Jaiwant Rangi, MD, FACEEndocrinologist | Founder, Lower The Dose® | Speaker

Empowering Patients to Bridge the Healthcare Coordination Gap

28 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment, Dr. Jaiwant Rangi advises patients on actively closing care‑coordination gaps. He emphasizes that patients should ask, “Who’s coordinating my care across all my conditions?” and ensure that their primary care physician or endocrinologist understands the treatment plans of specialists such as cardiologists and nephrologists, creating a complete picture of health. He also stresses the importance of naming the gap as the first step toward fixing it, and recommends maintaining a single, patient‑accessible location where key health metrics—A1C, blood glucose, blood pressure, cholesterol, kidney function, and weight—are recorded and regularly discussed with the care team.

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Yeah, they cannot close the gap themselves, but they can do 2 very important things. First is they can ask one question, who's coordinating my care across all my conditions? Even then, you got to have your primary care doctor or your endocrinologist make sure they understand what the cardiologist is doing, what the nephrologist is doing, and there's a complete picture. And naming the gap is the first step of closing it. You know, if the patient knows where the problem is, then they can address. That means having one place where the key numbers live and are being discussed with the patient. Your A1C, your blood glucose, your blood pressure, your cholesterol, your kidney function, your weight, things that matter.