UW Medicine Project ECHO
What is Project ECHO?
Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a University of Washington program to mentor clinicians in underserved and/or rural areas in the Pacific Northwest region. Project ECHO uses the case-conference model and didactics by a multi-specialty panel in order to move knowledge, not people.
Healthcare ECHOs
Healthcare ECHOs are designed to help providers deal with complex and specialized patient issues.
Geriatrics
Increasing the capacity for age-friendly primary care in the region through a multidisciplinary geriatrics specialist team, “all teach all learn” session with didactic and case discussion.
Meets the third Friday of the month, from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. PST (Click the link below for information on joining the meeting.)
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Cardiometabolic Project
Our goal is to inform primary care providers and pharmacists from federally qualified health centers and organizations in the WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho) region, and to increase the capacity for PCPs to care for their patients living with chronic disease. The sessions aim to improve therapeutic inertia and enhance equity for those living with diabetes, obesity and cardiometabolic disease.
Meets every other Wednesday, from 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. PST (Click the link below for information on joining the meeting.)
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Long COVID and Fatiguing Illness Recovery Program
The University of Washington, the Family Health Centers of San Diego, the ECHO Institute at the University of New Mexico, and the University of Colorado have collaborated to provide a monthly webinar-style ECHO learning session to rapidly disseminate Post-acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) findings and emerging best practices.
Meets Thursdays from 12 – 1 p.m. PST (Click the link below for information on joining the meeting.)
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Moms' Access
Moms' Access Project ECHO (MAP ECHO): Perinatal Psychiatry Case Conference Series is a CME-accredited program for providers in Washington state who want to improve the mental health of their pregnant and postpartum patients.
Facilitated by a multidisciplinary team including UW Medicine perinatal psychiatrists, obstetrician gynecologists, maternal fetal medicine experts, advanced registered nurse practitioners, therapists and social workers, the program aims to increase frontline provider capacity to address common mental disorders in pregnancy and postpartum.
Meets the first Wednesday of the month from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. PST (Click the link below for information on joining the meeting.)
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Building Access to Medication Abortion in Primary Care
Won’t Go Back Initiative: Building Access to Abortion in Primary Care, a University of Washington program to mentor and support primary care clinicians and staff to implement or grow abortion and reproductive health services in UW Medicine, the WWAMI region, and the Pacific Northwest.
Cohort 2 will begin in November 2024. Indicate your interest at the link below, or reach out to: WontGoBack@uw.edu. We'll contact you with more information as the date gets closer.
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Multiple Sclerosis
Meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. PST, September 19, 2023 – March 19, 2024 (Click the link below for information on joining the meeting.)
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Infectious Disease ECHOs
ECHOs designed to help providers improve quality of care to those experiencing serious infections.
HIV
MWAETC HIV ECHO provides a virtual community of practice where participants throughout our 10-state region engage in topical learning and discussion of their cases with a panel of experts that includes specialists in HIV prevention and treatment, as well as HIV-specialty social workers, psychiatrists, addiction experts, and pharmacists. Most HIV Project ECHO didactic presentations are posted for later viewing.
Meets on Thursdays, from 12 – 1:15 p.m. PST
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Viral Hepatitis
Project ECHO for Viral Hepatitis is a UW Medicine program to mentor clinicians in underserved and rural areas treating hepatitis B and C.
Meets on Tuesdays, from 12 – 1:15 p.m. PST
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Tele-Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
The University of Washington Tele-Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (UW TASP) supports hospitals in the fight against antibiotic resistance through infectious disease tele-education and mentoring and by providing Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) resources, toolkits, policies and procedures.
Meets on Tuesdays, from 9 – 10 a.m. and 12 –1 p.m. PST (Click the link below for information on joining the meeting.)
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Tuberculosis
TB Project ECHO goal is to mentor and share learning opportunities with clinicians and public health professionals who manage patients with latent tuberculosis (TB) infection and/or TB disease in Washington state and the greater Pacific Northwest region.
Meets on Tuesdays, from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. PST (Click the link below for information on joining the meeting.)
