SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Group Medical Care: A Systematic Review of Health Service Performance.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Assessing group medical visits for the management of chronic pain in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Gerontologist · 2026Pooled it
- Qualitative Methods for Clinical and Health Services Research in Internal Medicine: Guidance and Key Considerations.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Guideline
- Feasibility and efficacy of implementing group visits for women's health conditions: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2023Pooled it
- Cost-effectiveness of group medical visits and microfinance interventions versus usual care to manage hypertension in Kenya: a secondary modelling analysis of data from the Bridging Income Generation with Group Integrated Care (BIGPIC) trial.The Lancet. Global health · 2024Trial
- Patient Characteristics Associated With Group Prenatal Care Attendance in a Randomized Controlled Trial.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthTrial
- Group medical visits in cancer survivorship care: a scoping review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Article
- Shared Medical Appointments and the Quintuple Aim of Health Care: A State of the Art Literature Review.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2026Review
- Implementing virtual diabetes self-management education in two health systems (VIDA): a mixed-methods pilot study.Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2026Article
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- Virtual Group Medical Visits to Decrease Stress and Increase Sleep Quality in a Rural Community: A Quality Improvement Project.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2025Article
- Enhancing Resident Education and Expanding Care with Group Medical Visits/Shared Medical Appointments.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2025Article
- Twenty-first century management of diabetes with shared telemedicine appointments.Journal of telemedicine and telecare · 2025Review
- A qualitative study on the factors influencing oral health care for young children in Belgium.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Diabetes Medical Group Visits and Type 2 Diabetes Outcomes: Mediation Analysis of Diabetes Distress.JMIR diabetes · 2025Article
- Self-Monitoring With Coping Skills and Lifestyle Education for Hypertension Control in Primary Care.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2024Article
- Determinants of implementation for group medical visits for patients with chronic pain: a systematic review.Implementation science communications · 2024Review
- Optimizing Diabetes Care Through Listening to Multiple Voices.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2024Article
- Group medicare wellness visits: A pilot exploration of an approach to wellness and preventive medicine for older adults.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of an Immersive Telemedicine Platform for Delivering Diabetes Medical Group Visits for African American, Black and Hispanic, or Latina Women With Uncontrolled Diabetes: The Women in Control 2.0 Noninferiority Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Physician-Chef-Dietitian Partnerships for Evidence-Based Dietary Approaches to Tackling Chronic Disease: The Case for Culinary Medicine in Teaching Kitchens.Journal of healthcare leadership · 2023Review
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Abstract
Group care models, in which patients with similar health conditions receive medical services in a shared appointment, have increasingly been adopted in a variety of health care settings. Applying the Triple Aim framework, we examined the potential of group medical care to optimize health system performance through improved patient experience, better health outcomes, and the reduced cost of health care. A systematic review of English language articles was conducted using the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (CENTRAL), MEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus, and Embase. Studies based on data from randomized control trials (RCTs) conducted in the US and analyzed using an intent-to-treat approach to test the effect of group visits versus standard individual care on at least one Triple Aim domain were included. Thirty-one studies met the inclusion criteria. These studies focused on pregnancy (n = 9), diabetes (n = 15), and other chronic health conditions (n = 7). Compared with individual care, group visits have the potential to improve patient experience, health outcomes, and costs for a diversity of health conditions. Although findings varied between studies, no adverse effects were associated with group health care delivery in these randomized controlled trials. Group care models may contribute to quality improvements, better health outcomes, and lower costs for select health conditions.
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