Project ECHO®
Connecting Specialists with Rural Healthcare Providers
Project ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a movement to demonopolize knowledge and amplify the capacity to provide best practice care for underserved people all over the world. The model connects primary care providers and specialists on a live, virtual platform to share knowledge and expand treatment capacity in rural communities.
Using proven adult learning techniques and interactive video technology, the ECHO Model™ connects groups of community providers with specialists at centers of excellence in regular real-time collaborative sessions. These sessions, designed around case-based learning and mentorship, help community providers gain the expertise required to provide needed services. The ECHO model functions on a “hub and spoke” model.
The ECHO model supports ongoing learning and assistance for healthcare professionals to improve patient care delivery. Participants are encouraged to attend as many sessions as possible to get the full benefits of the program.
Implementing the ECHO model can help:
- Reduce the need for patients to travel outside of their communities
- Create a supportive Community of Practice through knowledge sharing and relationship development
- Use technology to leverage scarce provider resources
- Provide strategies for providing the best possible care to patients in rural communities
- Increase provider satisfaction and efficacy
- Improve patient outcomes and quality of care
Dental ECHO
Dental ECHO consists of monthly, one hour sessions with a hub team made up of oral health providers such as dentists, dental hygienists, educators and other subject matter experts.
Diabetes ECHO
Learn from a wide range of diabetes specialists to help your patients living with diabetes manage their conditions and earn continuing education credits for participating!
Lifestyle Coach ECHO
Learn from Diabetes Training and Technical Center (DTTAC) experts for best-practices on how to support National diabetes prevention program (National DPP) participants.
Pediatric Mental Health TeleECHO
The Bureau of Family Health’s Louisiana Provider to Provider Consultation Line TeleECHO series focuses on supporting the treatment of mental and behavioral health concerns in children and adolescents in primary care settings.
Health Equity through a Rural Lens – ECHO Mini Series
Learn to identify, understand, and address the unintended health equity impacts on the citizens of Louisiana to reduce the burden of chronic disease and increase access to quality healthcare in our rural communities.