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May 2026 / Testing workflow

How the mobile DEXA visit is designed to work

The mobile DEXA visit is being designed around a simple customer promise: arrive, get positioned correctly, complete the scan, and leave with a clear path to results.

Operating standard: Hologic Discovery-style scanner inside the mobile unit

Hologic Discovery-style DEXA scanner inside a Ford Starcraft cutaway mobile diagnostics vehicle
VitalScan launch buildout / Testing workflow
The scan should feel calm, measured, and precise, not like equipment was squeezed into a parking lot.

Before the customer steps into the unit

The visit starts before the scan. Customers reserve early access, select a testing level, complete intake, receive reminders, and arrive at a host location with clear instructions.

At the event, check-in should confirm identity, appointment time, service level, consent, and any scan-day preparation items. The goal is to keep the DEXA bay focused on the scan itself, not paperwork.

Inside the mobile clinic

DEXA is planned inside the mobile unit because the scanner needs a controlled space. The operator needs access to the workstation and the scanner. The customer needs privacy, simple movement, and clear positioning.

The vehicle layout is built around those constraints: scanner placement, operator access, storage, power, HVAC, lighting, and a clean path in and out of the bay.

What the scan gives customers

DEXA gives customers a body composition baseline that is more useful than a scale weight alone: body fat percentage, lean mass, bone density, visceral fat, and regional breakdowns.

For customers using VitalScan over time, repeat scans can make progress more concrete. The value is not a single number. It is seeing how body composition changes alongside training, nutrition, recovery, blood markers, and performance testing.

What has to be ready before live scan days

Final operation depends on equipment selection, New York registration, qualified operator coverage, QA requirements, host-day logistics, insurance review, privacy controls, and clear result delivery.

That is why the DEXA workflow is being designed now at the same time as the vehicle, host outreach, and early-access funnel. The scan day needs to be operationally boring in the best possible way: clear, repeatable, and easy for the customer to understand.

Next step

Follow the September launch buildout.

VitalScan is collecting early customer demand and host-location interest while the first diagnostics vehicle and operating partner stack come together.