On Wednesday, July 11 from 10-11:30 a.m. the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), will announce the launch of a virtual model of medical education and health care delivery within the VA system that will bring high-quality, specialized health care to Veterans regardless of where they live. The new VA initiative, Specialty Care Access Network-Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (SCAN-ECHO), is the first national implementation of the Project ECHO model, originally funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and developed by Sanjeev Arora, M.D., of the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Health Center.
An evaluation funded last year by AHRQ and published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that the quality of hepatitis C care provided by Project ECHO-trained clinicians was equal to that of care provided by university-based specialists. The July 11 event will highlight how the ECHO model works and its impact on patients, the importance of the model to the U.S. healthcare system and its future.
The event will be held at the VA Headquarters:
810 Vermont Avenue NW
V. “Sonny” Montgomery Veterans Conference Center, Room 230
Washington, DC
Registration is required in order to attend the event.
Department of Veterans Affairs and Project ECHO Event
Note: Please allow additional time to get through security.
Project ECHO: Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes
New Mexico
Project Activities
Abstract:The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNM HSC) developed an innovative and widely applicable model to provide treatment for patients with chronic, common and complex diseases who do not have direct access to specialty health care providers. This knowledge-on-demand model is called Project ECHO - Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes. Conceived as a means to treat HCV-infected patients in New Mexico's rural communities and prison system, Project ECHO can assist in diagnosing and successfully treat many other chronic illnesses and conditions. Project ECHO connects urban medical center disease experts with rural general practitioners and community health representatives over a telehealth network. This enables them to effectively treat patients on site who would otherwise have to travel to urban healthcare facilities for specialty treatment. Project ECHO has enormous potential as an affordable healthcare intervention in rural communities where certain chronic diseases have reached epidemic levels and healthcare resources and personnel are scarce. The purpose of Project ECHO was to educate, train, and support rural general practitioners or other available healthcare representatives on the best practice treatment protocols for complex diseases they encounter in their communities. This model focused on the principles of case-based learning and disease management using the telemedicine infrastructure and internet-based technologies to co-manage patients in community-based practices. The ultimate goal of Project ECHO was to provide the same level of healthcare to rural patients with chronic diseases as can be obtained in an urban setting. A secondary goal was to provide rural healthcare practitioners with a level of interaction and support commensurate with their urban counterparts to enhance their technical competence and decrease their feelings of professional isolation.
Grant Number:UC1 HS 015135
Category:Implementation Grants (THQIT)
AHRQ Funded Amount:$1,455,258
Principal Investigator: Arora, Sanjeev
Organization:University of New Mexico
City:Albuquerque
Location:New Mexico
Project Dates:Sep 30, 2004 - Aug 31, 2008
Project Status:Closed
Project Categories
Type of Health Information Technology: Telehealth, Interactive Video, Internet
Community: Rural
Care Setting: Community Health Center, Prison
Aspect of Care: Chronic Disease Management, Specialty Care
Target Population: Chronic Care, Hepatitis C, Rural Health
News and Publications
- Arora S, Thornton K, Murata G, et al. Outcomes of treatment for hepatitis C virus infection by primary care providers. N Engl J Med. 2011 Jun 9;364(23):2199-207.
- Arora Final Report
- Jadrnak J. New Mexico Boosts Hepatitis C Care; Get Treatment. Albequerque Journal. 2006 Nov 6.
- Sulkowski M, Wright T, Rossi S, et al. Peginterferon alfa-2a does not alter the pharmacokinetics of methadone in patients with chronic hepatitis C undergoing methadone maintenance therapy. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2005 Mar; 77 (3):214-4.
- Geppert CM, Arora S. Ethical issues in the treatment of hepatitis C. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2005 Oct; 3(10):937-44.
- Arora S, et al. Treatment of chronic hepatitis C patients with persistently normal alanine aminotransferase levels with the combination of peginterferon alpha-2a (40 kDa) plus ribavirin:impact on health-related quality of life.J Gas Hep.2006 Feb;21(2):406
- Gish RG, et al. Virological response and safety outcomes in therapy-naive patients treated for chronic hepatitis C with taribavirin or ribavirin in combination with pegylated interferon alfa-2a: a randomized, phase 2 study. J Hepatol 2007 Jul;47(1):51-9.
- Geppert CM, Arora, S. Widening the door: the evolution of hepatitis C treatment in patients with psychiatric disorders. J Hepatol 2007 Oct; 46(4):957-9.
- Berkley EM, Leslie K, Arora S, et al. Chronic hepatitis C in pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol 2008 Aug; 112(2: Pt 1):304-10.
- Computerworld Honors Program Selects Project ECHO
- Arora S, Thornton K, Jenkusky SM, Parish B, Scaletti JV. Project ECHO: Linking university specialists with rural and prison-based clinicians to improve care for people with chronic hepatitis C in new mexico. Public Health Rep. 2007;122 Suppl 2:74-77.
- Arora S, Kalishman S, Dion D, et al. Partnering urban academic medical centers and rural primary care clinicians to provide complex chronic disease care. Health Aff (Millwood) 30(6): 1176-84.
- Arora S, Geppert CM, Kalishman S, et al. Academic health center management of chronic diseases through knowledge networks: Project ECHO. Acad Med. 2007;82(2):154-160.
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