PROCESS AND SYSTEMS: A systems approach to embedding group consultations in the NHS.

Group consultations are an important care option that is -starting to gain traction in the USA and Australia. This review summarises the likely benefits accruing from a systems -approach to implementing group consultations widely in the NHS and other socialised healthcare systems. Existing evidence is mapped to five distinct systems approaches: (1) development; (2) different age groups; (3) patient-centred pathway of care; (4) NHS system changes; and (5) education.

Shared medical appointments - an adjunct for chronic disease management in Australia?

Background: The incidence of chronic disease continues largely unabated in modern western societies. While the content (physiology, determinants) of these diseases is well studied, processes of dealing with them at the clinical level have been less well considered. Shared medical appointments (SMAs) or group consultations (also often referred to as group visits) are 'a series of individual office visits sequentially attending to each patient's unique medical needs individually, but in a supportive group setting where all can listen, interact and learn'.

Group medical appointments: organization and implementation in the bone marrow transplantation clinic.

Group medical appointments provide patients with prompt access to care, greater attention to their psychosocial needs, and increased time with their medical team. Care providers evaluate more patients with similar needs in a shorter period. Eligible patients (between 100 days and 3 years after autologous stem cell transplantation) were contacted to participate.

Exploring the everyday life incidence of déjà connu experiences in impression formation.

This study explored the everyday life incidence and nature of what we refer to as déjà connu experiences, i.e., situations where a newly encountered individual reminds the perceiver of someone else.