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Cincinnati Performance Report
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Amazing patient care Patient story
On November 3, Cincinnati’s Mercy Health Foundation Heeran Abawi, MD, of Cincinnati’s Weight Management
held the second annual Man Up! Health Expo at our Home Solutions team, recently received a letter of thanks
Office. This event encourages men to prioritize their health from a grateful patient. The patient was close to retirement
maintenance and medical conditions by offering education and was concerned that issues of chronic obesity,
and on-site health screening opportunities. The keynote compounded by a number of correlated chronic illnesses,
speaker this year was former Reds player and prostate were going to result in poor health and an excessive
cancer survivor, Ken Griffey, Sr. This year’s expo was reliance on medication as she prepared for a new phase in
attended by over 200 men, and hundreds of health her life. She sought non-surgical weight loss care from
screenings were performed for conditions like prostate Dr. Abawi and was delighted with the positive results.
and lung cancer, hypertension and obesity. “Since seeing Dr. Abawi, I have not only been successful in
weight loss, but also in non-scale achievements. My
Operational excellence hemoglobin A1C level has steadily dropped from 8.9 to 6.4.,
I’ve taken four inches off my abdominal measurements, my
In May, The Jewish Hospital Cancer Care team developed
the IKnow project to reduce the amount of time between lipid panel has improved — all the numbers are in normal
a screening mammography and biopsy results. Since range, and I feel 100% better.”
rollout, the hospital has screened 5,359 women, with
49.7% of the patients participating in the initiative.
499 biopsies have been performed with 102 positive Clinician story
pathologies found. Prior to IKnow, the average time
between diagnostic mammography and biopsy was Heeran Abawi, MD, is a bariatrician
288 hours, reduced now to 19 hours. Biopsy results to who specializes in obesity and
notification is now 25 hours, a full day and a half better bariatric medicine. She received her
than previous results. Also, a road map has been degree in medicine from Ross
created so other Mercy Health breast centers can University School of Medicine and
implement this program. completed her residency at St.
Joseph Hospital and Medical Center.
Creating the future She is certified by the American
Board of Obesity Medicine and the
Mercy Health Physicians — Cincinnati primary care American Board of Family Medicine.
providers and support staff are collaboratively Dr. Abawi works closely with patients in Greater Cincinnati
implementing an innovative model of patient care known to explore non-surgical weight loss options including
as Team Care. Although not a new concept in healthcare, bariatric medicine, nutritional and behavioral counseling,
this approach is new to our system. The purpose is to support group programs, cooking classes and fitness
achieve greater efficiency in the provision of a higher programs tailored to their individual needs. She is currently
level of patient care, while addressing the challenges welcoming new patients at her practice in Fairfield and can
encountered by providers and staff involved in providing be reached at 513-682-6980 for consultation or scheduling.
that quality care in a timely fashion. A pilot project will
soon kick off, and the steering committee guiding the
rollout of Team Care looks forward to sharing results soon.
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