What to put on your one-page summary

Thirteen things your care team will want in one place. Put a date next to every result.

1. 1.Diagnosis and year

   Type 2 diabetes and the year you were diagnosed. Add any other conditions, such as high blood pressure, kidney disease or heart disease.

2. 2.Current medicines and doses

   Every prescription with its dose and how often you take it, plus insulin, over-the-counter medicines and supplements. Note anything that changed since your last visit.

3. 3.A1c trend

   Your last 3–4 A1c results with dates, so the direction is visible at a glance.

   The ADA recommends assessing blood-sugar control (usually with A1c) at least twice a year, and more often if you are not at goal or your treatment recently changed. Source: American Diabetes Association — Standards of Care in Diabetes—2026, §6 Glycemic Goals, Recommendation 6.2 (grade E).

4. 4.Kidney: eGFR and UACR

   eGFR (a blood test) and the urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio, UACR (a urine test), each with dates. They measure different things, so you want both.

   The ADA recommends checking both at least once a year for everyone with type 2 diabetes. Source: American Diabetes Association — Standards of Care in Diabetes—2026, §11 Chronic Kidney Disease and Risk Management, Recommendation 11.1a (grade B).

5. 5.Cholesterol (lipids)

   LDL, HDL, triglycerides and total cholesterol, with the date of your last test.

6. 6.Blood pressure

   A few recent readings from home or the clinic, with dates.

7. 7.Last dilated eye exam

   The date, and the name of the eye doctor who did it.

8. 8.Last foot exam

   The date, and any numbness, sores or changes you have noticed.

9. 9.Vitamin B12, if you take metformin

   Your last B12 result and date, or a note that it has not been checked. Ask whether you need one.

10. 10.Vaccines

    Whatever you have on record, with dates: for example flu, COVID-19, pneumonia, shingles, hepatitis B.

11. 11.Low blood sugar episodes

    How many since your last visit, the lowest reading, what you were doing, and whether you needed help.

12. 12.Your care team

    Everyone you see (primary care, endocrinologist, kidney doctor, eye doctor, foot doctor, dietitian) with phone numbers, so each of them knows who else is involved.

13. 13.Questions for this visit

    Your top three, most important first.

Or let Phi build it for you

Filling this in by hand means digging through patient portals and old printouts. Phi does the lab part for you, and keeps it current.

1. 01

   Connect MyChart* or upload a lab PDF

   Photos of printouts and spreadsheets work too. Years of results from every clinic end up in one place.

2. 02

   Phi builds a one-page Care Team Brief

   Every lab result with its date, compared against the range printed on your own lab report, with trends and the guideline behind every flag.

3. 03

   It flags what is missing or overdue

   For type 2 diabetes, Phi checks whether your A1c, eGFR and UACR are on the schedule the ADA recommends (American Diabetes Association — Standards of Care in Diabetes—2026, §6 Glycemic Goals, Recommendation 6.2 (grade E); American Diabetes Association — Standards of Care in Diabetes—2026, §11 Chronic Kidney Disease and Risk Management, Recommendation 11.1a (grade B)), and flags an eGFR that keeps falling faster than KDIGO's definition of rapid decline, more than 5 mL/min/1.73m² a year (KDIGO — Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease (2012), Recommendation 2.1.3 (not graded)).

4. 04

   Bring it to every appointment

   Print it or save it as a PDF. Add your medicines, exams and questions from the checklist above.

See a sample Care Team Brief

Sample — made-up values, not a real patient

A made-up 58-year-old man with type 2 diabetes and early kidney changes. This is the same page Phi builds from real records. What to notice:

• His eGFR is falling faster than KDIGO's rapid-decline threshold, even though his creatinine still reads "in range".
• His urine test (UACR) is overdue: last done in June 2025.
• Vitamin B12 appears without a status because the source report printed no range. Phi never substitutes one.

Common questions

What should a one-page type 2 diabetes summary for my doctor include?

Your diagnosis and year, current medicines and doses, your A1c trend with dates, kidney tests (eGFR and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio, UACR), cholesterol, blood pressure, the dates of your last eye and foot exams, vitamin B12 if you take metformin, vaccines, any low blood sugar episodes, who is on your care team, and your questions for the visit.

Can Phi Longevity make the summary for me?

Yes. Connect MyChart (at participating Epic health systems) or upload a lab PDF, and Phi builds a one-page Care Team Brief of your lab results with dates, trends and guideline citations, and flags tests that are missing or overdue. You add your medicines, exams and questions.

Is it free?

Your first brief is free, with no credit card needed. Phi Complete ($29/month) keeps it current as new results arrive.

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