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Psychiatry and Behavioral Health ECHOs
ECHOs designed to help providers deliver psychiatric and behavioral health care to their patients.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
The Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) ECHO clinics connect experts in the UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences to community mental health providers from rural and underserved areas to enhance their capacity to deliver CBT for psychosis (CBTp), an evidence-based psychotherapeutic treatment for schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
Meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month, from 2 – 3 p.m. PST (Click the link below for information on joining the meeting.)
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First Episode Psychosis (FEP)
The First Episode Psychosis (FEP) ECHO clinic connects experts in the UW School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and other subject matter experts with clinicians across the Washington State New Journeys early intervention network to enhance delivery of coordinated specialty care for youth and young adults experiencing a first episode of psychosis.
Meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month, from 12 – 1:30 p.m. PST (Click the link below for information on joining the meeting.)
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Traumatic Brain Injury - Behavioral Health
Traumatic Brain Injury - Behavioral Health ECHO connects front-line providers with specialists to discuss evidence-based treatments and case consultation on the management of behavioral health problems in patients with TBI.
Meets 1st and 3rd Fridays at 12 – 1:30 p.m. PST (Click the link below for information on joining the meeting.)
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UW Psychiatry and Addictions Case Conference (UW PACC)
UW Psychiatry and Addictions Case Conference series (UW PACC) is a CME-accredited program designed to expand the mental health and addictions care capacity of healthcare professionals, especially in remote, underserved areas of Washington state. The series is appropriate for primary care providers including MDs, ARNPs, PAs and mental health providers wishing to engage in a proven model of distance learning.
Meets every Thursday, from 12 – 1:30 p.m. PST (Click the link below for information on joining the meeting.)
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Programs for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT)
The Programs for Assertive Community Care (PACT) ECHO clinic connects experts in the UW School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and other subject matter experts to community mental health providers working on PACT teams throughout the state of Washington. PACT is an evidence-based practice for individuals experiencing serious mental illness in which a multi-disciplinary team provides psychiatric, psychotherapeutic, nursing, and other rehabilitative and behavioral health services to individuals living with serious mental illness directly in the community.
Meets the second Wednesday of the month, from 12 – 1:30 p.m. PST (Click the link below for information on joining the meeting.)
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Dementia
In a virtual classroom, Project ECHO Dementia brings together experts in dementia and frontline care providers throughout Washington state who wish to become regional/local experts in dementia detection, diagnosis and support. Our focus is on rural and under-represented populations.
Sessions are held the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month, from 12:15 – 1:30 p.m. PST (Click the link below for information on joining the meeting.)
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Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities ECHOs
ECHOs to provide assistance for providers with IDD patients.
Autism Washington
ECHO Autism Washington is a recurring telehealth training designed to disseminate evidence-based practices in diagnosis and management of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to primary care providers identified through the existing Health Care Authority Centers of Excellence system
Orange Cohort: January 17 – December 4, 2024, first and third Wednesdays of the month, from 11:30 a.m – 1 p.m. PST
Purple Cohort: January 24 – October 23, 2024, fourth Wednesday of the month, 12:00 a.m. – 1 p.m. PST
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Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Resource Navigation
For family advocates, care coordinators, case managers, resource navigators, Health Care Workers, parent and self-advocates, clinicians and any other professionals who support the IDD/ASD population and seek to gain deeper understanding and knowledge of IDD/ASD resources, services, information and supports. Sessions cover discussion of resources, services, supports and information related to individuals with IDD/ASD diagnosis, ages 0 through the lifespan.
Meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month, from 8:30 – 10 a.m. PST (Click the link below for information on joining the meeting).
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IDD Wraparound
ECHO IDD Wraparound is a recurring telehealth program designed to provide training and support to Washington state’s community behavioral health practitioners who work with children and young adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) and behavioral health needs.
Meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month, from 8:30 a.m. – 10 a.m. PST (Click the link below for information on joining the meeting.)
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IDD Psychiatric Care
For providers across Washington state who are managing the psychiatric care of youth and young adults with IDD and behavioral health needs and are enrolled or considering enrollment with a Medicaid Managed Care Organization.
Meets on the 1st first Wednesday of every month, from February 2024 – December 2024, from 8:30 – 10 a.m. PST (Click the link below for information on joining the meeting.)
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