BACKGROUND: Shared medical appointments combine individual @entity1 -physician encounters with a group educational segment. This allows for @entity1 ' needs to be addressed individually and for @entity1 to benefit from shared learning. Shared medical appointments enhance knowledge, understanding, and management of disease by providing a variety of perspectives and experiences. In addition, physician- @entity1 contact time and clinic efficiency are increased. This study assesses @entity1 satisfaction and provider efficiency with shared medical appointments for symptomatic @entity21879 . METHODS: @entity1 were offered a shared medical appointment or traditional individual appointment. After the appointment, @entity1 completed a satisfaction survey. Provider efficiency was measured by comparing visits per hour. RESULTS: Over 6 months, 26 of 28 shared medical appointment @entity1 and 26 of 29 traditional individual appointment @entity1 completed the survey. @entity1 reported 89 percent satisfaction with traditional individual appointments and shared medical appointments (p = 0.1), and both groups reported 92 percent satisfaction with thoroughness of care (p = 0.1). Seventy-seven percent of the shared medical appointment group said it was very or extremely likely they would participate in a shared medical appointment in the future. Provider efficiency increased nearly 250 percent, as @entity1 -per-hour averaged 6.4 for shared medical appointments versus 2.67 for traditional individual appointments. CONCLUSIONS: Shared medical appointments for @entity21879 resulted in high @entity1 satisfaction. Results were comparable to those of traditional individual appointments. No @entity1 were dissatisfied, and provider efficiency improved. Shared medical appointments have unique benefits in @entity1 education without compromising thoroughness or @entity1 satisfaction, and offer an alternative delivery model that improves efficiency.

Shared medical appointments for preoperative evaluation of symptomatic XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'Patients'] @entity21879 :: ('MESH:C536821', 'Disease') :: ['macromastia']
@entity21879 :: (MESH:C536821,Disease) :: ['macromastia']
