Practice Building Resources

Starting your own Functional Medicine Practice as a Pharmacist doesn’t have to be expensive or time consuming. In fact, you can take the first steps right now in less than an hour! 

1.Set up your FREE virtual dispensary: 🌿 the first step is to create your online professional supplement store; this is the backbone of any Functional Medicine Pharmacist practice. It can even help your screen for drug-nutrient depletions and drug-supplement interactions. Note: if you enter your NPI, you should be instantly approved. If you upload your pharmacist license info, it may take a day to be reviewed and approved.

2.Set up your FREE functional labs shop: 🧪 the second step is getting access to functional labs and functional lab reports, using the code FMPHA250 to waive the sign up fee. This makes interpreting standard blood panels through the “optimal” levels easy to understand and share with patients. They also offer lab director ordering and free “ask the expert” messaging for any questions.

3.Set up a FREE trial of your functional medicine EHR: 💻 get 30 days of free access to our favorite platform that makes seeing patients in your functional medicine practice a breeze. This is where the magic all comes together. Connect your dispensary and labs, set up automated scheduling and payments, documents your visits using their templates for your notes, send patient handouts & protocols from their resource library, and use their HIPAA compliant telehealth conferencing— all included. And if you are wondering how much to charge for an initial functional medicine visit, a great starting point is $300 (enough to cover your annual EHR cost with just one patient visit!)

Voila! You are now ready to take on your first clients! 👏 

You might still be wondering…

🧡 How do I integrate functional medicine into my pharmacy practice? If so, check out our blog on “Example Practice Models for Functional Medicine Pharmacists.” 

💛 Don’t I need to be certified to do this? The answer is NO, certification doesn’t change your scope of practice as a pharmacist. It’s purely a marketing tool to help patients find you,  a form of “continuing education” to keep you accountable on your journey to becoming a more confident practitioner, and a networking opportunity to connect with like-minded colleagues . You can compare programs here in our blog: “How do I get certified in Functional Medicine?”

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