Group Medical Visits
A focus on health and well-being
Integrative Health Group Visits at Hennepin Healthcare are a fulfilling way to approach your care with a focus on health and well-being from a holistic, integrative, functional medicine perspective. Sharing these appointments among a community of people can result in more confidence, provide more time for questions and dialogue, build upon self-care and learn new mind-body skills, and mindfulness practices and extend the care received in a “one-on-one” patient-provider visit. The integrative providers at Hennepin Healthcare offer several Group Medical Visit series on topics where you can participate in a new way of taking charge of your health and well-being.
Offered Monthly
Continuing Health and Wellbeing Monthly Series | Kara Parker, MD and Cass McLaughlin, BAS
- Monthly, Monday evening appointment series with guest presenters on Integrative Health and Wellbeing sharing evidence-based researched modalities from 5:45 – 7:45 pm.
- Offered as a monthly Group Medical Visit series, online via Zoom through MyChart.
- Dates: To be determined, along with topics, and presenters starting in early 2024.
2023
Ear Accu Points for Managing Pain, Stress, and Anxiety Drop-In/Check-In | Sue Haddow, MD and Cass McLaughlin, BAS
This innovative and simple treatment known as “Battlefield Acupuncture,” has been shown to ease pain, stress, and anxiety through the use of small ear needles, beads, or seeds. We combine Ear Points with a Mind-Body Skill practice.
- Drop-In/Check-Ina Tuesday afternoon appointment from 3:45 – 5:00 pm in September and continuing from 1:00 – 2:30 pm in October – December.
- Dates: Available most weeks except for October 24, November 7, 14, and 21 through December 19, 2023.
- Dates: To be determined in 2024.
Download the flyer for Ear Acu-Points for Pain Drop-ins
Blood Sugar Balance; An Integrative Approach to Diabetes and Protecting Heart and Brain Health | Stefanie Stevenson, MD
- Blood sugar balance plays a key role in these chronic conditions.
- Eight–weekly, Thursday morning appointment series from October 12 – December 7, 2023 (skipping November 23), from 9:45 – 11:45 am.
- Whittier Clinic, 2nd Floor Group Visit space. Offered as a HYBRID series:
in-person and virtual video visits.(Check-in 15 minutes early).
Download the flyer for Blood Sugar Balance
Download the flyer for Blood Sugar Balance Quarterly Drop-in, for past participants who may want more support, and for those new to group medical visit participants who want to try it out.
- Check-in/Drop-in Quarterly, dates for 2023 are August 16 and November 15.
- Online Video Group Medical Visits through MyChart via Zoom.
Life Beyond Cancer Group Medical Visit Drop-ins, Check-ins | Stefanie Stevenson, MD
This group medical visit series is for individuals who have experienced a cancer diagnosis.
- For past LBC participants who may want more support and for those new to group medical visits who may want to try these group medical visits out.
- Learn about the effects of stress, sleep, and nutritional needs, explore mind-body skills, incorporate safe physical movement, and find shared social support in this dynamic group setting.
- Quarterly, Thursday morning appointments from 8:00 – 9:30
- Date: Remaining visit 2023 October 18, 2023.
- Online Video Group Medical Visit through MyChart via Zoom.
Download the flyer for Life Beyond Cancer Quarterly Drop-in, Check-ins
Rest and Renewal Lifestyle | Kara Parker, MD
- Explore integrative therapies and healing practices for stress management, nutrition, sleep, movement, and connection as we look at the importance of rest and renewal from a whole-person, functional medicine perspective.
- Six–weekly, Wednesday morning appointment series
- Dates: November 16 – December 20, from 10 am – 12:00 pm.
- Online Video Group Medical Visit via Zoom through MyChart
Download the flyer for Rest and Renewal
What happens in a Group Visit?
A group visit is just like a visit with your doctor/provider. The difference is that the visit is with a group of people (average 10 – 16) together seeing the doctor/providers. Group Visits are about focusing on your health and wellness goals as it relates to your conditions and health concerns. In these longer appointments (1.5 – 2 hours), you can ask questions of the providers and learn from each other in the group and get support from your community. Each visit includes facilitated mindfulness and mind-body skills practices for well-being which you may choose to practice at home.
Schedule Group Visit Appointments if you:
- are a registered patient with Hennepin Healthcare (you do not have to have your primary doctor in the Hennepin Healthcare System. Call 612-873-8048 to register with Hennepin Healthcare.)
- are interested in holistic, integrative, and functional health and well-being resources
- want community support from others, can manage to be in a small group setting, and plan to attend all virtual or in-person
- and you are covered by Medicaid/Medicare, Medical Assistance, and Hennepin Healthcare / Hennepin County employee plans. Co-pays and deductibles apply similarly to one-on-one level 2, 3, or 4 primary doctor’s visits. Check with your insurance provider as to whether your insurer covers seeing a primary provider at Hennepin Healthcare.
Contact
Cass McLaughlin, BAS
MBSR/Coordinator/Teacher
Group Medical Visits Coordinator/Co-Facilitator
Mind-Body Skills/Facilitator
[email protected]
612-873-8048