Category: Project Echo

Project ECHO is being spear-headed here by the Virginia Department of Health in partnership with three ECHO hubs, located at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. We talked with Vimal Mishra, Medical Director of Telehealth at VCU, about Project ECHO. Is Project ECHO the same thing Read More

Now wrapping up its first year here in Virginia, Project ECHO is an innovate technology that is helping the medical community battle the opioid epidemic by sharing critical information and resources throughout the state. Dr. Carole Pratt, Health Policy Advisor for the Virginia Dept. of Health, explains that the ECHO virtual education model is ideal Read More

As Virginia continues to battle the opioid overdose epidemic, Dr. Cheri Hartman at Carilion Hospital in Roanoke is developing a Linkages of Care program designed to get patients suffering from addiction connected to the resources they need, right when they need them. What is the Linkages of Care program at Carilion Hospital and why is Read More

Like much of the country, the opioid overdose epidemic has hit Virginia hard. Project ECHO was started a year ago to make it easier for physicians in remote or rural communities to gain knowledge and access to resources available from hubs of medical knowledge. Carilion Hospital in Roanoke is one such hub, where we visited Read More