Together we heal.

Group Medical Visits (GMVs) have been making meaningful contributions to the health care community, and the research supports this model’s promise for improving health outcomes.  The most notable outcomes have been shown in groups focusing on pregnancy, diabetes care, and chronic pain management.  

GMVs lead to an improved health-related quality of life by providing patients with valuable peer support and connection, more time with clinicians, better access to quality care, and options for managing conditions.  These measures result in better self-efficacy and healthier patients.  With happier and healthier patients, fewer health care expenditures and less utilization of resources, such as emergency room visits and acute care visits.  

The impact is not limited to patient health and satisfaction though! GMVs are a real win-win with improved provider satisfaction, productivity, as well as patient recruitment and retention.  All in all, GMVs are proving to be valuable not only for the lives of patients, but also our clinicians and overall healthcare system. 

ICGMV has been practicing group medical visits in Lawrence, MA for over 25 years and can vouch for these great effects and better health outcomes.  We now want to take what we have learned to the next level, not only protecting our center during this time of uncertainty, but transforming how we provide care in the future. 

It is our mission to continue sharing our experiences and being a leader in training, support, research, and innovation for group models everywhere.  With your help, we can continue to improve health and well-being from afar. 

Our hope is to raise $50,000 to cover the added expense of enhancing our group space.

This includes providing our patients with:

• internet access
• personal tablets and mobile devices
• virtual group platform usage (such as Zoom)

As well as modifying our space to support these hybridized groups with:

• cameras and microphones
• monitors
• sound systems

By helping us reach this goal and be able to make these upgrades, together we will be able to increase access to the benefits of group visit programs for all. 

Home Option or Live Attendance (HOoLA) 

These HOoLA Groups are a hybrid between virtual and in-person group visits, allowing group members to choose how they attend.  By offering this option, it provides greater access to group visits for those that cannot attend in-person groups for a variety of reasons.  

In these times of distress and uncertainty, connecting to others is essential!  Whether our members are joining from the comfort of their own home or coming in to our group space, everyone can be immersed in the supportive environment and healing environment of group visits. 

Together, by supporting the expansion of our HOoLA groups, we can reduce loneliness, increase access, support underserved communities, provide group visit programs for all, and above all.... heal together!