Running Group Visits in Your Practice Book

Part 1. Group Visits: The Next Step in Medical Care.- Introduction to group visits.- The Drop-In Group Medical Appointment model: a revolutionary access solution for follow-up visits.- Drop-in group medical appointments: strengths, weaknesses, and real-life examples.- The Cooperative Health Care Clinic Model: following the same group of multi-morbid geriatric patients over time.- The Physicals Shared Medical Appointment model: a revolutionary access solution for private physical examinations.- Physician buy-in: the key to successful shared medical appointment programs.- A comprehensive chronic illness treatment paradigm that makes full use of group visits.- Do not abuse group visits.- Reports, case studies and outcomes data.- Part 2. How to Implement Your Own Group Visit Program.- Twenty essential steps to implementing a successful group visit program.- A 10-week pipeline for launching new DIGMAs and PSMAs.- Suggested readings.