title: Shared medical appointments save money for capitated groups.
abstract: Shared medical appointments aren't money-makers for Palo Alto Medical Foundation, but they do cut expenses, improve patient healing and free up physician schedules. The group nature of the encounters also encourages patients to follow medical orders. Find out more.
mesh_terms: D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D002204:Capitation Fee; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017046:Cost Savings / Q000379:methods; D019468:Disease Management; D006125:Group Practice, Prepaid / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States