OBJECTIVE: Shared medical appointments offer a novel approach to improve efficiency and quality of care consistent with the goals of the Institute of Medicine. Our objective was to develop and implement a shared medical appointment for @entity5 @entity1 initiating chemotherapy. METHODS: We first assessed the level of interest in shared medical appointments among our @entity1 and providers through qualitative interviews. Both @entity1 and providers identified pre-chemotherapy as an optimal area to pilot shared medical appointments. We subsequently created a multidisciplinary team comprised of physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, pharmacists, administrators, health education specialists and members of the Quality Improvement Department to establish a Shared Medical Appointment and Readiness Teaching (SMART) program for all gynecologic oncology @entity1 initiating chemotherapy with @entity902 - and/or @entity3907 -based regimens. We developed a standardized chemotherapy education presentation and provided @entity1 with a tool kit that consisted of chemotherapy drug education, a guide to managing side effects, advance directives, and center contact information. RESULTS: From May 9, 2014 to June 26, 2015, 144 @entity1 participated in 51 SMART visits. The majority of @entity1 had @entity43 and were treated with @entity3003 / @entity1311 . Surveyed @entity1 reported being highly satisfied with the group visit and would recommend shared medical appointments to other @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: This model of care provides @entity1 education within a framework of social support that empowers @entity1 . Shared medical appointments for oncology @entity1 initiating chemotherapy are both feasible and well accepted.

Fighting XXXX together: Development and implementation of shared medical appointments to standardize and improve chemotherapy education.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity43 :: ('MESH:D010051', 'Disease') :: ['ovarian cancer'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['gynecologic cancer'] @entity3003 :: ('MESH:D016190', 'Chemical') :: ['carboplatin'] @entity1311 :: ('MESH:D017239', 'Chemical') :: ['paclitaxel'] @entity3907 :: ('MESH:C080625', 'Chemical') :: ['taxane'] @entity902 :: ('MESH:D010984', 'Chemical') :: ['platinum']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['cancer']
