Background: Group medical visits, whereby health care professionals meet with groups of
patients who have the same disease, have been introduced in primary care as a way to …

Purpose This review appraised research evidence on the effectiveness of group visits for
persons with diabetes. The group visit approach included both education and medical …

The number of people with diabetes is expected to rise to over 592 million by the year 2035.
Past work provides evidence that the conventional method of primary care delivery may not …

BACKGROUND Current diabetes management guidelines offer blueprints for providers, yet
type 2 diabetes control is often poor in disadvantaged populations. The group visit is a new …

Diabetes is a major public health problem that is reaching epidemic proportions in the
United States and worldwide. Over 22 million Americans currently have diabetes and it is …

In Brief New models are emerging for using patient groups in the medical care of diabetes.
Most include a diabetes education component. Several of these models have demonstrated …

Optimal control of blood pressure, lipids, and glycemia occurs in< 10% of patients with
diabetes in national surveys, even as diabetes becomes epidemic and care for diabetes …

A diagnosis of diabetes can require multiple changes in a person's behavior, diet, and
lifestyle. Efforts to sustain these changes and manage this complex chronic disease can be …

Of the many innovations in health care delivery proposed in the context of health reform for
those with chronic diseases such as diabetes, the group visit model is relatively easy to …

Objective Review the effectiveness of group visits (appointments of multiple patients) on
quality of life, function, self-efficacy, utilization, and biophysical outcomes in randomized …