Tashiba Williams brings primary care and wound treatment into patients’ homes

Ada Family Health Clinic founder Tashiba Williams was featured on Close Up Radio after building a Houston practice around longer visits, mobile wound care and free community education. The clinic serves patients in Texas and Louisiana and is designed to reduce avoidable ER visits, hospitalizations and amputations.

Why it matters: - Ada Family Health Clinic is built around a model that aims to keep patients out of the emergency room and hospital by giving them more time, more access and more follow-through. - The clinic’s mobile wound care and community education programs are aimed at people who face cost, transportation or health literacy barriers. - Williams ties primary care directly to lower long-term costs, especially for patients managing chronic disease.

What happened: - Close Up Radio featured Tashiba Williams, DNP, founder of Ada Family Health Clinic, in an interview with Doug Llewelyn on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 4 p.m. Eastern. - Williams discussed how she built the Houston-based practice around patient-centered primary care and advanced wound care. - Ada Family Health Clinic serves patients throughout Texas and Louisiana.

The details: - Williams named the clinic after her grandmother, Ada, who raised her and inspired her approach to care. - Williams said her grandmother had no formal medical training but an instinct for helping people. - Williams said her frustration with a corporate model of medicine shaped her decision to create a different kind of practice. - Ada Family Health Clinic does not use fixed time slots for visits. - Williams spends as much time with each patient as the patient needs. - The clinic’s mobile wound care program began with one diabetic patient who had a foot ulcer, limited transportation and little gas money. - Williams began driving to that patient herself rather than leave the wound untreated. - The mobile wound care program now provides care in private homes and residential care settings across the Houston area. - Williams has also partnered with a nurse practitioner in Louisiana and travels there when a case requires it. - Williams said untreated diabetic wounds can progress to amputation within weeks. - Williams said many patients labeled “non-compliant” are actually blocked by cost and distance. - Wellness Wednesdays is a free weekly community education series. - The sessions teach people how to check blood pressure and recognize warning signs of high or low blood sugar. - The program also covers self-breast exams and basic healthy eating. - Williams said she prefers small, sustainable changes, such as cutting soda in half or switching white bread to wheat. - Wellness Wednesdays also includes questions about mental health. - Williams said grief and stress often sit behind symptoms such as high blood pressure or chest pain.

Between the lines: - Williams’ story reflects a broader shift in primary care toward longer visits, home-based services and prevention-focused education. - Her approach treats mental and physical health as connected rather than separate issues. - The clinic’s model suggests that patient trust and retention can be as important as medical advice. - Williams cited a lesson from 25 years in nursing: patients who feel rushed or unheard stop coming back.

What’s next: - Ada Family Health Clinic is expected to keep expanding its mobile wound care work across Texas and Louisiana. - Wellness Wednesdays will continue as a free weekly outreach effort for chronic disease prevention and management. - More information about Tashiba Williams and Ada Family Health Clinic is available online. - Audio versions of the radio feature are available on Apple Podcasts, iHeart and Spotify.

The bottom line: - Williams built a clinic around a simple idea: give patients enough time, meet them where they are and they are more likely to stay in care.