Elaine Massaro, RN, Q3: Who Should Be on the Team for SMA’s?

Elaine Massaro, RN, gives us some detail on who should and can be involved in Shared Medical Appointments. She says that it often depends on the individual medical center as well as the city and state. Some she has visited across the country have included podiatrists, and she has even seen a few where dentists have been integrated into the system. Massaro also explains a little about how the whole payment process and scheduling works, which can be extremely complex. And she tells us how patients in some sessions, asked whether they like the SMA system, emphatically voted “Yes!” although she also stresses that some patients may not like them, and the medical staff need to take that into account.

More videos with Elaine Massaro:

Elaine Massaro, MS, RN, CDE Introduction
Elaine Massaro, RN, Q1: What Is the Basic Concept of SMA’s?
Elaine Massaro, RN, Q2: Long-term Studies on the Efficacy of SMA’s
Elaine Massaro, RN, Q4: What Are the Challenges of SMA’s?

Elaine Massaro, MS, RN, CDE, 2010 AADE Educator of the Year, is a Clinical Nurse Specialist and Clinical Research Coordinator at Northwestern University. She has been involved in a number of trials, including managing her site for the international multi-site Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation in Type 2 Diabetes (BARI 2D) trial 1. Massaro brings a unique perspective to diabetes, as her initial clinical experience was in cardiovascular nursing, intensive care, and the cardiac care unit (CCU), allowing her to better synthesize experience and expertise in two closely related fields.