Practice Vitals
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NORTH STAR METRIC
Are you booking 12+ consults per week?
Yes, consistently
Getting close (8-11)
Not yet (under 8)
If yes — your bottleneck is downstream. If no — everything else is noise until this is solved.
1
Lead Generation
Are the right people finding you — and how?
New leads per week (all sources)25
Stage target: 40 leads/week
PRIMARY LEAD SOURCES (select all that apply)
Paid Ads
Webinars
Organic Social
Networking
Podcast / YouTube
Patient Referrals
None yet
Monthly ad spend (if running paid ads)$1,500
Cost per lead (CPL)$45
Decent CPL — room to improve
AD STRATEGY TYPE (changes your CPL target)
Direct to webinar
Video view warm-up (4-bucket)
Organic / no paid ads
Webinar / event attendance rate35%
2026 benchmark: 29-63%. Under 29% means the nurture sequence needs work.
2
Sales & Offer
Are you converting conversations to patients — and is your offer built to last?
YOUR OFFER STRUCTURE
Front-end program price$4,500
Program length (months)5 mo
DO YOU HAVE A RENEWAL / RECURRING PATH?
No renewal path
Renewal offer
Monthly membership
Membership / renewal price per month$395
Active recurring patients right now12
SALES ACTIVITY
Consult calls booked per week8
Consult show rate72%
Target 75%+. Add confirmation call 2 hours before every consult.
Consult-to-patient close rate35%
Stage target: 60%
WHO RUNS YOUR SALES CALLS?
I do my own sales
Setter / closer team
Self-selling target: 40-50% close rate. Above 55% may signal your offer is underpriced.
SALES PROCESS
Written sales script or framework
Pre-consult confirmation + reminder
No-show follow-up system
3
Backend & Admin
Is the back of house holding you back?
Hours spent on admin per week12
Stage target: under 5 hrs/week
Collections rate88%
Target 95%+. Any gap is revenue you earned but did not get paid.
No patients yet — N/A
SYSTEMS IN PLACE
EMR / practice management system
Online booking + automated reminders
Care Plan Builder
Cuts charting from 3 hours to 5 minutes
Reviews P&L monthly
4
Clinical Care
Are your patients getting results — and is your delivery sustainable?
Not seeing patients yet
Patient retention rate (% staying past month 3)72%
Stage target: 85%+
Patient referrals per month2
HEALTH COACH & STAFFING
Health Coach on team
Target: offload 60-70% of clinical fulfillment
CLINICAL TOOLS
LabDX (lab interpretation tool)
Standardized protocols for top 5 patient presentations
Systematically collects client wins and testimonials
5
Leadership & Management
Are you running your practice — or is it running you?
Hours worked per week50
Stage target: under 45 hrs/week
LEGAL & FINANCIAL FOUNDATION
Legal entity established (LLC, S-Corp, etc.)
Separate business bank account
CPA or accountant on file
Active tax strategy (not just filing)
Professional liability insurance
PLANNING & TEAM
Written 90-day plan
Knows revenue per hour worked
Has at least one team member (even part-time)
PRACTICE VITALS — LIVE RESULTS
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out of 50
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PILLAR BREAKDOWN
1 · Lead Generation—
2 · Sales & Offer—
3 · Backend & Admin—
4 · Clinical Care—
5 · Leadership & Mgmt—
REVENUE SNAPSHOT
New patients/week (est.)—
Monthly front-end revenue—
Monthly recurring (MRR)—
MRR as % of total—
Revenue per hour worked—
PRIMARY BOTTLENECK
Fill in your numbers above to see your diagnosis.
YOUR ONE NEXT STEP
Answer the questions above to get your single most important action.
WHERE TO GO FROM HERE
Your next resource will appear here based on your bottleneck.