The ABCs of Group Visits An Implementation Manual For Your Practice [Paperback]

The US healthcare system faces numerous difficulties: uncontrolled increases in costs; major access problems; doctor shortages; closing practices; inefficiencies; decreasing revenues; shrinking bottom lines; large numbers of uninsured and underinsured patients; and the upcoming increased demands in service posed by the Affordable Care Act. As a result, many physicians and health care organications are turning to group visits to address these problems.While Dr. Noffsinger's textbook Running Group Visits In Your Practice is the cornerstone reference on designing, implementing and running shared medical appointments (SMAs) in one's practice, it lacks the simplicity and practicality that clinicians are looking for to start their own SMA programs. The ABCs of Group Visits is a practical, streamlined and step-by-step guide focused on the implementation aspects of group visits.Healthcare professionals at every level are looking for alternate ways to deliver high quality care at lower cost, and it is clear to many that group visits provide a care delivery model that will address many of today's critical challenges.? The ABCs of Group Visits quickly provides a solution for your busy practice.

Astonishingly, the worlds richest nation is now having to resort to group doctor appointments to make ends meet. This book takes health care professional through every step of the process of organizing and conducting these SMAs (shared medical appointments).

Why try group visits in your practice?.- Today's three major group visit models.- Twelve key first steps.- Weeks 10 and 9 prior to launching your group visit.- Weeks 8, 7, and 6 prior to launch.- Weeks 5, 4, and 3 prior to launch.- Weeks?2 and 1 prior to launch.- The launch of your new group visit and thereafter.

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