When Christy Rosenberg, director of the San Diego Council of Community Clinics Health Network, found the clinic’s simple three-drug protocol known as ALL could reduce the chances of high-risk patients developing a heart attack or stroke by 50 percent, she had tne reaction: “Let’s jump on it.”

Rosenberg recruited Ken Morris, chief medical officer at North County Health Services, and Dr. Jennifer Tuteur, then medical director of Comprehensive Health Center, to roll out the program to a wider audience.

Today, there are more than 500 patients on the ALL program (named for the three drugs aspirin, lovastatin, and lisinopril) with 99 percent of them staying on the drugs and maintaining their health. “It’s a phenomenal record,” says Tuteur.

Watch as medical director Winston Wong and Dr. Tuteur detail the impact of the ALL protocol.

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