Functional Medicine Script

purpose to clearly and consistently explain functional medicine in a way that builds value, trust, and patient interest in care when to use new patient intake consultation/exam when patients ask about services when discussing chronic conditions (pain, fatigue, neuropathy, etc ) s cript “functional medicine is a little different from traditional healthcare instead of just treating symptoms, we focus on finding the root cause of what’s going on in your body for example, if someone has chronic pain, fatigue, or headaches—we don’t just want to cover it up with medication we want to understand why it’s happening that could be related to inflammation, gut health, hormones, stress, or even lifestyle habits the goal is to look at your body as a whole and create a personalized plan to help your body heal and function the way it’s supposed to so instead of temporary relief, we’re really focused on long term results and overall wellness ” explaining functional medicine · dr mays treats the body as a whole this is where he finds out the root cause of the symptom vs focusing on the symptom · we do everything using bloodwork – we do an extensive and comprehensive blood panel (in purple folder in filing cabinet) · we use labcorp · the bloodwork is $250 per person $50 only gets entered in as payment · the bloodwork report takes 7 10 business days to come back · a spouse must be present at the time dr mays goes over the report with the patient – no exceptions to this! · we try to have them fill out the functional medicine intake (the forms i gave to mrs patrick) · we block the schedule for at least 45 minutes during this initial consult if they’re accepted in to the program… · a personalized care plan is made with nutritional tools and supplements · 3 month program or 6 month program · patients get a binder with all of the tools they need along with a health 1st tote bag · they follow up one week after they pick up all of their items · then they follow up two weeks thereafter · so if ms smith picks up her items on 1/1 then her next appt is 1/8 and then her appt after that is 1/22 · they fill out the functional medicine daily note (in purple folder in filing cabinet) each visit · we block the schedule for at least 30 minutes during those functional medicine visits notes