What is it about?
Shared medical appointments (SMAs) are clinical visits in which several patients meet with 1 or more providers at the same time. SMAs may address the need for medication management along with patient’s lack of self-efficacy in heart failure care. Multiple SMA visits may be needed to reinforce concepts, reduce confusion, and garner peer support
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Why is it important?
Medication-related problems are highly prevalent in patients with heart failure
Perspectives
This article offers patient and provider unique perspectives of a novel care delivery model such as shared medical appointments for heart failure and describe outcomes
Dr Wen-Chih H Wu
Brown University
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This page is a summary of: A Description of Patient and Provider Experience and Clinical Outcomes After Heart Failure Shared Medical Appointment, Journal of Patient Experience, June 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/2374373517714452.
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