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Incorporating Group Medical Visits into Primary Healthcare: Are There Benefits?
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Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Shared medical appointments and patient-centered experience: a mixed-methods systematic review.BMC family practice · 2019Pooled it
- The Impact of Implementing Virtual Diabetes Group Visits on Staff and Provider Wellbeing, Job Satisfaction, and Burnout: A Mixed Methods Analysis.Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2025Trial
- Layers of complexity: a directed content analysis of implementation determinants for integrative group medical visits for patients with chronic pain in safety-net primary care.BMC primary care · 2026Article
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- Patient Perspectives on Lifestyle Medicine Virtual Group Visits.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2024Article
- Determinants of implementation for group medical visits for patients with chronic pain: a systematic review.Implementation science communications · 2024Review
- Too Dense and Too Detailed: Evaluation of the Health Literacy Attributes of an Informed Consent Document.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2020Article
- A Narrative Review of Diabetes Group Visits in Low-Income and Underserved Settings.Current diabetes reviews · 2019Review
- Shape-Up and Eat Right Families Pilot Program: Feasibility of a Weight Management Shared Medical Appointment Model in African-Americans With Obesity at an Urban Academic Medical Center.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2018Article
- The Role of Primary Care Physicians in Managing Chronic Disease.Delaware journal of public health · 2017Article
- Using Group Medical Visits With Those Who Have Diabetes: Examining the Evidence.Current diabetes reports · 2016Review
- Diabetes MESSAGES: A Learning Collaborative to Support Community Health Centers in Implementing and Sustaining Group Visits.The Journal of ambulatory care managementArticle
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Abstract
objectiveGroup medical visits (GMVs) have been touted as an innovation to effectively and efficiently provide primary healthcare (PHC) services. The purpose of this paper is to report whether GMVs have tangible benefits for providers and patients.
methodsThis descriptive study included in-depth interviews with patients attending and providers facilitating GMVs and direct observation. Five primary care practices in rural towns and four First Nations communities participated. This paper reports on an analysis of interviews and observations.
resultsThirty-four providers and 29 patients were interviewed. Patient participants were an average of 62 years old, mostly female and married. The three most common chronic conditions reported by patients were diabetes (n = 9), high blood pressure (n = 8) and arthritis (n = 7). Three themes illustrated how GMVs: (1) can foster access to needed health services; (2) expand opportunities for collaboration and team-based care; and (3) improve patient and provider experiences. A fourth theme captured structural challenges in delivering GMVs. DISCUSSION: There are tangible benefits in delivering GMVs in PHC. While whole patient panels can benefit from the integration of GMVs into practice, those who could gain the most are patients with complex medical and social needs. GMVs provide an opportunity to enhance PHC, strengthening the system particularly for patients with chronic conditions.
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