The SOPs a new functional medicine practice needs first
Which procedures to write before the first cash-pay patient: onboarding, labs, the first visit, follow-up, and the emails that keep the work from living in your head.
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Published notes stay on practice operations. The outlines below are the calendar that ships in the playbook. They are drafts. They do not describe symptoms, testing, or treatment, and they are not medical articles.
October 6, 2026
Which procedures to write before the first cash-pay patient: onboarding, labs, the first visit, follow-up, and the emails that keep the work from living in your head.
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September 23, 2026
What full, reduced, and restricted nurse practitioner practice authority mean, why transition-to-practice hours surprise new owners, and how to check your board before a telehealth launch.
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September 9, 2026
An operations sequence for nurse practitioners opening a cash-pay telehealth practice: the offer, the states you will serve, tools that can hold a record, and the workflows to write before the first patient.
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48 slots, one a week. Bracketed words such as [STATE] are blanks for the practice that publishes the piece. Nothing below is a clinical claim.
Week 1 · Draft
Keyword slot: what is functional medicine · Audience slot: All conditions
Week 2 · Draft
Keyword slot: functional medicine near me · Audience slot: All conditions
Week 3 · Draft
Keyword slot: find functional medicine doctor · Audience slot: All conditions
Week 4 · Draft
Keyword slot: functional medicine appointment · Audience slot: All conditions
Week 5 · Draft
Keyword slot: perimenopause symptoms · Audience slot: Women 35-55
Week 6 · Draft
Keyword slot: normal hormone labs still feel bad · Audience slot: Women 35-55
Week 7 · Draft
Keyword slot: estrogen dominance symptoms · Audience slot: Women 35-55
Week 8 · Draft
Keyword slot: low progesterone symptoms · Audience slot: Women 35-55
Week 9 · Draft
Keyword slot: Hashimoto's thyroiditis · Audience slot: Thyroid patients
Week 10 · Draft
Keyword slot: normal TSH still hypothyroid · Audience slot: Thyroid patients
Week 11 · Draft
Keyword slot: complete thyroid panel · Audience slot: Thyroid patients
Week 12 · Draft
Keyword slot: reverse T3 high · Audience slot: Thyroid patients
Week 13 · Draft
Keyword slot: SIBO symptoms · Audience slot: Gut patients
Week 14 · Draft
Keyword slot: leaky gut symptoms · Audience slot: Gut patients
Week 15 · Draft
Keyword slot: gut hormone connection · Audience slot: Overlap audience
Week 16 · Draft
Keyword slot: elimination diet · Audience slot: All conditions
Week 17 · Draft
Keyword slot: chronic Lyme disease symptoms · Audience slot: Lyme audience
Week 18 · Draft
Keyword slot: Lyme disease testing · Audience slot: Lyme audience
Week 19 · Draft
Keyword slot: Lyme co-infections · Audience slot: Lyme audience
Week 20 · Draft
Keyword slot: post-Lyme syndrome · Audience slot: Lyme audience
Week 21 · Draft
Keyword slot: mold illness symptoms · Audience slot: CIRS audience
Week 22 · Draft
Keyword slot: CIRS diagnosis · Audience slot: CIRS audience
Week 23 · Draft
Keyword slot: HLA-DR mold · Audience slot: CIRS audience
Week 24 · Draft
Keyword slot: mold illness recovery · Audience slot: CIRS audience
Week 25 · Draft
Keyword slot: autoimmune disease root cause · Audience slot: Autoimmune
Week 26 · Draft
Keyword slot: positive ANA test · Audience slot: Autoimmune
Week 27 · Draft
Keyword slot: autoimmune protocol diet · Audience slot: Autoimmune
Week 28 · Draft
Keyword slot: functional medicine lupus · Audience slot: Autoimmune
Week 29 · Draft
Keyword slot: adrenal fatigue · Audience slot: Energy and burnout
Week 30 · Draft
Keyword slot: HPA axis dysfunction · Audience slot: Energy and burnout
Week 31 · Draft
Keyword slot: cortisol testing · Audience slot: Energy and burnout
Week 32 · Draft
Keyword slot: DHEA benefits · Audience slot: Women 40+
Week 33 · Draft
Keyword slot: vitamin D immune system · Audience slot: All
Week 34 · Draft
Keyword slot: magnesium deficiency symptoms · Audience slot: All
Week 35 · Draft
Keyword slot: how to read blood test results · Audience slot: All
Week 36 · Draft
Keyword slot: chronic inflammation symptoms · Audience slot: All
Week 37 · Draft
Keyword slot: fall health tips · Audience slot: All
Week 38 · Draft
Keyword slot: immune system winter · Audience slot: All
Week 39 · Draft
Keyword slot: food sensitivity testing · Audience slot: All
Week 40 · Draft
Keyword slot: sleep hormones · Audience slot: All
Week 41 · Draft
Keyword slot: does functional medicine work · Audience slot: Skeptics
Week 42 · Draft
Keyword slot: functional vs integrative medicine · Audience slot: Researchers
Week 43 · Draft
Keyword slot: functional medicine cost · Audience slot: Cost-conscious
Week 44 · Draft
Keyword slot: functional medicine labs · Audience slot: Researchers
Week 45 · Draft
Keyword slot: functional medicine [state] · Audience slot: Local traffic
Week 46 · Draft
Keyword slot: telehealth functional medicine · Audience slot: All
Week 47 · Draft
Keyword slot: practice year in review · Audience slot: Existing patients
Week 48 · Draft
Keyword slot: new year lab testing · Audience slot: All