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How
to Get More From Your INITIAL PATIENT INTAKE, Save Time, and Increase
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Hi! I'm Dr. Dicken Weatherby. When I first started
in practice, I thought that sitting and taking an exhaustive history
was the right way to practice alternative and complementary medicine.
I was WRONG.
Listening to our patients is a must! Spending
hours of their time in the process is not.
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After a short while, I realized that I was spending
most of my time listening to my patients! Writing
down every word they said, taking exhaustive notes, and then only
being able to do a cursory physical exam, write a quick script for
some labs before sending them home with a promise to get back with
them once the results come back! I felt I was always rushing around,
invariably late for the next patients and usually drowning
in the charting at the end of the day.
Can you relate? (Thought you might!)
I thought about cutting my initial consult down to 45 minutes,
but that didn't help. Then I got involved in the creation of a history
taking system that has become an invaluable
part of my practice over the last 5 years.
I helped create a system of data gathering that
has cut my history taking in half while increasing
my clinical efficacy ten-fold. Signs and symptom gathering has become
a seemless part of my work.
How did I do it? I use a simple questionnaire that I created to
gather all of the vital information from my patient
before they even come through my door!
With a health appraisal questionnaire your patients give
you the pertinent details of their diet, lifestyle, medications,
and symptoms organized by systems of the body. They fill
it out-- you do the analysis.
For the analysis I use a comprehensive Functional Signs
and Symptoms Analysis book that I wrote to analyze the
questionnaire.
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Here's just a sampling of what you will
get from using this Functional Signs and Symptoms Analysis System
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Full
explanation of 322 questions on the Nutritional Assessment Questionnaire...
All the questions you want to ask in an easy and convenient questionnaire.
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Full
questionnaire for your use... Adapt it or use it.
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Comprehensive
manual interpretation section... All you need to interpret your
patients' questionnaire.
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Learn
how to evaluate the symptom burdens in 16 systems of the body...
Get to the root cause of your patient's problems and
follow progress.
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Evaluate
the total symptom burden of your patients... Use this to monitor
change over time.
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A
complete diet section... See how much impact your patients' dietary
indiscretions have on their health.
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Lifestyle
analysis section... See the impact stress has on your patients
and make appropriate interventions.
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Medication
section... See what common medications your patients are taking
and their influence on symptomology.
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Help
identify where the symptom burden is in your patients... They
will be amazed at your ability to hone in on their
problems.
The Functional and Nutritional Explanation
Behind Each Question
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Learn
how to analyze your patients according to a functional hierarchy
called the Foundations of Health... This method of
analysis will save you and your patients so much time.
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questions on upper digestive health... Get to the bottom of your
patients' indigestion.
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questions on liver and gallbladder health... Track gallbladder
symptomology long before your patients manifest clinical
signs of gallbladder disease.
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questions on the small intestine... Sleuth out the root cause
of your patients' allergies.
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questions on the large intestine... See the impact that the colon
has on the health of your patients.
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Learn
the functional tests (in-office, blood chemistry, and physical
exam tests) associated with each question on the questionnnaire...
gather even more information from your patients.
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questions on mineral needs... Your patients will be amazed at
the
symptoms they experience that are associated with
mineral deficiencies.
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questions on essential fatty acids... EFA deficiencies are associated
with a myriad of dysfunctions. Use this section to
educate your patients about the importance of EFAs.
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13
blood sugar questions... Find blood sugar dysregulation long before
it manifests as diabetes.
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vitamin questions... It is amazing how many strange symptoms can
be explained by vitamin deficiencies.
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adrenal questions... Help your patients differentiate between
hyper and hypoadrenalism.
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13
questions about the pituitary.. learn why assessing the health
of the pituitary is essential for uncovering the hormonal
issues in your patients.
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thyroid questions... Help your patients track their thyroid symptoms.
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questions for men... Track prostate dysfunction before it manifests
as cancer.
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questions for men.. Menstrual and menopausal symptoms can easily
be tracked.
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questions on the cardiovascular system... Differentiate between
symptoms of an emerging congestive hear condition from a possible
myocardial dysfunction.
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kidney and bladder questions... Learn why the kidney dysfunction
is so often the cause of liver problems.
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10
questions on the immune system... Help your patients track their
immune history.
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Each
section has of a section of additional tests that can provide
yet more information about the functional state of
the patient.
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56
pages of functional explanations based on a manual interpretation
of the questionnaire.
Appendix
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24 patient handouts
for your use in your clinic.
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5 handouts on food
sources of nutrients.
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4 handouts on dietary
recommendations for common disorders.
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10 handouts to give
to patients with dysfunctions in blood sugar regulation, prostate
health, menstrual disorders, low thyroid, etc.
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3 handouts for alternatives
to common food allergens.
And, as always
with any Functional Diagnosis production, you'll get much
more than you pay for, along with a 100% money-back
guarantee.
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Full Reference Manual, The Questionnaire, and My Symptom Analysis
Forms
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My 511 page
FUNTIONAL SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS ANALYSIS REFERENCE MANUAL
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A PDF version of my NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE
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A PDF version of my SYMPTOM TRACKING AND ANALYSIS FORMS
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PLEASE-- Don't Wait Until
You Are Drowning in Patient Charts
Take it from me; most doctors wait too long to
implement systems that will save them time and effort. Increase
your clinical efficacy and efficiency, take action NOW.
This essential tool is priced to sell at $65.00.
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Weatherby
& Associates, LLC
2693 Takelma Way
Ashland, OR 97520 Toll Free Information/Customer Service:
1-888-378-3224
(DrTeach)
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