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Media type:
E-Book
Title:
Running Group Visits in Your Practice
Contains:
Running Group Visits in Your Practice; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Disclaimer; Contents; Contents of the DVD; Part I Group Visits: The Next Step in Medical Care; Introduction to Group Visits; Three Major Group Visit Models; Group Visits for Better Managing Busy Practices and Chronic Illnesses; The Many Benefits of Shared Medical Appointments; DIGMAs and PSMAs Resemble a Series of Individual Office Visits with Observers; Cooperative Healthcare Clinics Follow the Same 15-20 Patients Over Time; Other Applications for Shared Medical Appointments; Use in Medical and Surgical Subspecialties
Why Group Visits?Improved Access to Care; Patient Benefits; Patient Satisfaction; Shared Medical Appointment Reception in the Popular Press; Physician Benefits; Organization Benefits; Are There Applications in Which DIGMAs and PSMAs Will Not Work?; Homeless Patients; Digital Rectal Examinations for Elderly Hermits Living in the Bush of Alaska; The Ultimate Goal: Precisely Match the Type of Care Offered to the Needs of Patients; Shared Medical Appointments Must Be Carefully Planned, Adequately Supported, and Properly Run; Create a Culture of Excellence Around Your Group Visit Program
Build Excellent Quality and Service into Your Shared Medical Appointment ProgramFocus on Maximizing Long-Term Benefit; Some Concluding Comments; Why Not Consider Group Visits as Your Primary Means of Delivering Care?; References; The Drop-In Group Medical Appointment Model: A Revolutionary Access Solution for Follow-Up Visits; Overview of the Drop-In Group Medical Appointment Model; Drop-In Group Medical Appointments Provide Four Major Benefits; Basic Parameters of a Drop-In Group Medical Appointment; Scheduling; Patients Enter Drop-In Group Medical Appointments in Six Different Ways
The Drop-In Group Medical Appointment TeamThe Behaviorist; The Nursing Personnel; The Documenter; The Champion and Program Coordinator; The Dedicated Schedulers; Physician Satisfaction Is High; Drop-In Group Medical Appointments Are Customized to Each Provider; Drop-In Group Medical Appointments Can Increase Productivity 200-300% or More; Design the Drop-In Group Medical Appointment to Triple Productivity; Increased Productivity Can Improve Access; Specialists Can Often Increase Productivity Even More Than 300%
Subtypes of Drop-In Group Medical Appointments and Physicals Shared Medical AppointmentsThe Heterogeneous Subtype; That Heterogeneous DIGMAs Work at All Is Counterintuitive; In Heterogeneous DIGMAs, Patients Still Share Many Common Issues; Patients Listen When Others with Different Conditions Are Treated; Heterogeneous Model in Primary Care and Medical Subspecialties; Mixed and Homogeneous Groups Often Evolve into Heterogeneous Groups; Patients Benefit from Seeing Others Perceived as Being Worse Off; The Heterogeneous Subtype Can Be Less Threatening to Other Patients
Heterogeneous Drop-In Group Medical Appointments Are Best for Half-Time Physicians
Footnote:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description:
The comprehensive text is designed to be the definitive work on group visits. This book and DVD provides the reader with an authoritative reference for today's major group visit models (SMA's, DIGMAs, and CHCC): what they are, their strengths and weaknesses, and how they can best be used together and in combination with traditional individual office visits.
This comprehensive text is designed to be the definitive work on group visits. This book and DVD provides the reader with an authoritative reference for today's major group visit models (SMA's, DIGMAs, and CHCC): what they are; their strengths and weaknesses; and how they can best be used together and in combination with traditional individual office visits