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Medical group visits: a feasibility study to manage patients with chronic pain in an underserved urban clinic.Gardiner P, Dresner D, Barnett KG, Sadikova E, Saper R.Glob Adv Health Med. 2014 Jul;3(4):20-6. doi: 10.7453/gahmj.2014.011.PMID: 25105072 Free PMC article.
Group Medical Visits and Clinician Wellbeing.Thompson-Lastad A, Gardiner P.Glob Adv Health Med. 2020 Nov 18;9:2164956120973979. doi: 10.1177/2164956120973979. eCollection 2020.PMID: 33282545 Free PMC article.
Integrative Group Medical Visits: A National Scoping Survey of Safety-Net Clinics.Thompson-Lastad A, Gardiner P, Chao MT.Health Equity. 2019 Jan 25;3(1):1-8. doi: 10.1089/heq.2018.0081. eCollection 2019.PMID: 30706043 Free PMC article.
Feasibility of Implementation Mapping for Integrative Medical Group Visits.Roth IJ, Tiedt MK, Barnhill JL, Karvelas KR, Faurot KR, Gaylord S, Gardiner P, Miller VE, Leeman J.J Altern Complement Med. 2021 Mar;27(S1):S71-S80. doi: 10.1089/acm.2020.0393.PMID: 33788606 Free PMC article.
Pilot Observational Study of Patient Reported Outcome Measures for Long COVID Patients in Virtual Integrative Medical Group Visits.Barnhill JL, Roth IJ, Miller VE, Baratta JM, Chilcoat A, Kavalakatt BM, Tiedt MK, Thompson KL, Gardiner P.Glob Adv Integr Med Health. 2023 May 14;12:27536130231174236. doi: 10.1177/27536130231174236. eCollection 2023 Jan-Dec.PMID: 37205321 Free PMC article.
Characteristics and Components of Medical Group Visits for Chronic Health Conditions: A Systematic Scoping Review.Parikh M, Rajendran I, D'Amico S, Luo M, Gardiner P.J Altern Complement Med. 2019 Jul;25(7):683-698. doi: 10.1089/acm.2018.0524. Epub 2019 Apr 4.PMID: 30945935
Effectiveness of integrative medicine group visits in chronic pain and depressive symptoms: A randomized controlled trial.Gardiner P, Luo M, D'Amico S, Gergen-Barnett K, White LF, Saper R, Mitchell S, Liebschutz JM.PLoS One. 2019 Dec 18;14(12):e0225540. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225540. eCollection 2019.PMID: 31851666 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
Women in Control: Pioneering Diabetes Self-Management Medical Group Visits in the Virtual World.Mitchell S, Gardiner P, Weigel G, Rosal M.Open Access J Clin Trials. 2016;6(3):272. doi: 10.4172/2167-0870.1000272. Epub 2016 Jun 28.PMID: 35495550 Free PMC article.
Effectiveness of an Immersive Telemedicine Platform for Delivering Diabetes Medical Group Visits for African American, Black and Hispanic, or Latina Women With Uncontrolled Diabetes: The Women in Control 2.0 Noninferiority Randomized Clinical Trial.Mitchell SE, Bragg A, De La Cruz BA, Winter MR, Reichert MJ, Laird LD, Moldovan IA, Parker KN, Martin-Howard J, Gardiner P.J Med Internet Res. 2023 May 10;25:e43669. doi: 10.2196/43669.PMID: 37163341 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
Feasibility and Acceptability of Mindfulness-Based Group Visits for Smoking Cessation in Low-Socioeconomic Status and Minority Smokers with Cancer.Charlot M, D'Amico S, Luo M, Gemei A, Kathuria H, Gardiner P.J Altern Complement Med. 2019 Jul;25(7):762-769. doi: 10.1089/acm.2019.0016.PMID: 31314565 Free PMC article.
A Teaching Kitchen Medical Groups Visit with an eHealth Platform for Hypertension and Cardiac Risk Factors: A Qualitative Feasibility Study.Rohela P, Olendzki B, McGonigal LJ, Villa A, Gardiner P.J Altern Complement Med. 2021 Nov;27(11):974-983. doi: 10.1089/acm.2021.0148. Epub 2021 Aug 5.PMID: 34357790 Clinical Trial.
