Unconventional Medicine: Join the Revolution to Reinvent Healthcare, Reverse Chronic Disease, and Create a Practice You Love by Chris Kresser

Author:Chris Kresser [Kresser, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LCHF
ISBN: 9781619617476
Amazon: 1619617471
Publisher: Lioncrest Publishing
Published: 2017-11-06T23:00:00+00:00

The Micropractice Option

Some Functional Medicine practices choose to function as a micropractice. A micropractice typically consists of just one doctor, who may be assisted by a coach or a nurse practitioner. That’s the model that’s probably going to work for most clinicians. A micropractice simplifies the primary care office to its most essential components so that it’s capable of delivering patient-centered, collaborative care. Functional Medicine focuses on delivering the best quality of care for our patients, and this is often contingent on reduced overhead.

My own clinic is larger, with four clinicians, a nurse practitioner, a health coach, two nutritionists, and thirteen administrative staff, but many of our strategies on reducing overhead lend themselves well to the micropractice model. For instance, we cut costs by not having a large, centralized location with the staff onsite. I sublet an office in a larger office. My personal office is adjacent to a waiting room with aesthetically pleasing furniture and beautiful lighting. It’s a restful, peaceful environment. Prior to coming, my patients will have filled out whatever forms they need to fill out online. If they had any questions, they’ve been answered via phone or email by one of my staff members who’s not onsite. They’ve been given instructions for how to go to the office and what to do when they get there. They wait in this lovely waiting room, have a glass of water or tea, and sit there until I’m ready. After I finish with my previous patient, I walk out into the room, say goodbye to the person I was just meeting with, greet the new patient, and we go back to my office.

If I need to order labs, I can send them to a local blood draw station, which means we don’t require an in-house phlebotomist. If I order supplements for my patient, we drop-ship them from a distributor or from our own online store, which means we don’t require a large space or additional staff.

This setup is quite different from what clinicians traditionally experience in a large, centralized medical practice. I don’t have a huge space to lease and pay for. I don’t have a large staff onsite. I can hire people in different locations who work virtually. I don’t have to struggle with high expenses or provide a low-quality patient experience. Cutting costs this way can help clinicians earn more without working more, and simultaneously improve the patient experience.

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