Organized by a hub and spoke model, Project ECHO a tele-mentoring movement dedicated to sharing knowledge and amplifying the capacity of health care professionals to provide best practice care for underserved individuals.
We invite you to learn about our five Project ECHO tracks. Each month, members of each track come together using Zoom technology to discuss case-based content related to the unique theme of each track. Continuing education opportunities are coming soon! If you would like to learn more about how Project ECHO can help improve your career or if you have questions about joining, contact our Project ECHO Coordinator Justin Magnuson.
Our Tracks
Care of Older Adults
Project ECHO: Care of Older Adults is a growing community of health care providers and community stakeholders dedicated to best practices in the care of older adults.
Project ECHO: Opioid Risk Management & Adjunct Pain Management Strategies will empower our partners to improve the quality of life for patients, families, and health care providers by providing best practices related to treating older adults living with pain.
Project ECHO: Compassionate Care of Persons with ADRD educates healthcare providers about the concept of compassionate caregiving, in particular for persons with Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias (ADRD), in order to improve physical and mental health of persons with ADRD.
Project ECHO: Age-Friendly Hospitals works to infuse age-friendly healthcare principles into hospital and emergency room settings. Learners will receive training in implementing the “4Ms” of age-friendly healthcare systems as well as the integrated care approach of the FlourishCare model in their respective environments.
Project ECHO: Palliative Care Connect - Addressing Medically Complex Patients and Quality of Life builds a community of support, education, and advocacy for palliative care to improve the quality of life of seriously ill patients and their families. This track is held in partnership with Hosparus Health.
Project Echo® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a tele-mentoring movement dedicated to sharing knowledge and amplifying the capacity of health care professionals to provide best practice care for underserved people all over the world. Recognizing a need for increased specialists, particularly in rural communities, Project ECHO utilizes the teleconferencing platform Zoom to create hub-and-spoke knowledge sharing networks around the world. By creating communities of learning,Project ECHO improves treatment by moving information instead of people.
HOW TO JOIN
Our Project ECHO approach is building a community to learn how to better treat and improve the quality of life for older adults in Kentucky. It will give you increased knowledge and continuing education credits (coming soon!) in the convenience of your office. To learn more and join us please contact the Project ECHO Coordinator, Justin Magnuson, by email [email protected] or phone at 502-852-5629.
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