The design and methods of the OPTIMUM study: A multisite pragmatic randomized clinical trial of a telehealth group mindfulness program for persons with chronic low back pain.Greco CM, Gaylord SA, Faurot K, Weinberg JM, Gardiner P, Roth I, Barnhill JL, Thomas HN, Dhamne SC, Lathren C, Baez JE, Lawrence S, Neogi T, Lasser KE, Castro MG, White AM, Simmons SJ, Ferrao C, Binda DD, Elhadidy N, Eason KM, McTigue KM, Morone NE.Contemp Clin Trials. 2021 Oct;109:106545. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106545. Epub 2021 Aug 27.PMID: 34455111 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
Our Whole Lives for Hypertension and Cardiac Risk Factors-Combining a Teaching Kitchen Group Visit With a Web-Based Platform: Feasibility Trial. Gardiner P, McGonigal L, Villa A, Kovell LC, Rohela P, Cauley A, Rinker D, Olendzki B.JMIR Form Res. 2022 May 16;6(5):e29227. doi: 10.2196/29227.PMID: 35576575 Free PMC article.
An Innovative Electronic Health Toolkit (Our Whole Lives for Chronic Pain) to Reduce Chronic Pain in Patients With Health Disparities: Open Clinical Trial. Gardiner P, D'Amico S, Luo M, Haas N.JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2020 Mar 30;8(3):e14768. doi: 10.2196/14768.PMID: 32224487 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
The Latino Integrative Medical Group Visit as a Model for Pain Reduction in Underserved Spanish Speakers.Cornelio-Flores O, Lestoquoy AS, Abdallah S, DeLoureiro A, Lorente K, Pardo B, Olunwa J, Gardiner P.J Altern Complement Med. 2018 Feb;24(2):125-131. doi: 10.1089/acm.2017.0132. Epub 2017 Sep 8.PMID: 28885858
Geller JS. Loneliness and how group visits help people heal. Alternative and Complementary Therapies [Internet]. 2020;26(2):53-6. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1089/act.2020.29263.jge
Geller JS. Group Medical Visits: Introducing the "Group Inclusion Effect" and Key Principles for Maximization. J Altern Complement Med. 2019 Jul;25(7):673-674. doi: 10.1089/acm.2019.0012. PMID: 31314563.
Thompson-Lastad A, Gardiner P. Group Medical Visits and Clinician Wellbeing. Glob Adv Health Med. 2020 Nov 18;9:2164956120973979. doi: 10.1177/2164956120973979. PMID: 33282545; PMCID: PMC7683834.
Gardiner P, McGonigal L, Villa A, Kovell LC, Rohela P, Cauley A, Rinker D, Olendzki B. Our Whole Lives for Hypertension and Cardiac Risk Factors-Combining a Teaching Kitchen Group Visit With a Web-Based Platform: Feasibility Trial. JMIR Form Res. 2022 May 16;6(5):e29227. doi: 10.2196/29227. PMID: 35576575; PMCID: PMC9152723.
Parikh M, Rajendran I, D'Amico S, Luo M, Gardiner P. Characteristics and Components of Medical Group Visits for Chronic Health Conditions: A Systematic Scoping Review. J Altern Complement Med. 2019 Jul;25(7):683-698. doi: 10.1089/acm.2018.0524. Epub 2019 Apr 4. PMID: 30945935.
Roth I, Tiedt M, Miller V, Barnhill J, Chilcoat A, Gardiner P, Faurot K, Karvelas K, Busby K, Gaylord S, Leeman J. Integrative medical group visits for patients with chronic pain: results of a pilot single-site hybrid implementation-effectiveness feasibility study. Front Pain Res (Lausanne). 2023 Sep 27;4:1147588. doi: 10.3389/fpain.2023.1147588. PMID: 37828973; PMCID: PMC10565345.
Gardiner P, D'Amico S, Luo M, Haas N. An Innovative Electronic Health Toolkit (Our Whole Lives for Chronic Pain) to Reduce Chronic Pain in Patients With Health Disparities: Open Clinical Trial. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2020 Mar 30;8(3):e14768. doi: 10.2196/14768. PMID: 32224487; PMCID: PMC7154936.
Mitchell SE, Bragg A, De La Cruz BA, Winter MR, Reichert MJ, Laird LD, Moldovan IA, Parker KN, Martin-Howard J, Gardiner P. Effectiveness of an Immersive Telemedicine Platform for Delivering Diabetes Medical Group Visits for African American, Black and Hispanic, or Latina Women With Uncontrolled Diabetes: The Women in Control 2.0 Noninferiority Randomized Clinical Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2023 May 10;25:e43669. doi: 10.2196/43669. PMID: 37163341; PMCID: PMC10209787.
Nederveld A, Phimphasone-Brady P, Gurfinkel D, Waxmonsky JA, Kwan BM, Holtrop JS. Delivering diabetes shared medical appointments in primary care: early and mid-program adaptations and implications for successful implementation. BMC Prim Care. 2023 Feb 17;24(1):52. doi: 10.1186/s12875-023-02006-8. PMID: 36803773; PMCID: PMC9936115.
