ArticleInternational journal of MS care
Impact of Multiple Sclerosis Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) on Provider Confidence and Clinical Practice.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Telehealth-guided provider-to-provider communication to improve rural health: A systematic review.Journal of telemedicine and telecare · 2024Pooled it
- Ensuring Access to Neurologic Care: Challenges and Opportunities.Seminars in neurology · 2025Review
- Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes Intervention Evaluations: A Scoping Review of Research Methods.The Journal of continuing education in the health professions · 2025Article
- Unique Health Care Delivery Considerations in Rural America.International journal of MS care · 2024Article
- Extension of community healthcare outcomes in Parkinson disease (Parkinson ECHO): A feasibility study.Clinical parkinsonism & related disorders · 2022Article
- Project ECHO Cancer Initiative: a Tool to Improve Care and Increase Capacity Along the Continuum of Cancer Care.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2021Article
- Rapid transfer of knowledge for multiple sclerosis clinical care during COVID-19: ECHO MS.Multiple sclerosis and related disorders · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundProject ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) represents a novel approach to addressing disparities in multiple sclerosis (MS) care. A primary mechanism of the program is the use of case consultations to rapidly transfer knowledge from content experts to community providers who care for individuals with MS.
methodsMS Project ECHO was pilot tested as a weekly 60-minute videoconference delivered to 24 clinicians across 13 practice sites over 41 weeks. Participants completed a variety of measures related to their experience in the program and answered qualitative questions via exit interview. We report on the responses to exit interview questions related to the case consultation component of MS Project ECHO.
resultsParticipant responses regarding case consultations generated four themes: 1) improved confidence among participants in the existing treatment decision, 2) direct change in the care of the patient provided by the participant, 3) changed practice habits for all of the participant's patients with MS, and 4) increased perception that patients had confidence in the participant as an MS care provider.
conclusionsParticipant responses support MS Project ECHO as a program that may directly and indirectly affect the way providers deliver MS care in underserved areas. Further research is needed to examine the resulting effect on patient outcomes.
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