How to Build a TMS Clinic
A successful TMS clinic combines clinical quality, operational efficiency, and patient acquisition.
Step 1: Training and Certification
- Enrol in a accredited TMS Training Program
- Ensure that TMS Prescriber and TMS Technician are formally trained and qualified to ensure safe and effective treatment
- Proper training is vital for safety, treatment efficacy, regulatory compliance
- Risks of inadequate training: incorrect targeting and/or stimulating, reduced efficacy, safety concerns
Step 2: Equipment
- Invest in a certified TMS system
- Ensure protocol flexibility
Step 3: Staffing
- Physician oversight
- Trained technician
Step 4: SOP and Patient flow
- Prepare a SOP
- Prepare Screening, side effect, clinical monitoring procedures
- Treatment planning
- Session scheduling
Step 5: Growth strategy
- Referral network
- Online visibility
- Patient education