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Research on SMA / GMV

Below is a curated list of research articles from the most well-studied applications for SMAs/GMVs. There are many more research studies within each of these conditions as well as for many others that are not listed below, including dermatology, geriatrics, hepatology, mind-body medicine, neurology, pain medicine, palliative care, prenatal care, psychiatry, substance use disorders, and women’s health.

• General

  • Adopting Innovations in Care Delivery — The Case of Shared Medical Appointments

  • Shared medical appointments: A promising response to escalating demand for healthcare

  • Effectiveness of shared medical appointments delivered in primary care for improving health outcomes in patients with long-term conditions: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials

  • The “Nuts and Bolts” of Implementing Shared Medical Appointments: The Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Experience

  • Shared Medical Appointments for Chronic Medical Conditions: A Systematic Review

  • Group Visits: A Qualitative Review of Current Research

  • A realist review of shared medical appointments: How, for whom, and under what circumstances do they work?

  • What is the evidence for the effectiveness, appropriateness and feasibility of group clinics for patients with chronic conditions? A systematic review

  • Shared medical appointments: Increasing patient access without increasing physician hours

  • Patients could share virtual medical appointments for better access to telemedicine

  • Group Medical Care: A Systematic Review of Health Service Performance

  • Patients’ and providers’ satisfaction with shared medical appointments

  • Barriers and facilitators to implementation of shared medical appointments in primary care for the management of long-term conditions: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative studies

  • Effectiveness of a Group Outpatient Visit Model for Chronically Ill Older Health Maintenance Organization Members: A 2-Year Randomized Trial of the Cooperative Health Care Clinic

• Obesity

  • Obesity: Are shared medical appointments part of the answer?

  • Shared medical appointments for weight loss: a systematic review

  • Shared Medical Appointments: Promoting Weight Loss in a Clinical Setting

  • Implementation of a virtual, shared medical appointment program that focuses on food as medicine principles in a population with obesity: the SLIM program

• Hypertension

  • Impact of a Shared Medical Appointment on Hypertension Clinical Outcomes and Medication Adherence in a Veterans Affairs Health Care System

  • Hypertension Control and Medication Titration Associated With Lifestyle Medicine Virtual Group Visits and Home Blood Pressure Monitoring

  • Group Visits in the Management of Diabetes and Hypertension: Effect on Glycemic and Blood Pressure Control

  • Heart on hypertension: Improving hypertension control in the FQHC setting through a group visit program

  • Behavior changes in patients with diabetes and hypertension after experiencing shared medical appointments

  • Our Whole Lives for Hypertension and Cardiac Risk Factors—Combining a Teaching Kitchen Group Visit With a Web-Based Platform: Feasibility Trial

• Diabetes

  • Shared Medical Appointments for Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review

  • Evaluating Effects of Virtual Diabetes Group Visits in Community Health Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • What works in implementing shared medical appointments for patients with diabetes in primary care to enhance reach: a qualitative comparative analysis from the Invested in Diabetes study

  • Formative evaluation and adaptation of pre-and early implementation of diabetes shared medical appointments to maximize sustainability and adoption

  • Comparative Effectiveness of Patient‑Driven versus Standardized Diabetes Shared Medical Appointments: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Trial

  • Group Visits in the Management of Diabetes and Hypertension: Effect on Glycemic and Blood Pressure Control

  • Delivering diabetes shared medical appointments in primary care: early and mid‑program adaptations and implications for successful implementation

  • Costs and Health Care Utilization Analysis of Medical Group Visits for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes in Community Health Centers

  • Using the RE‑AIM framework to evaluate the impact of shared medical appointments for diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta‑analysis

• Congestive Heart Failure

  • Shared Medical Appointments in Heart Failure for Post Acute Care Follow-Up: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  • A Description of Patient and Provider Experience and Clinical Outcomes After Heart Failure Shared Medical Appointment

  • Implementing shared medical appointments for heart failure patients in a community cardiology practice: A pilot study

  • Training providers to implement heart failure shared medical appointments: A qualitative evaluation

  • Healthcare providers experiences with shared medical appointments for heart failure

• Oncology

  • Implementation of Virtual Integrative Oncology Shared Medical Appointment Series (VIOSMAS) Within Mixed Diagnosis Population

  • Fighting Cancer Together: Development and Implementation of Shared Medical Appointments to Standardize and Improve Chemotherapy Education

  • Shared Medical Appointments in Cancer Survivorship Care: A Review of the Literature

  • Lifestyle Medicine-Focused Shared Medical Appointments to Improve Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases and Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors

• Lifestyle Medicine

  • Lifestyle Medicine Shared Medical Appointments: A proposed framework for high value chronic disease care

  • The Art and Science of Group Visits in Lifestyle Medicine

  • Lifestyle Medicine Shared Medical Appointments

  • Patient Perspectives on Lifestyle Medicine Virtual Group Visits

  • A nutrition and lifestyle‑focused shared medical appointment in a resource‑challenged community setting: a mixed‑methods study

• Culinary Medicine

  • Design, Implementation, and Feasibility of a Community Co-Led Culinary Medicine Shared Medical Appointment Model

  • Culinary Medicine: Bringing Healthcare Into the Kitchen