Practice Management
Many patients in the clinic that are alcoholics or have other addictions, in general, they tend to not be as compliant as other patients and have much lower success rates. Do you use a qualifying process to exclude these new patients or do you use specific functional medicine tools to address these addictions?
Dr. Amy Nett: We actually don’t exclude anyone from our practice, and I also have a few patients who are...
Does CCFM do gut testing on everyone?
Dr. Amy Nett: I would say that is 99.5 percent correct. I do have some patients that have been working...
Do you order genetic tests for all of your patients?
Dr. Amy Nett: No, I don’t actually. The genetic test we sometimes run is 23andMe, and I sometimes run the...
What is your process for the initial consult and case review?
Dr. Amy Nett: Let me explain the initial consult and the case review because we actually do require an in-person...
Roughly how many clients do you start off on one of the resets (like the 30-day reset or the 14Four program) versus starting them with smaller changes?
Laura Schoenfeld: I have a bit of a unique clientele base. Most of my clients, if not, like, 90 to 95...
Do we need to subscribe to MD HQ independently?
Dr. Amy Nett: Yes, I believe if you do want to use MD HQ, you would need to. I’m not...
What was the most challenging aspect of transitioning from conventional medicine to functional medicine for you, specifically? And how did you explain the change to your conventional colleagues?
Dr. Amy Nett: Great question. I think at the introduction I mentioned that I went to Georgetown Medical School and...
Which electronic health record (EHR) system do you use?
Dr. Amy Nett: We use MD HQ. We started using that, I think, about probably a little over a year...
What website platform does Chris use to share educational resources with patients?
Dr. Amy Nett: As you all know, Chris has an incredible blog and podcast, so most often for patient education...
