WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — An innovative concept of shared medical appointments for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, in which a group of 10 to 15 patients meet for about 90 minutes of medical care ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with prediabetes who participated in shared medical appointments lost more weight and experienced ...

Glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes was improved through a shared medical appointment program focusing on lifestyle education and behavior change. Since no standard exists for the format ...

A lifestyle medicine education course using shared medical appointment simulations was practical and effective, data at the ...

(NBC News) How would you feel about seeing your doctor with a dozen other patients, facing the same health conditions as you? That’s what some hospitals and doctor’s offices are doing. The “shared ...

Shared medical appointment patients appear more satisfied with their care than those receiving usual care, according to a study published in the Annals of Family Medicine. The cross-sectional study ...

This article evaluates and compares the effectiveness of shared medical appointments versus regular office visits among Hispanic patients with diabetes. When comparing pre-post measures, there were ...

Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company conducted a study to evaluate the effectiveness of shared medical appointments for people with pre-diabetes compared with a ...

With the number of U.S. patients managing chronic disease soaring, the supply of primary care physicians plummeting and heavier accountability on physicians to keep patients healthy, it's paramount ...

Some of the nation’s leading health systems, including Cleveland Clinic and Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, are highlighting group medical appointments as a way to give patients expanded ...

Shared medical appointments (SMAs) are an acceptable way to receive treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), new research suggests. In a survey study, participants attending an urban outpatient ...

The FINANCIAL — Virtual health appointments have become widespread during the Covid pandemic, and combining this approach with shared medical appointments could enable health services to break through ...