What if you could get the care you need for chronic pain, fast, and right where you live?
Project ECHO Ontario is working on doing just that. ECHO stands for Extension For Community Healthcare Outcomes. The project “breaks down the walls between specialty and primary care,” using video conferencing technology to connect local primary care providers with the most up-to-date treatment possibilities and best practices in chronic pain management. During these teleconferences, local primary care providers present their patients’ cases and receive feedback and advice from top specialists who share their medical expertise. Through this mentoring network, the possibility of treating complex cases is multiplied and extended throughout the province.
By “moving knowledge instead of moving patients” the ECHO project is revolutionizing health care by increasing access to in under-served or remote areas. The model was developed at the University of New Mexico and since the University Health Network and Queen's University Continuing Professional Development Office has successfully brought this model to address the pain care gaps in Ontario.
Watch this two minute video to see how it works:
If you are a primary care physician or health care provider working in a remote area of Ontario, find out more on the ECHO Ontario website.
The New Mexico ECHO Project is here.