A Just-in-Time Implementation of an Extension for Community Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program for Support of Primary Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine: JABFM

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Kyle Leggott¹  Leah Willis²  Joseph Saseen³  Alexis Burakoff⁴  Douglas Fish³  Linda Oberst-Walsh¹  Kurt Cook¹  John “Fred” Thomas² 

[1]From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine

[2]ECHO Colorado Program Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine

[3]Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado

[4]Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

[5]Denver Health and Hospital Authority Division of Family Medicine

[6]University of Colorado School of Medicine and School of Public Health

关键词: Academic Medical Centers;    Colorado;    COVID-19;    Community Medicine;    Family Medicine;    Health Promotion;    Population Health;    Practice Management;    Public Health;    Syndromic Surveillance;    Telemedicine;   

DOI  :  10.3122/jabfm.2021.03.200563

学科分类：过敏症与临床免疫学

来源: The American Board of Family Medicine

【 摘 要 】

As was experienced across the country, the COVID-19 pandemic reached Colorado in early spring 2020. Yet, unlike many of the early hotspots in other states, the initial cases in Colorado surfaced in rural areas. It was evident early on it would be a public health crisis unlike anything Colorado had ever faced. There was an urgent need for rapid dissemination of up-to-date information and practice support provided by a multidisciplinary task force of academic health center and state public health experts working collaboratively to meet these needs. This article provides a roadmap for the development of a similar model, a community-connected Extension for Community Health Outcomes (ECHO) program based at an academic medical center and its ability to facilitate the service rapidly and scale to need.

【 授权许可】

CC BY