Roth IJ, Tiedt MK, Barnhill JL, Karvelas KR, Faurot KR, Gaylord S, Gardiner P, Miller VE, Leeman J. Feasibility of Implementation Mapping for Integrative Medical Group Visits. J Altern Complement Med. 2021 Mar;27(S1):S71-S80. doi: 10.1089/acm.2020.0393. PMID: 33788606; PMCID: PMC8035918.
Roth I, Tiedt M, Miller V, Barnhill J, Chilcoat A, Gardiner P, Faurot K, Karvelas K, Busby K, Gaylord S, Leeman J. Integrative medical group visits for patients with chronic pain: results of a pilot single-site hybrid implementation-effectiveness feasibility study. Front Pain Res (Lausanne). 2023 Sep 27;4:1147588. doi: 10.3389/fpain.2023.1147588. PMID: 37828973; PMCID: PMC10565345.
Wile KA, Roy S, Stuckey H, Zimmerman E, Bailey D, Parascando JA, Reedy-Cooper A. Qualitative Needs Assessment for the Development of Chronic Pain Group Medical Visits. J Patient Exp. 2021 Nov 26;8:23743735211063122. doi: 10.1177/23743735211063122. PMID: 34869851; PMCID: PMC8640981.
Thompson-Lastad A, Atreya CE, Chao MT, Pollak C, Dhruva A, Santana T, Abrams DI. Improving Access to Integrative Oncology Through Group Medical Visits: A Pilot Implementation Project. J Altern Complement Med. 2019 Jul;25(7):733-739. doi: 10.1089/acm.2019.0073. PMID: 31314561; PMCID: PMC6648219.
Grewal US, Mudigonda GR, Davila-Chapa C, Brown T, Mahadevan R. Letter to the Editor: Shared Medical Appointments May Be Beneficial in Mitigating Guilt among Cancer Survivors. J Palliat Med. 2022 Sep;25(9):1328-1329. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2022.0244. PMID: 36066953.
Wiltshire C, Budzynska K, Kulkarni P, Shoyinka N, Perkins DW. Group medicare wellness visits: A pilot exploration of an approach to wellness and preventive medicine for older adults. Prev Med Rep. 2023 Nov 10;36:102514. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102514. PMID: 38116253; PMCID: PMC10728448.
Lacagnina S, Tips J, Pauly K, Cara K, Karlsen M. Lifestyle Medicine Shared Medical Appointments. Am J Lifestyle Med. 2020 Jul 30;15(1):23-27. doi: 10.1177/1559827620943819. PMID: 33456418; PMCID: PMC7781059.
Mirsky J, Artz K. Lifestyle Medicine Shared Medical Appointments: A proposed framework for high value chronic disease care. Healthc (Amst). 2023 Dec;11(4):100723. doi: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2023.100723. Epub 2023 Nov 18. PMID: 37984311.
Lin Y, Saper R, Patil SJ. Long COVID Shared Medical Appointments: Lifestyle and Mind-Body Medicine With Peer Support. Ann Fam Med. 2022 Jul-Aug;20(4):383. doi: 10.1370/afm.2817. Epub 2022 Apr 20. PMID: 35443975; PMCID: PMC9328700.
Mata R, Bankole AO, Barnhill J, Roth I. A descriptive exploration of younger and older adults' experiences of Integrative Medical Group Visits for Long COVID. Aging Health Res. 2023 Jun;3(2):100137. doi: 10.1016/j.ahr.2023.100137. Epub 2023 Mar 21. PMID: 37799164; PMCID: PMC10554753.
Geller JS, Dube ET, Cruz GA, Stevens J, Keating Bench K. Pediatric Obesity Empowerment Model Group Medical Visits (POEM-GMV) as Treatment for Pediatric Obesity in an Underserved Community. Child Obes. 2015 Oct;11(5):638-46. doi: 10.1089/chi.2014.0163. Epub 2015 Sep 23. PMID: 26398311.
Dimovitz C, Butler S, Wang K, O'Rourke K, Cornea S, Wasser TE. Implementing Centering Parenting Model With an Urban Pediatric Population to Measure and Improve Clinical Outcomes and Parent Satisfaction. J Pediatr Health Care. 2023 May-Jun;37(3):221-226. doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2022.09.012. Epub 2022 Nov 12. PMID: 36376158.
Jones KA, Do S, Porras-Javier L, Contreras S, Chung PJ, Coker TR. Feasibility and Acceptability in a Community-Partnered Implementation of CenteringParenting for Group Well-Child Care. Acad Pediatr. 2018 Aug;18(6):642-649. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2018.06.001. Epub 2018 Jun 9. PMID: 29890229.
Gareau S, Lòpez-De Fede A, Loudermilk BL, Cummings TH, Hardin JW, Picklesimer AH, Crouch E, Covington-Kolb S. Group Prenatal Care Results in Medicaid Savings with Better Outcomes: A Propensity Score Analysis of CenteringPregnancy Participation in South Carolina. Matern Child Health J. 2016 Jul;20(7):1384-93. doi: 10.1007/s10995-016-1935-y. PMID: 26979611.
