ArticlePopulation health management2016
Shared Medical Appointments: A Promising Innovation to Improve Patient Engagement and Ease the Primary Care Provider Shortage.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Patient Perspectives on Lifestyle Medicine Virtual Group Visits.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2024Article
- Group medicare wellness visits: A pilot exploration of an approach to wellness and preventive medicine for older adults.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Antecedents of patient health engagement in the radiotherapy service (evidence from Indonesia).Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2023Article
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- Patient Experiences in Selecting a Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan.Journal of patient experience · 2018Article
- Features of Patient-Centered Primary Care and the Use of Ambulatory Care.Population health management · 2017Article
- Shared medical appointments as a new model for carpal tunnel surgery consultation: A randomized clinical trial.Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.) · 2016Article
- Multiple Sclerosis Wellness Shared Medical Appointment Model: A Pilot Study.International journal of MS careArticle
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Abstract
The Affordable Care Act has extended coverage for uninsured and underinsured Americans, but it could exacerbate existing problems of access to primary care. Shared medical appointments (SMAs) are one way to improve access and increase practice productivity, but few studies have examined the patient's perspective on participation in SMAs. To understand patient experiences, 5 focus group sessions were conducted with a total of 30 people in the San Francisco Bay Area. The sessions revealed that most participants felt that they received numerous tangible and intangible benefits from SMAs, particularly enhanced engagement with other patients and physicians, learning, and motivation for health behavior change. Most importantly, participants noted changes in the power dynamic during SMA visits as they increasingly saw themselves empowered to impart information to the physician. Although SMAs improve access, engagement with physicians and other patients, and knowledge of patients' health, they also help to ease the workload for physicians.
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