Archive

All 13 posts from the DPC Journey, newest first.

January 2026

• One Year In: By the Numbers and Beyond

  January 5, 2026

  Verdant Family Medicine is one year old. Here are the real numbers, the lessons learned, and the answer to the question everyone keeps asking: was it worth it?

July 2025

• Six Months with Hero EMR: The Honest Review

  July 14, 2025

  After six months of daily use, here is my thorough, honest assessment of Hero EMR. The good, the less good, and the unexpectedly great.

April 2025

• Month Three: The Emotional Rollercoaster of Patient Zero to Patient Fifty

  April 7, 2025

  Three months in, I've grown from 18 to 67 patients. The growth is encouraging, but the emotional terrain of early practice is wilder than I expected.

January 2025

• Opening Day: We Did It

  January 6, 2025

  After a year of planning, building, and doubting, Verdant Family Medicine opened its doors. This is what it felt like.

November 2024

• Credentialing, Insurance, and Other Bureaucratic Adventures

  November 18, 2024

  The paperwork marathon of getting a medical practice ready to open. Malpractice, credentialing, DEA registration, and the forms that never end.

October 2024

• Demo Day Recap: Why Hero EMR Won Me Over

  October 14, 2024

  After hands-on demos with three EMR systems, I've made my choice. Here's the detailed breakdown of what I saw and why Hero EMR is the one.

September 2024

• EMR Shopping: My Shortlist and What I Care About

  September 9, 2024

  Five EMR systems, seventeen evaluation criteria, and one very thorough spreadsheet. Here's where I am in the selection process.

August 2024

• The Technology Question: What Does a DPC Practice Actually Need?

  August 14, 2024

  Before choosing specific products, I needed to understand what technology a modern DPC practice actually requires. This is my framework.

July 2024

• Building Out the Clinic on a Budget

  July 22, 2024

  Construction chaos, design decisions, cost overruns, and the surprisingly emotional experience of building a medical practice from bare walls.

May 2024

• Finding My Space: The Lease Hunt Chronicles

  May 6, 2024

  Three months of searching, seven spaces toured, two offers rejected, and one lease signed. Finding the right clinic space was harder than I expected.

March 2024

• The Business Plan Nobody Teaches You in Residency

  March 18, 2024

  LLC formation, business banking, financial projections, and the steep learning curve of becoming a business owner while still being a doctor.

February 2024

• What Even Is DPC? My Deep Dive

  February 12, 2024

  I spent a month reading everything I could find about Direct Primary Care. Here's what the model actually looks like, and why I think it could work.

January 2024

• Why I'm Leaving Corporate Medicine

  January 15, 2024

  After eight years inside a large health system, I finally hit the wall. This is the story of my last straw, and what comes next.