# Functional Medicine Telehealth | Hamilton Telehealth

> Provider-reviewed functional medicine support for symptoms, health history, lifestyle, labs, and whole-person care planning.

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# Functional medicine that looks at the full picture.
Hamilton Telehealth offers functional medicine consultations for patients who want a more complete conversation about symptoms, health history, lifestyle, labs, and patterns that may be affecting how they feel. Your provider reviews the full picture and helps identify practical next steps.
**Format**
Secure telehealth
**Best for**
Whole-person review
**Care path**
Provider-reviewed
**Labs**
When clinically appropriate
## Start with the story behind the symptoms.
Functional medicine looks at the interactions among lifestyle, environment, health history, and body systems. At Hamilton, the goal is to listen carefully, organize what may be contributing to your concerns, and recommend next steps that fit your care needs.
- 1 Tell the full story Share your symptoms, timeline, medical history, routines, stressors, medications, and previous testing.
- 2 Review patterns A provider looks for themes across your history, lifestyle, labs, and goals rather than focusing on one symptom in isolation.
- 3 Plan next steps Your plan may include education, lifestyle guidance, lab discussion, follow-up, or referral recommendations depending on clinical fit.
## More context for complex health questions.
Functional medicine consultations can help organize symptoms, history, lifestyle, labs, and care questions into a provider-reviewed next-step plan.
- Fatigue and energy concerns
- Sleep and stress load
- Digestive patterns
- Metabolic wellness
- Lab review
- Whole-person planning
## Questions, answered.
A few common questions about functional medicine and how provider review works.
**Q: What is functional medicine?**
A: Functional medicine is commonly described as a whole-person approach that considers health history, lifestyle, environment, and body-system interactions. At Hamilton, it is presented as a provider-reviewed care-planning conversation, not as a guaranteed cure.
**Q: How is this different from metabolic wellness?**
A: Functional medicine takes a broad, root-cause look at symptoms, health history, and labs across the whole body. Metabolic Wellness is more focused on weight, energy, and metabolic goals, including medication options when clinically appropriate. Many patients start with whichever matches their main goal, and a provider can help you choose.
**Q: Does functional medicine replace my primary care provider?**
A: No. Hamilton's functional medicine service can complement primary care, but it does not replace emergency care, routine primary care, or in-person evaluation when those are needed.
**Q: Will I need lab work?**
A: Lab work may be discussed or recommended depending on your concerns and history, but it is not promised as required or included unless Hamilton confirms the exact workflow.
**Q: What kinds of concerns can I discuss?**
A: Patients often ask about fatigue, sleep, stress, digestive patterns, metabolic wellness, hormone-related concerns, and general wellness planning. Your provider can help determine what is appropriate for telehealth.
**Q: Will this give me a diagnosis?**
A: Not necessarily. A consult can help organize concerns and next steps, but diagnosis, treatment, referrals, and testing depend on provider review and clinical fit.
**Q: Is this evidence-based?**
A: Hamilton uses provider-reviewed care planning and draws on whole-person health principles. No single approach is appropriate for every person or every condition, so next steps depend on clinical review.
Functional medicine consultations do not replace emergency care or your primary care provider. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. Testing, treatment, and referrals depend on provider review and clinical appropriateness.
## Bring the full picture to a provider.