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What is Project ECHO ® ? Project ECHO ® (Extension for Community Health Outcomes) is an evidence-based intervention that transforms the interface between primary care and specialty medicine. Project ECHO ® is a recurring teleconference that joins primary care providers and specialists to discuss cases and brief didactics to improve health outcomes for patients with complex illnesses. Project ECHO ® is also a tool to help practices transform care delivery, implement best practices and improve quality of care. Unique Features of Community Health Center, Inc.’s Project ECHO ® Community Health Center, Inc. is the only Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) to operate its own Project ECHO ® clinics. CHC’s Project ECHO ® clinics are specifically designed to meet the needs of safety net primary care providers and their communities. CHC conducts Project ECHO ® sessions for multiple specialties and provides nationwide access for individual health centers as well as larger entities. CHC’s Project ECHO ® uses a cloud-based videoconferencing system that is user-friendly, secure, and HIPAA-compliant. Participants can easily connect via desktop or laptop computer, Android, iOS smartphone, tablet computer, or videoconferencing systems. No additional infrastructure is required. See reverse side for information on options and features. About Community Health Center, Inc. and Weitzman Institute Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) is Connecticut’s largest Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), a Level 3 NCQA Certified Patient-Centered Medical Home, and a Joint Commission Certified Primary Care Medical Home offering comprehensive medical, behavioral health and dental services. It is an indepen- dent, private, non-profit organization. With 130,000 active patients, CHC is the health care home that works to keep its patients—and communities—healthy. In 2013, CHC created the Weitzman Institute (WI) as a dedicated research and quality improvement institute embedded within a large FQHC. The research agenda at WI focuses on answering questions that arise in the daily practice of primary care, adopting patient-centered strategies and promoting the im- plementation of evidence-based care. WI excels at providing targeted technical and systems redesign assistance and developing customized best practice resource manuals and evaluation plans for partner organizations engaged in community health and quality improvement research. Bring Specialty Care Expertise into your Primary Care Practice is a program of 631 Main Street, Middletown, CT 06457 | www.weitzmaninstitute.org | Facebook/CHCInc; Twitter(@CHCProjectECHO) © Community Health Center, Inc. 2016. All Rights Reserved.
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What is Project ECHO®?
Project ECHO® (Extension for Community Health Outcomes) is an evidence-based intervention that transforms the interface between primary care and specialty medicine.
Project ECHO® is a recurring teleconference that joins primary care providers and specialists to discuss cases and brief didactics to improve health outcomes for patients with complex illnesses.
Project ECHO® is also a tool to help practices transform care delivery, implement best practices and improve quality of care.
Unique Features of Community Health Center, Inc.’s Project ECHO®
Community Health Center, Inc. is the only Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) to operate its own Project ECHO® clinics. CHC’s Project ECHO® clinics are specifically designed to meet the needs of safety net primary care providers and their communities.
CHC conducts Project ECHO® sessions for multiple specialties and provides nationwide access for individual health centers as well as larger entities.
CHC’s Project ECHO® uses a cloud-based videoconferencing system that is user-friendly, secure, and HIPAA-compliant. Participants can easily connect via desktop or laptop computer, Android, iOS smartphone, tablet computer, or videoconferencing systems. No additional infrastructure is required.
See reverse side for information on options and features.
About Community Health Center, Inc. and Weitzman Institute Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) is Connecticut’s largest Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), a Level 3 NCQA Certified Patient-Centered Medical Home, and a Joint Commission Certified Primary Care Medical Home offering comprehensive medical, behavioral health and dental services. It is an indepen-dent, private, non-profit organization. With 130,000 active patients, CHC is the health care home that works to keep its patients—and communities—healthy.
In 2013, CHC created the Weitzman Institute (WI) as a dedicated research and quality improvement institute embedded within a large FQHC. The research agenda at WI focuses on answering questions that arise in the daily practice of primary care, adopting patient-centered strategies and promoting the im-plementation of evidence-based care. WI excels at providing targeted technical and systems redesign assistance and developing customized best practice resource manuals and evaluation plans for partner organizations engaged in community health and quality improvement research.
Bring Specialty Care Expertise into your Primary Care Practice
is a program of
631 Main Street, Middletown, CT 06457 | www.weitzmaninstitute.org | Facebook/CHCInc; Twitter(@CHCProjectECHO)© Community Health Center, Inc. 2016. All Rights Reserved.
Bring Specialty Care Expertise into your Primary Care Practice
Contact us today to get started with Project ECHO®! Ági Erickson Director of Project ECHO® Phone: (860) 622-1667 Email: [email protected]
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Getting StartedPrimary care practices can join an existing Project ECHO® clinic or work with the Project ECHO® team at CHC to create a customized clinic.
Community Health Center, Inc.’s Project ECHO®:
Strengthens primary care infrastructureImproves communication and coordination with specialistsProvides access to expert guidance Improves scope of practice for primary carePromotes implementation of evidence-based practices
is a program of
631 Main Street, Middletown, CT 06457 | www.weitzmaninstitute.org | Facebook/CHCInc; Twitter(@CHCProjectECHO)© Community Health Center, Inc. 2016. All Rights Reserved.
2 hour bi-weekly videoconference: • Didactic from expert faculty team • Minimum of 24 sessions
Opportunity to present complex cases
Learn from cases presented by colleagues from across the countryAccess to CHC’s Project ECHO® webpage where you will find: • Catalogued recorded didactics • Catalogued case presentations • Tools, handouts, research articles • Best Practices support material • Blog
Coordination and on-boarding of providers
2 AAFP CME credits/session
Quality Improvement CollaborativeCHC’s Quality Improvement Trainers offer customized improvement collaboratives and trainings on a range of topics. • Improvement collaboratives can run in tandem to Project
ECHO® access and help health centers focus on system redesign and quality improvement to maximize the impact of Project ECHO® clinical content.
• Collaboratives combine in-person and web-based trainings.
Program Evaluation • Comprehensive program evaluation from the Weitzman Institute.
CHC’s Project ECHO® Team currently offers a variety of Project ECHO® clinics: • Chronic Pain • HCV • HIV • Buprenorphine (Opioid Dependency) • Quality Improvement • LGBT Health
• Pediatric & Adolescent Behavioral Health
Join an existing Project ECHO®
Project ECHO® Features
Additional Services
Customized Project ECHO® with Flexible Platform
CHC has the capacity to collaborate with larger organizations, state and regional entities to develop and host customized Project ECHO® clinics: • Flexible curriculum • Specialty of your choice
