#207: Laura Meaney: Helping Patients Thrive with Ketamine Therapy

<p><strong>OVERVIEW:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner, and Host of the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">podcast talks with Laura Meaney, DNAP, CRNA, and Co-Founder of Focused Infusion Therapy. Laura talks about the steps she took to open her practice and offers advice for anyone interested in starting a ketamine clinic.</span></p> <p><strong>EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2019, Laura got her doctorate in anesthesia. Her doctoral thesis was on ketamine and protocols for treatment-resistant depression.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her practice, Focused Infusion Therapy, is located in Arizona and has been open since October 2020.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her business partner had the capital to launch. They started small and now have plans to open satellite clinics in the central Phoenix area.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Laura shares how she found her medical director, a physician from a local hospital. He reviews charts and consults. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">She also shares the steps she and her business partner took to open their practice—from purchasing equipment to renting a place to set things up.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Laura talks about how they overcame the challenge of launching a website and what marketing methods they used to promote their business.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology and the American Psychiatric Nurses Association released a joint statement that CRNAs should be collaborating with mental health clinicians if they’re treating mental health patients. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Laura admits some patients have experienced side effects after ketamine infusions, such as nausea and headaches. She's worked wi