While the core concept of Concierge Medicine is to devote more time to fewer patients, this is only the beginning of good healthcare. The way each practice utilizes this extra time varies greatly and depends on the practice's philosophy. It has lead the emergence of many practice models within Concierge Medicine, all with vastly different adherence to good medical science.

​For instance, some concierge practices claim to be able to make you live longer and better with an array of innovative laboratory tests, scans, drugs, supplements, IV infusions, and lifestyle recommendations. However, upon closer inspection, one quickly becomes aware that each of these practices follows a different protocol. Literally thousands of different (and often antithetical) ideas about what makes you healthy. Which begs the following questions: why so many claims, and how can you determine which, if any, are correct?

This is Critical Thinking in medicine and the central philosophy of my practice: to question medical claims and learn how to evaluate them for yourself. See the six key principles of Critical Thinking in medicine below.