WEBCAST: Project ECHO and Veterans Affairs Launch Initiative to Expand Specialty Care to Veterans
July 5, 2012 | Story
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Partnering Urban Academic Medical Centers and Rural Primary Care Clinicians to Provide Complex Chronic Disease Care
May 19, 2011 | Journal Article
Project ECHO enables specialists to partner with primary care clinicians in underserved areas to deliver complex specialty care to patients.
Project ECHO
June 14, 2011 | Story
This disruptive model of health care education and delivery enables primary care doctors in underserved areas to provide top-quality care for complex conditions locally.
Expanding Access to Hepatitis C Virus Treatment
June 11, 2010 | Journal Article
Specialized treatment for chronic conditions is often available only at large academic medical centers. Project ECHO is training primary care physicians in rural areas of New Mexico to deliver best practice care for many diseases.
Outcomes of Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Primary Care Providers
June 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), a disruptive model of health education and delivery, makes the medical resources of academic medical centers available to treat and improve outcomes for rural HCV patients.
NEJM Study: Primary Care Clinicians Can Treat Hepatitis C as Effectively as Specialists Through New Delivery Model
June 1, 2011 | News Release
University of New Mexico's Project ECHO poised to spread best practices, eliminate barriers to treatment and improve health care quality across the United States.
Virtual Knowledge Network Enables Primary Care Providers to Offer Best Practice Care for Complex Diseases
May 16, 2011 | Story
Sanjeev Arora, MD, started Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) in 2004 to leverage scarce specialist resources and expand access to treatment for patients with hepatitis C throughout New Mexico.
Project ECHO
February 15, 2011 | Story/Video
A Force Multiplier: Spreading Medical Knowledge, Expanding Health Care Capacity
A Foundation's Innovative Grant Program Supports Unconventional Health-Care Solutions
October 28, 2012 | Journal Article
The Pioneer Portfolio is the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s innovation arm, committed to harnessing a pipeline of ideas to serve the social good.
New Mexico Follows a 'Blueprint for Improving Access' to Strengthen Health Care
March 1, 2000 | Program Result
From 1993 to 1997, the State of New Mexico Department of Health enhanced its efforts to recruit and retain primary care providers in underserved areas.