Best EMR for a Solo Functional Medicine Practice (2026)

For a solo functional medicine practice, Practice Better suits a one-person cash or coaching practice, Cerbo suits a solo clinician on a cash or membership model who orders specialty labs, and ChARM Health suits a solo practice that wants to start free and bill insurance later. A solo practitioner who already has an EMR and needs help with complex cases can add HANS beside it.

Updated October 2026. Written by the HANS team. Each vendor fact below links to the vendor's own page, and the Sources section lists the access date.

Best EMR for solo practice: the short list

• Practice Better: best for a solo practitioner whose work runs on programs, client messaging, and a branded client app. Its pricing page lists a Starter plan with one practitioner license plus a free Sprout plan for students and those just getting started (Practice Better pricing).
• Cerbo: best for a solo physician or nurse practitioner who bills cash or membership and orders functional labs. Cerbo's functional medicine page lists Genova, Vibrant, and Rupa integrations and says it is designed for small-to-midsize practices (Cerbo functional medicine page).
• ChARM Health: best for a solo practice on a tight budget that may take insurance. ChARM's home page says you can get started for free and that providers can onboard within a few hours (ChARM Health home).
• HANS: best for independent functional medicine practitioners who see complex cases and patients arriving with their own research, and want case-specific plans and explanations instead of a fixed template. It runs as a desktop app on its own or alongside your current system.

How the solo options compare on the four functional medicine slots

Tool	Specialty labs (DUTCH, Genova, GI-MAP)	Fullscript	Cash/membership billing	Patient timelines	Source
Practice Better	Yes. Rupa Health and Fullscript Labs	Yes	Packages and payment plans	Not stated on vendor site	Practice Better integrations, Practice Better pricing
Cerbo	Yes. Genova, Vibrant, and Rupa	Not stated on vendor site	Yes	Longitudinal tracking of integrated lab results	Cerbo functional medicine page
ChARM Health	Not stated (LabCorp, Quest interfaces listed)	Supplement templates from Fullscript	Not stated on vendor site	Vitals and lab flowsheet across visits	ChARM EHR page, ChARM supplement templates
HANS	Yes. Specialty lab results feed the record	No	Coming soon	Yes. Years of labs on one timeline	How HANS works, HANS pricing

HANS for the solo practitioner

HANS is an AI copilot for independent functional medicine practitioners that helps them evaluate the protocols and claims patients bring in and explain them with answers grounded in each patient's own labs, history and current research.

The HANS How it works page names solo and small functional medicine practices as the audience (How HANS works). For a practitioner working alone, the useful parts are a chart assembled from the intake and outside records, cited answers to case questions, and a draft visit note that stays a draft until you sign (How HANS works). One Solo license covers one practitioner, and the desktop app runs on macOS 14 or later or 64-bit Windows (HANS pricing).

Is Practice Better a good fit for a solo practice?

Yes, for many solo practitioners. Its Starter plan is a single practitioner license, and the same page lists scheduling, telehealth video, integrated billing and payments, secure messaging, and a client portal on that plan (Practice Better pricing). Its charting page says the product is built for allied health professionals such as dietitians, nutritionists, naturopathic doctors, and health coaches (Practice Better charting).

Is Cerbo a good fit for a solo practice?

Cerbo's functional medicine page describes it as fully cloud-based, HIPAA-compliant, and designed for small-to-midsize practices (Cerbo functional medicine page). A solo clinician who prescribes supplements and runs treatment plans for IVs or hormones will find those listed on the same page (Cerbo functional medicine page).

Does a solo practice need insurance billing or cash and membership billing?

Pick the billing model first, then the EMR. Cerbo says it is optimized for cash-based, membership, or direct-pay models (Cerbo functional medicine page). ChARM's home page points to billing, insurance tools, and revenue cycle services (ChARM Health home). HANS does no billing today, and cash and membership billing is coming soon, so a solo practice still needs one of these systems for payments.

What should a solo practitioner switch to?

Switch when the current system blocks the business: wrong billing model, no portal, or no lab integration you rely on. If the system works and the problem is time spent on complex cases, keep it and add HANS beside it. HANS has no integration with other EMRs, so a signed note moves across as a PDF or Word export or by copy and paste (How HANS works).

How does HANS compare for a solo practice?

HANS covers case preparation, research questions, and note drafts. The EMRs above cover scheduling, payments, and the legal record. For the full field, see our roundup of the best EMR for functional medicine, and for business tools by practice size, our guide to functional medicine practice management software.

HANS pricing

• Solo: $297/mo billed annually ($3,564/yr)
• Growing: $549/mo billed annually, 2x the Solo usage allowance, links licenses into one practice
• Established: $799/mo billed annually, 3x the Solo usage allowance, newest features first
• Clinic: volume licenses with SSO and one invoice, priced on request

A solo practitioner starts on Solo, and every purchase carries a 30-day money-back guarantee (HANS pricing). EMR prices change often, so check each vendor's pricing page in Sources.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best EMR for a solo functional medicine practice?

Practice Better fits a solo cash or coaching practice, Cerbo fits a solo clinician on cash or membership billing who orders functional labs, and ChARM Health fits a solo practice that wants to start free (Practice Better pricing, Cerbo functional medicine page, ChARM Health home).

Is HANS an EMR for solo practitioners?

No. HANS is an AI copilot for independent functional medicine practitioners that helps them evaluate the protocols and claims patients bring in and explain them with answers grounded in each patient's own labs, history and current research. It runs on its own or alongside your current system.

Can a solo practitioner use HANS without changing EMRs?

Yes. The HANS How it works page says most practitioners run HANS alongside the record system they already have (How HANS works). There is no data exchange with that system, so notes move across by export or copy and paste.

Does HANS handle cash or membership billing?

Not yet. HANS lists cash and membership billing as coming soon. A solo practice that needs it today should use an EMR that states it on its own page, such as Cerbo (Cerbo functional medicine page).

What does HANS cost for one practitioner?

Solo is $297 per month billed annually, and every plan is one practitioner license with a 30-day money-back guarantee (HANS pricing).

Sources

• Practice Better pricing, accessed 2026-10-13
• Practice Better integrations, accessed 2026-10-13
• Practice Better charting, accessed 2026-10-13
• Cerbo functional and integrative medicine, accessed 2026-10-13
• ChARM Health home, accessed 2026-10-13
• ChARM EHR page, accessed 2026-10-13
• ChARM supplement templates, accessed 2026-10-13
• How HANS works
• HANS pricing

Author and medical review

Written by Andrew Le, MD. Andrew Le, MD is the founder and CEO of HANS and the founder of Buoy Health and Renew Health.

Medically reviewed by Andrew Le, MD.

Next step

See the Solo plan on HANS pricing and run it on your next complex case.