Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare needs and services
West Virginia Project ECHO
Offers primary care providers and primary care teams in West Virginia and throughout the U.S. an opportunity to increase their knowledge and competencies in specialty areas at no cost directly in their clinics. Expert teams use multi-point video conferencing technology to lead virtual clinics with community providers.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute
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Offers primary care providers and primary care teams in West Virginia and throughout the U.S. an opportunity to increase their knowledge and competencies in specialty areas at no cost directly in their clinics. Expert teams use multi-point video conferencing technology to lead virtual clinics with community providers.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute
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Virginia Project ECHO
Connects groups of community providers with healthcare specialists in collaborative sessions that offer case-based learning and mentorship to help them gain the expertise required to provides specialty care to patients with complex health conditions. Offers continuing medical education (CME) units and continuing nursing education units.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: Virginia Department of Health
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Connects groups of community providers with healthcare specialists in collaborative sessions that offer case-based learning and mentorship to help them gain the expertise required to provides specialty care to patients with complex health conditions. Offers continuing medical education (CME) units and continuing nursing education units.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: Virginia Department of Health
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Utah Project ECHO
Connects multi-disciplinary specialists with community providers through HIPAA-compliant videoconferencing technology that will address specialized healthcare topics and treatment options in the primary care setting with the purpose of improving health outcomes in rural and underserved populations.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: University of Utah Health
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Connects multi-disciplinary specialists with community providers through HIPAA-compliant videoconferencing technology that will address specialized healthcare topics and treatment options in the primary care setting with the purpose of improving health outcomes in rural and underserved populations.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: University of Utah Health
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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health
Interactive mapping system providing chronic disease related data at the county, place, census tract, and ZIP code level. Covers measures related to health status, health outcomes, prevention, health risk behaviors, health-related social needs, and social determinants of health.
Additional links: Compare Measures, Interactive Map, PLACES Data Portal
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Interactive mapping system providing chronic disease related data at the county, place, census tract, and ZIP code level. Covers measures related to health status, health outcomes, prevention, health risk behaviors, health-related social needs, and social determinants of health.
Additional links: Compare Measures, Interactive Map, PLACES Data Portal
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Tennessee Project ECHO
A hub-and-spoke knowledge-sharing network led by expert teams who use videoconferencing to conduct virtual training with community providers - primary care doctors, nurses, and other clinicians - as they learn to provide specialty care to patients with complex health needs in their own communities.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine
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A hub-and-spoke knowledge-sharing network led by expert teams who use videoconferencing to conduct virtual training with community providers - primary care doctors, nurses, and other clinicians - as they learn to provide specialty care to patients with complex health needs in their own communities.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine
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South Carolina - Project ECHO
A tele-mentoring, guided practice model that focuses on moving knowledge and not people by offering specialty expertise to primary care providers so they may effectively manage patients with complex health needs in their own clinics. Offers physicians and pharmacists professional accreditation for participation.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: University of North Carolina School of Medicine
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A tele-mentoring, guided practice model that focuses on moving knowledge and not people by offering specialty expertise to primary care providers so they may effectively manage patients with complex health needs in their own clinics. Offers physicians and pharmacists professional accreditation for participation.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: University of North Carolina School of Medicine
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Rhode Island Project ECHO at Brown University
An expanding telementoring program where medical specialists meet with primary care physicians to discuss best practice and treatment strategies for patients with complex health conditions that are seen at primary care and family medicine facilities.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
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An expanding telementoring program where medical specialists meet with primary care physicians to discuss best practice and treatment strategies for patients with complex health conditions that are seen at primary care and family medicine facilities.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
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Ohio Project ECHO
A Project ECHO Superhub serving Ohio and the U.S. by providing expert consultation, specialty training, and clinical mentorship for primary care providers to help them address complex health conditions. Currently offers 6 Project ECHO programs focused on promoting integrated, team-based care and co-occurring psychiatric and physical conditions.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED)
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A Project ECHO Superhub serving Ohio and the U.S. by providing expert consultation, specialty training, and clinical mentorship for primary care providers to help them address complex health conditions. Currently offers 6 Project ECHO programs focused on promoting integrated, team-based care and co-occurring psychiatric and physical conditions.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organization: Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED)
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New York Project ECHO
Provides community-based clinicians with skills and knowledge to treat complex patients in their local practices to improve health outcomes and reduce geographic barriers and cost of care through a multidisciplinary team-based approach. Offers continuing education credits (CME) for ECHO participation.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organizations: University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester (URMC), URMC Institute for Innovative Education
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Provides community-based clinicians with skills and knowledge to treat complex patients in their local practices to improve health outcomes and reduce geographic barriers and cost of care through a multidisciplinary team-based approach. Offers continuing education credits (CME) for ECHO participation.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organizations: University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester (URMC), URMC Institute for Innovative Education
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New Hampshire Project ECHO
Shares knowledge and increases medical expertise in New Hampshire by connecting interdisciplinary specialists with community-based practitioners using web conferencing technology. Offers a virtual learning network enabling healthcare teams to manage complex health conditions within their communities.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organizations: New Hampshire Citizens Health Initiative, University of New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice
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Shares knowledge and increases medical expertise in New Hampshire by connecting interdisciplinary specialists with community-based practitioners using web conferencing technology. Offers a virtual learning network enabling healthcare teams to manage complex health conditions within their communities.
Type: Tutorial/Training
Sponsoring organizations: New Hampshire Citizens Health Initiative, University of New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice
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