Project ECHO: Linking university specialists with rural and prison-based clinicians to improve care for people with chronic hepatitis C in New Mexico
Project ECHO: Linking university specialists with rural and prison-based clinicians to improve care for people with chronic hepatitis C in New Mexico
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DOI：
10.1177/00333549071220s214
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发表时间：
2007-01-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Scaletti, Joseph V.
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作者：
Arora, Sanjeev;Thornton, Karla;Scaletti, Joseph V.
社区医疗保健成果项目扩展（ECHO项目）是一项远程医疗和远程学习计划，旨在改善新墨西哥州丙型肝炎患者获得优质医疗保健的机会。ECHO项目将农村诊所、印第安人保健服务处和监狱的保健提供者与新墨西哥州大学的专家联系起来。在每周的诊所，合作伙伴介绍并与专家讨论丙型肝炎患者。合作伙伴可以通过参与获得继续教育学分。自2003年6月以来，已在173个丙型肝炎诊所进行了1 843例病例介绍。合作伙伴接受了390小时的培训和2 997小时的继续教育学分。2006年，州议会批准了该项目每年150万美元的资金。ECHO项目增加了农村地区或监狱患者获得最先进的丙型肝炎病毒治疗的机会。由于其在丙型肝炎方面的成功，该项目正在扩大到其他慢性疾病。
Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (Project ECHO) is a telemedicine and distance-learning program designed to improve access to quality health care for New Mexicans with hepatitis C. Project ECHO links health-care providers from rural clinics, the Indian Health Service, and prisons with specialists at the University of New Mexico. At weekly clinics, partners present and discuss patients with hepatitis C with specialists. Partners can receive continuing education credits for participating. Since June 2003, 173 hepatitis C clinics have been conducted with 1,843 case presentations. Partners have received 390 hours of training and 2,997 hours of continuing education credits. And in 2006, the State Legislature approved $1.5 million in annual funding for the project. Project ECHO has increased access to state-of-the art hepatitis C virus care for patients living in rural areas or prisons. Because of its success with hepatitis C, this project is being expanded to other chronic medical conditions.