Training providers to implement heart failure shared medical appointments: A qualitative evaluation.

ABSTRACT: Shared medical appointments (SMA) help patients learn skills to self-manage chronic medical conditions. While this model of care delivery is thought to improve access to care with an efficient use of healthcare providers' time, many healthcare teams struggle to implement this healthcare model. Guidance and training resources on the implementation of SMAs is expected to improve adoption, implementation and sustainability of SMAs. Our evaluation team collaborated with the HF SMA trainer to complete a developmental formative evaluation of a two-day training program with a goal of adapting the training program and to better suit the needs and resources of healthcare teams interested in implementing HF-SMAs. Our evaluation team interviewed members of healthcare teams participating during each s

SUBMITTER: Hearns R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11578495 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature