design-for-retention

name	design-for-retention
description	Build retention into visit burden, schedule, and engagement to lower the ~30% dropout, instead of re-recruiting. Reach for this when dropout threatens the timeline.

Skill: Design for retention

The patient you keep is far cheaper than the one you replace.

Step 1 — Read the dropout pattern

When and why patients drop (burden, travel, visit count) (§3 #3).

Step 2 — Reduce burden

Adjust visit schedule, remote options, and patient support, as decision-support.

Step 3 — Engage

Plan communication and convenience to keep patients enrolled.

Step 4 — Re-measure

Track dropout against the ~30% benchmark.

Output

A dropout-pattern read, burden-reduction options, an engagement plan, and the before/after.