Sparks Start Fires

Download or read book Sparks Start Fires written by Julie Gunther and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered what it would be like to design the medical clinic of your dreams?What if you could practice medicine the way you originally envisioned?What if we could simplify...really simplify...the delivery of routine medical care?In this quick, conversational read, family physician, Julie K Gunther, MD, FAAFP explains why she had to leave her job within the healthcare system to do the work she trained to do.In 2014, Dr. Gunther sold her home, her truck, moved her family, learned all about SBA loans, bought a building and opened sparkMD, an independent direct primary care (DPC) practice.Peppered with personal anecdotes, shared leanings, spreadsheets, cautionary tales, resource lists and more, this guide outlines how to start your own direct primary care (DPC) clinic in twenty clear steps.Part memoir, part business tome, this 'how to guide' illustrates how one physician left the system, went out on her own and started taking care of patients in a simplified, back-to-basics health care model.