What is Project ECHO®?

Improving Healthcare Outcomes through a Community of Practice

Project ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a movement to demonopolize knowledge and amplify the capacity to provide equitable healthcare for underserved people all over the world.

The ECHO Model™ develops knowledge and capacity amongst community-based providers through the use of technology to leverage scarce resources, sharing of best practices to reduce disparities, using case-based learning to master complexity, and monitoring outcomes using a web-based database. This innovative telementoring model was built to enhance provider knowledge, workforce capacity, and improve access to care. 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. The ECHO sessions function like virtual grand rounds via real-time using interactive videoconferencing software such as Zoom.

WELL-AHEAD LOUISIANA PROJECT ECHO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS 

Well-Ahead Louisiana’s fidelity to the ECHO model allow care teams to engage in case-based application, learn from didactic presentations, and share real life experiences while treating their community healthcare needs. Participants become partners of the ECHO program they join and it gives them direct access to subject-matter experts which promotes a purposeful “all teach, all learn” environment. Ultimately, this exchange increases provider confidence, fosters mentorship and relationship building, and gives participants access to resources normally unattainable.

See how ECHO helped expand access, create solutions, and share knowledge in 2024

Using proven adult learning techniques and team-based approach, 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.

WITNESS THE BENEFITS OF JOINING ONE OR ALL OF WELL-AHEAD LOUISIANA’S ECHO PROGRAMS

ECHO serves as an extension of support to help healthcare professionals serve their patients, practice, and providers by:

  • Creating a supportive Community of Practice through knowledge sharing and relationship development
  • Using technology to leverage scarce provider resources
  • Providing strategies for sharing best practice care to patients in rural communities
  • Reducing the need for patients to travel outside of their communities, therefore saving money
  • Increasing provider satisfaction, confidence, efficacy
  • Improving patient outcomes and quality of care

Learn More about Project ECHO®

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