Project ECHOs
The APP Bone Health ECHO will equip providers with the latest knowledge and tools to improve patient care in osteoporosis. This will be a multidisciplinary group of healthcare professionals discussing clinical decision-making through case study analysis and peer engagement. This activity will provide a safe space for providers to collaborate on ideas related to patient access to care, encouraging discussion on the identification and treatment of patients using the latest research and clinical initiatives. Participants will analyze real-life case studies and be invited to submit their own case studies, which will foster peer learning and discussion and allow participants to learn from one another’s experiences. It will provide ongoing opportunities to focus on practical clinical pearls relevant to patient care.
The Child & Adolescent Mental Health ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) for Native American Children and Youth project is a collaboration between the California Area Indian Health Services, Southern Indian Health Council, Two Feathers Native American Family Services, UC San Diego Health System, and the Stanford Psychiatry Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing to improve the treatment of pediatric mental health challenges.
ECHO uses technology to facilitate mentoring and knowledge sharing, enabling clinicians to provide best practice care for complex and chronic diseases in their communities. Clinicians, behavioral health providers, and community health workers are invited to participate in the Child & Adolescent Mental Health ECHO program, led by experts from Stanford Psychiatry Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing, UC San Diego Health System, Southern Indian Health Council and Two Feathers Native American Family Services.
The School-based Mental Health ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) project, a collaboration between the Stanford Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing and various school and community partners across California, seeks to enhance the understanding and treatment of pediatric mental health disorders in school environments.
This initiative aims to: Improve knowledge of best practices related to school-based mental health. Foster professional connections among healthcare providers and school professionals. Provide clinical guidance to enhance youth mental health within educational settings. Through this collaborative effort, the project aspires to create a supportive network that equips school personnel with the skills and resources necessary to address and manage mental health challenges among students effectively.
Visit the School-based Mental Health ECHO website for more info.
Hawai'i Gender ECHO
The Hawai‘i Gender ECHO (G-ECHO) Series was created to expand access to gender-affirming care for keiki (youth) in Hawai‘i. Using the ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) model, we are working to cultivate connections with providers in the community and offer ongoing learning opportunities for providers who work with gender-expansive youth.
Primary care and behavioral health providers have self-reported low levels of confidence in providing care to gender expansive youth in Hawai'i. This has resulted in a disproportionately low number of providers offering gender-affirming services for the number of youth seeking care in Hawai'i. Primary care and behavioral health providers have identified lack of knowledge and education as a barrier to treating gender diverse youth.
This CE activity is designed to increase providers' knowledge and competency providing gender-affirming care so that more youth receive needed care.
Stanford Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Mini-Fellowship ECHO
This 2 year course provides primary care pediatric clinicians with tools to practice evidence-based Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics in the pediatric medical home clinic. There are 3 Course Components, 1) a virtual synchronous ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), 2) online asynchronous learning modules, and 3) in-person clinical coaching. After completing these three Course Components, the learner will be able to use evidence-based strategies to diagnose and manage basic developmental and behavioral concerns in pediatric primary care practices.
Program Goals:
- Develop strategies to diagnose and manage basic developmental and behavioral concerns that are regularly encountered in pediatric primary care practices.
- Implement and interpret routine developmental screening in practice
- Administer and interpret basic developmental evaluations in practice
- Effectively communicate with and support families through the process of screening, diagnosis, and management of developmental disorders
- Manage medications for children with simple ADHD and uncomplicated anxiety and depression
A Continuing Medical Education initiative presented by the Stanford Center for Continuing Medical Education at the Stanford University School of Medicine in collaboration with MED-IQ.
Program goals:
- Improve identification and initiation of treatment of viral hepatitis
- Facilitate easier identification and referral of patients whose disease requires specialty care
- Provide wrap-around care and appropriate resources for patients and providers
- Improve HCC surveillance
Project ECHO Diabetes
Project ECHO Diabetes addresses urgent geographic, racial, and socioeconomic disparities to promote health equity and improve health outcomes in California's highly vulnerable populations of children and adults with diabetes.
Program Goals:
The goal of the program is to democratize specialty knowledge by increasing the capacity of PCPs, pharmacists, and clinics to empower and safely and effectively manage underserved patients with diabetes who do not receive routine specialty care. Stanford University will serve as the “Hub” site with a team of multi-specialty experts (pediatric and adult endocrinologists, primary care providers, behavioral health specialists, nurse/diabetes educators, social workers, dietitians, and exercise physiologists) to work in partnership with “Spoke” sites (community healthcare providers and clinics).
Project ECHO has launched a Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network. This effort is supported by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in collaboration with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Stanford Medicine, and Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG).
We have actively recruited nursing homes and training centers around the California to join this interactive community of practice to collaboratively advance improvements in COVID-19 preparedness, safety, and infection control.
A Continuing Medical Education initiative presented by the Stanford Center for Continuing Medical Education at the Stanford University School of Medicine in collaboration with MED-IQ, designed for multidisciplinary teams that regularly treat patients with SMA
We anticipate that this initiative will improve clinical teams’ ability to:
- Increase their awareness of the benefits of providing well-coordinated multidisciplinary care to patients with SMA
- Integrate the latest findings with approved therapies into clinical practice for patients with SMA
- Evaluate the results for recent clinical trials investigating emerging disease modifying therapies for SMA in the context of clinical trial enrollment as a treatment option
Visit the ECHO Spinal Muscular Atrophy website for more info.
The goal of the Diabetes in the Time of COVID-19 ECHO is to empower primary care providers to address the needs of patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in their communities who do not have access to routine specialty care.
Preliminary data on outcomes for those with diabetes and COVID-19 indicate higher hospitalization, intensive care, and fatality rates compared to those without reported underlying health conditions. Minimizing hyperglycemia and “suboptimal control” is paramount to reducing diabetes patient risk and vulnerability to infection and complications, including COVID-19.
About Project ECHOs
Project ECHO is a revolutionary guided-practice model that reduces health disparities in under-served and remote areas of the state, nation, and world.
During this time of global crisis, the Project ECHO model has a special role to play in quickly helping to connect experts and frontline healthcare professionals caring for patients during the time of COVID-19.