Tracy Wood, CPC, Eli-MP, HHA – Tracy Wood, a serial entrepreneur, is the founder of several successful healthcare projects in the U.S.
Tracy began her career in the telecommunications industry during the era of deregulation, where she successfully built and sold two long-distance reselling companies, which were later acquired by MCIWorldCom. Around the same time, the Internet boom was taking off, opening up new opportunities across the tech landscape. In an effort to stay at the top of her field, Tracy completed certification courses, including Cisco CCNA/CCDA, GTEU, and Frame Relay, among others. This later enabled her to position herself among the elite Major Account Managers at General Telephone. In 1996, Tracy became the top-producing MAM at GTE nationwide, holding the top spot for 16 consecutive months. She then won the coveted President’s Club award. Tracy was recruited over the next ten years by the biggest and best in network sales, where she excelled, reaching the Presidents’ Clubs and achieving first place in the stack rankings with each employer.
In 2004, Tracy’s eldest child received a life-changing diagnosis. Watching what happened to her daughter was gut-wrenching. Dealing with hospitals, insurance companies, and administrators, who couldn’t care less whether her daughter lived or died, was a huge source of anger and hurt for her and her family. Tracy felt she needed to be closer to home in order to spend more time with her children. As such, she obtained her real estate license and subsequently became a licensed broker.
On February 3, 2007, Tracy’s beloved sister, Jackie Whittet, died from a prescription drug overdose, leaving Tracy devastated. At just 45 years old, Jackie faced the worst possible circumstances to be a patient in America in 2007: she was poor, living with schizophrenia, and had a history of delusional disorders.
The death gutted the family. No one could get answers until long after the Orange County Coroner stepped in and demanded a full investigation. It took six months to establish that Jackie had died of a drug overdose—however, not from heroin or other popular street drugs, but rather the combination of new drugs for schizophrenia and doctor-prescribed pain medication.
Jackie was a true casualty of a major failure in healthcare. She had seen the same psychiatrist for five years. The doctor knew she was delusional and schizophrenic, as he had diagnosed her in 2002. She told him she had cancer and was often booked months out to see an oncologist. Although he had no corroboration, the psychiatrist wrote the prescriptions for her pain medication and tranquilizers for five years, increasing the dosage and pill count regularly. The UCI doctor never once checked in his network’s electronic medical record system to validate her cancer. That deliberate and willful neglect on the part of the practitioner cost Jackie her life.
The unimaginable depth and level of pain from her sister’s death drove Tracy into the healthcare space. Tracy recognized that the need for a significant disruption in healthcare was long overdue.
In 2009, Tracy designed the concept and business plan for How2Connect.com. This project was the first private therapy portal built during the telemedicine explosion. As the idea and regulations evolved, H2C and the wellness model that emerged from H2C underwent changes.
Reimagining the space and offerings in the market, Tracy conceptualized, designed the topology, funded, and brought to market what became internationally known as Acute Care Triage, or ACT. ACT was a leading nurse triage network with a “Phone-a-physician” plugged in for telehealth. What made the ACT model unique was its international reach, with doctors practicing in 18 countries. The key caveat was that these practitioners were functionally trained. They were allopathic doctors, but they approached medicine with a functional mindset. This idea was a game-changer.
In 2016, with the development of her concierge team, the relationships she had fostered over the years, and the fundamental premise that all Americans have the right to affordable healthcare, Tracy ventured into administration for an up-and-coming HealthShare company, ROLA. At ROLA, “Reverse and Prevent” was the mantra. Educating people who were locked into a sickness-based model and guiding them onto a wellness-centric track, utilizing the right food, fitness, and faith, became the core ideology of ROLA.
In 2022, Tracy and her partners merged ROLA into The DNA Company, Inc. Tracy’s initial role was that of the Chief Operating Officer. At first blush, The DNA Company had a secret sauce that Tracy knew they could weaponize in the battle for health and longevity in America.
Tracy has thus far developed all of The DNA Company, Inc.’s mobile primary care system, the virtual clinic, a fully staffed concierge team, and drafted the precision health model.
In July 2023, Tracy accepted the position of CEO for The DNA Company- US, Inc. Through her international contacts in technology development, Electronic Medical Records systems, and healthcare, Tracy helped envision and design the Apps, rebuilding the site, and the distribution network through which The DNA Company, Inc. delivers its services. To learn more about The DNA Company, you can visit thednacompany.com.
The company has since developed a media arm for the He Summits and She Summits that Tracy envisioned, providing the global community with fair and affordable access to exceptional functional genomic and wellness education, and delivering the actions that they themselves can use to live their best life.
About Tracy Wood
Tracy is a married mother of two girls. She is a licensed and Certified Professional Life Coach. She holds a Holistic Health Advisor’s certification from Quantum Health out of the Cleveland Clinic and is a certified Functional Genomics Practitioner. She enjoys golf, Xbox gaming, flying her drone, flipping homes, and spending free time with her children.
About Michele Hughes
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