, it was revealed Andrassy. “His medication list was Eggleston said it’s the little things
that Eggleston had metastatic a page long. He was taking more that make a big difference. Dr. Ilodi
(advanced) prostate cancer, his than 30 medications.” set an alarm on Eggleston’s phone.
diabetes was out of control, “She said every time you hear
he was going into heart failure, With his complex health needs this alarm, I want you to take
had high blood pressure, and recent hospitalizations, your medicine.”
hypothyroidism, pain, swelling, Eggleston was a perfect candidate
had fallen several times and for the Summa Health High After working with numerous
recently had a stroke. Intensity Clinic. healthcare professionals
throughout Summa, Eggleston
Sandy Andrassy, BSN-RN, “Summa put together a team and is ready to start the next leg of his
Eggleston’s Summa Health started treating me for everything,” healthcare journey: he has been
Care Manager with NewHealth explained Eggleston. approved for weight loss surgery,
Collaborative, Summa’s adding another member to his
Accountable Care Organization Yoleetah Ilodi, M.D., director of healthcare team.
(ACO), said the first time she the Summa Health High Intensity
met Eggleston he was hobbling Clinic, is now Eggleston’s primary “Summa Health gave me the
and using a cane. She was afraid care physician. Eggleston likes to ball and I’m going all the way for
he was going to fall. reference his health in terms a touchdown. We will get there,
and together we’re going to score
a lot of points.”
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