Lori JR, Kukula VA, Liu L, Apetorgbor VEA, Ghosh B, Awini E, Lockhart N, Amankwah G, Zielinski R, Moyer CA, Williams J. Improving health literacy through group antenatal care: results from a cluster randomized controlled trial in Ghana. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024 Jan 5;24(1):37. doi: 10.1186/s12884-023-06224-x. PMID: 38182969; PMCID: PMC10768124.
Jones TH, Crump WJ, Foster SM, Mullins SJ, Farris AN. Group Prenatal Care vs. Traditional Prenatal Care: A Parity-Matched Comparison of Perinatal Outcomes in a Rural Community. Matern Child Health J. 2023 Apr;27(4):575-581. doi: 10.1007/s10995-023-03600-z. Epub 2023 Mar 2. PMID: 36862261.
Marton J, Smith JC, Heberlein EC, Laboy A, Britt J, Crockett AH. Group Prenatal Care and Emergency Room Utilization. Med Care Res Rev. 2022 Oct;79(5):687-700. doi: 10.1177/10775587211059938. Epub 2021 Dec 9. PMID: 34881657.
Goyal N, Gannon M, Sood E, Harris G, Franko E, Abatemarco DJ, Hand DJ, Leib S, Short VL. Group Well Child Care for Mothers with Opioid Use Disorder: Framework for Implementation. Matern Child Health J. 2023 Dec;27(Suppl 1):75-86. doi: 10.1007/s10995-023-03762-w. Epub 2023 Jul 29. Erratum in: Matern Child Health J. 2023 Sep 28;: PMID: 37515747; PMCID: PMC10692244.
Tussey CC, Reyes MD, Thomas RB, Boyd CT, Spangler JG, Kirk JK. Utility of the group medical visit model for medication-assisted therapy. J Opioid Manag. 2022 Jan-Feb;18(1):69-74. doi: 10.5055/jom.2022.0696. PMID: 35238015.
Doorley SL, Ho CJ, Echeverria E, Preston C, Ngo H, Kamal A, Cunningham CO. Buprenorphine shared medical appointments for the treatment of opioid dependence in a homeless clinic. Subst Abus. 2017 Jan-Mar;38(1):26-30. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2016.1264535. Epub 2016 Nov 29. PMID: 27897918; PMCID: PMC5592108.
Cunningham SD, Sutherland RA, Yee CW, Thomas JL, Monin JK, Ickovics JR, Lewis JB. Group Medical Care: A Systematic Review of Health Service Performance. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 2;18(23):12726. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182312726. PMID: 34886452; PMCID: PMC8657170.
Gerontakos S, Leach M, Steel A, Wardle J. Feasibility and efficacy of implementing group visits for women's health conditions: a systematic review. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023 May 26;23(1):549. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09582-6. PMID: 37237255; PMCID: PMC10214697.
Buultjens M, Farouque A, Karimi L, Whitby L, Milgrom J, Erbas B. The contribution of group prenatal care to maternal psychological health outcomes: A systematic review. Women Birth. 2021 Nov;34(6):e631-e642. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2020.12.004. Epub 2020 Dec 25. PMID: 33358645.
Gardiner P, McGonigal L, Villa A, Kovell LC, Rohela P, Cauley A, Rinker D, Olendzki B. Our Whole Lives for Hypertension and Cardiac Risk Factors-Combining a Teaching Kitchen Group Visit With a Web-Based Platform: Feasibility Trial. JMIR Form Res. 2022 May 16;6(5):e29227. doi: 10.2196/29227. PMID: 35576575; PMCID: PMC9152723.
Meriwether KV, Ravichandran N, Darley CJ, Panter V, Komesu YM. Centering Group Treatment for Women With Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome: A Prospective, Parallel-Group Cohort Study. Urogynecology (Phila). 2023 Apr 1;29(4):410-421. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000001271. Epub 2022 Oct 21. PMID: 37695251; PMCID: PMC10629831.
Özer ZY, Özcan S, Seydaoğlu G, Kurdak H. Barriers to losing weight for women attending group visits in primary care: A qualitative exploration using in-depth interviews. Eur J Gen Pract. 2021 Dec;27(1):331-338. doi: 10.1080/13814788.2021.1998446. PMID: 34779698; PMCID: PMC8604469.
Anderson D, Seib C, McGuire A, Porter-Steele J. Decreasing menopausal symptoms in women undertaking a web-based multi-modal lifestyle intervention: The Women's Wellness Program. Maturitas. 2015 May;81(1):69-75. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.02.263. Epub 2015 Mar 7. PMID: 25818771.