The Solo DPC Tech Stack: What You Actually Need

You Don't Need 30 Tools. You Need the Right 8.

Every DPC Facebook group has the same recurring thread: "What software do you use?" The answers pile up fast — Elation, Hint, Atlas.md, Spruce, Fullscript, QuickBooks, Google Workspace — and suddenly you're staring at 30 recommendations wondering how anyone runs a practice without a full-time IT person.

Here's the truth most solo DPC docs figure out the hard way: the problem isn't finding the right tools. The problem is that even when you have the right tools, they don't talk to each other. You end up with a perfectly curated tech stack that still feels like chaos because every tool lives in its own browser tab, its own login, its own little universe.

The goal isn't fewer tools. It's fewer friction points between the tools you already chose.

The Core Solo DPC Stack

Most successful solo DPC practices converge on a surprisingly similar set of tools. You need an EHR — Elation, Cerbo, Atlas.md, or Akute are the usual suspects. You need membership billing — Hint Core handles this for most. You need patient communication — Spruce dominates here. You need e-prescribing, lab ordering, and probably a supplement dispensary if you're doing any functional or integrative work.

That's already six tools before you add your AI scribe, your clinical reference, your accounting software, and your scheduling platform. A "lean" solo DPC tech stack is still 8–12 web apps that you bounce between dozens of times per day. Each one is good at its job. None of them know the others exist.

The mental overhead isn't in learning the tools — it's in the tab gymnastics required to use them together. You chart in one tab, flip to another for labs, flip again to message the patient, flip again to send the prescription. Every flip is a micro-interruption that chips away at your focus.

What the Stack Actually Looks Like

Here's a realistic day-one tech stack for a solo DPC practice:

• EHR: Elation, Atlas.md, Cerbo, or Akute
• Billing/Membership: Hint Core
• Communication: Spruce or Weave
• E-Prescribing: ProficientRx
• Labs: Quest Quanum, Labcorp, or Rupa Health
• Documentation: Freed, Heidi, or Sigma.MD
• Dispensary: Fullscript (if applicable)
• Clinical Reference: UpToDate or Open Evidence

That's 8 tools minimum. Each one earns its place. The question isn't whether you need them — it's how you use them without losing your mind.

The One-Screen Fix

Tabflows was built for exactly this problem. Instead of managing 8+ browser tabs that you cycle through all day, you build a single workspace where your entire tech stack is laid out on one screen. Your EHR sits front and center. Your labs, messaging, Rx tools, and references are arranged around it exactly where you want them.

You set it up once — drag things where they make sense for how you work — and every patient visit starts from that same organized layout. No more hunting for the right tab. No more wondering if you already opened Spruce or if that was three patients ago. Your stack stops being a collection of disconnected tools and starts being an actual workflow.

For solo DPC docs especially, this matters more than it does for larger practices. You don't have a medical assistant pulling up labs for you or a front desk person handling Hint. You're doing all of it yourself, which means every unnecessary click and context switch falls squarely on your shoulders.

Stop Tab-Switching. Start Practicing.

You picked every tool in your stack for a reason. Tabflows makes sure they actually work together — so your solo practice runs like a well-staffed clinic, even when the only staff is you.