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What happens after the results visit

Most of the attention in longevity medicine goes to the front end, the testing, the scans and the big results visit. That part has gotten really good. What happens after is where a lot of care quietly stops, since the plan makes sense in the room, and then a lab needs rechecking or a medication needs adjusting and nobody is quite sure whose job that is. A few weeks later the plan is sitting in a chart and the patient has moved on with their life. The fix isn't complicated, it just has to be built on purpose. Every plan should leave the visit with a name and a date on the next step, so the patient knows who's following up and when. A short check-in a few weeks later, before the next lab draw, catches most of the drift while it's still easy to fix. None of that needs new technology, and in my experience it does more for results than adding another test.

Erik Nelson · Views are my own and not medical advice