I have been saying for a long time that health data goes nowhere. You get a DEXA scan and it sits in an app. You get labs and they sit in a portal. You wear a tracker and it fills a dashboard nobody reads. Nobody owns what happens next. Today we are announcing the collaboration that is designed to change that.
Zyndio has announced a collaboration with DEXASCAN to develop From Scan to Plan, a proposed model designed to connect diagnostic measurements with clinical evaluation and follow up care. DEXASCAN brings a nationwide network of more than 400 testing locations. Zyndio brings the telehealth platform. Together we are developing the model that is intended to bring DEXA body composition findings together with available laboratory results, relevant biomarkers and supported health information for review by licensed medical providers.
"Healthcare has become excellent at generating data, but patients often struggle to understand what that information means and what to do next," said Brett Hudson, Founder and CEO of Zyndio. "Our vision is to connect measurement with meaningful clinical action. From Scan to Plan is about helping patients and their physicians turn disconnected health information into a more informed, continuous care experience."
Here is the proposed patient journey. You start with a DEXA assessment that can measure your body fat percentage, your lean mass, your regional body composition and, where available, an estimate of your visceral fat, the deep fat around your organs that drives disease. A licensed medical provider reviews those findings alongside your laboratory results and biomarkers, helps turn the numbers into a plan, and follows you. Then you come back for repeat scans at clinically appropriate intervals so the plan adjusts to what the numbers actually show. Zyndio is exploring milestones of approximately 90, 180 and 365 days, subject to clinical needs and implementation planning. Measure it. Understand it. Act on it. Measure it again. That loop is the vision.
Why DEXASCAN. Because the distribution already exists. More than 400 locations means the front door is already built. We do not need to build clinics to meet you at the moment of measurement. And because a scan cannot prescribe, monitor, or adjust a plan. A physician led pathway can. That is the difference between a wellness report and a care system, and it is the layer we were built to own.
"A DEXA scan gives people a clear picture of what their body is made of: fat, lean mass and bone. For years, the first question we've heard after a scan is, 'Now what?' This collaboration is designed to answer it," said Tony Orlando, Founder of DEXASCAN.COM. "The goal is that someone can establish their baseline at a location near them, have a licensed physician help turn those numbers into a plan, and then come back to measure whether it's working."
An anticipated application is monitoring body composition in patients receiving GLP 1 treatment under appropriate medical supervision. When you are losing weight on GLP 1 medication, pounds on a scale tell only part of the story. DEXA tells the rest. How much of what you lost was fat. What happened to your visceral fat. Whether your lean mass was preserved. Whether your metabolic markers moved in the right direction. The question we want to answer is not how much weight you lost. It is what was the quality of the change. That is the difference between losing weight and getting healthier, and it is the difference most programs never measure.
"Healthcare doesn't have a shortage of data. It has a shortage of connections between the dots," said Matthew Trainer, Chief Technology Officer of Zyndio. "A scan tells you where you are. Connecting those dots helps show where to go next."
People do not need another dashboard filled with numbers. They need to understand what those numbers mean for them and, when appropriate, have access to a qualified medical professional who can determine what comes next. That is what From Scan to Plan means. And it is only the first loop we intend to close.
If you have your DEXA scan, Zyndio is the brand that completes it: https://www.zyndio.com/dexascan — This is not about generating more data. It is about making the data already being generated useful enough to act on.
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