Shared Medical Appointments and the Quintuple Aim of Health Care: A State of the Art Literature Review

John Stevens, Willow Firth, The Australian Society of Lifestyle Medicine , Medicine Southern Cross University, Credentialled Diabetes Educator , Exercise Physiologist , Indigenous Trauma Informed Clinician, Waminda- South Coast Aboriginal Womens Health and Wellbeing Organisation

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Published online on March 11, 2026

Abstract

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, Ahead of Print.
The escalating global burden of chronic disease, increasing health inequities, and provider burnout require innovative care models. Shared medical appointments (SMAs) are group-based interventions with potential to advance the Quintuple Aim framework: ...