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TELEHEALTH BEAT
HTRC's monthly telehealth bulletin
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Educating the educators through Project ECHO
What's the difference between not finishing high school and getting a college degree? Nearly a full decade of life. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, at age 25, college-graduated U.S. adults can expect to live nine years longer than their peers without a high school degree. The link between education and health is far-reaching. Children of parents with higher education are more likely to be breastfed and less likely to be overweight. Adults with higher education get more exercise, are less likely to smoke and have better access to health care.
Health advocates in the HTRC region are using an increasingly familiar tool,
Project ECHO, to reach a new audience. While most ECHOs have focused on educating health care professionals to diagnose and treat conditions, several ECHOs in the HTRC region are taking a more proactive approach: addressing best practices for educators. The goal is to improve schools and help struggling children succeed, which will ultimately result in better health outcomes for children while they are in school, and as they grow into adulthood.
An Oklahoma State University
TeleEd ECHO, which starts in September, will focus on best practices for school administrators. The TeleEd ECHO team will bring together faculty experts from the Oklahoma State University College of Education, as well as school superintendents, including Dr. April Grace from Shawnee School District and Dr. Don Raleigh from Pryor School District. In addition to TeleEd ECHO,
Dr. Joseph Johnson, chief medical officer for Project ECHO at OSU Center for Health Sciences anticipates "spin-offs" from this ECHO line, which could include topics such as STEM education for teachers or vaccination in schools. He said the ultimate goal is to improve student success and reduce disparities - "making sure a child in Guymon gets the same quality education as one in a magnet school in Tulsa."
Like the TeleEd ECHO,
Show-Me ECHO's
MTSS ECHO is intended for educators in Missouri. Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is a framework for early intervention that helps educators address behavioral and educational issues simultaneously and provide individualized care for students in the tier with the biggest challenges. The ECHO, which started in April, has a team that includes University of Missouri College of Education faculty, and various school administrators and teachers from throughout the state.
In June, Kansas educators and clinicians participated in KUMC's Take Problem Behaviors to Summer School ECHO, funded by Telehealth ROCKS which is a HRSA-funded grant. Participants, including school nurses, psychologists, social workers and health care professionals, learned how to create an easy-to-use functional behavioral assessment to track specific behaviors before labeling them as problems. Using the collected data to assess and develop a treatment plan, participants learned to identify what occurred just prior to the behavior; strategies to intervene and attempt to replace the behavior; and how to monitor progress, determine effectiveness and revise the intervention plan when necessary.
According to Carla
Deckert, Project ECHO Project Director at the KU Center for Telemedicine and Telehealth, the ECHO was a success.
"Hearing from educators about some of the innovative solutions they have used in challenging environments was encouraging to other participants. We hope this summer's ECHO will make this school year a little easier for teachers and struggling students," said Deckert.
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Join HTRC at 12 noon CDT on September 4, for our inaugural webinar, Telehealth 101. This series, which will take place on the second Tuesday of each month, is designed to help health care organizations establish telehealth programs or take their program to the next level.
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MTN Webinar: Telehealth guidance for FQHCs
September 12
10-11 a.m. CDT
This Missouri Telehealth Network (MTN) webinar will address common questions about use of telehealth in FQHCs. MTN also recently issued
new guidance for FQHCs.
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HRSA Webinar: Grant management, administration and reporting
September 12
12 noon-1:30 p.m. CDT
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) invites you to a free Grants Education and Technical Assistance Webinar Series for Tribes, Tribal Organizations, Indian Health, Tribal and Urban Indian Health Programs.
The webinars are held the second Wednesday of every month. Check the
HTRC events page
for upcoming webinars.
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National TRC Webinar:
Behavioral assessment for children with autism
September 20
1-2 p.m. CDT
Join the National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers for the
Behavioral Assessment and Intervention via Telehealth for Children with Autism and Related Disorders Webinar.
Telehealth service delivery helps to minimize disparities in behavior analytic assessment and intervention for children with ASD and related disorders. In this webinar, we will discuss current clinic-to-clinic and clinic-to-home pilot projects at Seattle Children's Autism Center. Additionally, we will discuss how we translated behavior analytic telehealth research into a systematic and sustainable telehealth service delivery model in a hospital setting. Pitfalls and recommendations for practice for providers will also be discussed.
Hosted by: Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center
Presented by:
Yaniz Padilla Dalmau, PhD, BCBA-D
On the third Thursday of the month, the National Consortium of TRCs presents informative, thought-provoking webinars on timely telehealth topics. Please be sure to check periodically for upcoming webinars at TelehealthResourceCenters.org
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SEARCH Telehealth Research Symposium
La Jolla, Ca.
October 24-25
This year's SEARCH symposium will highlight connected health efforts, strategies and partnerships, focusing on the research of telehealth, mHealth and other health care technologies. The goal of the conference is to inspire new research, encourage partnerships and help other researchers build on one another's successes.
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Technology Technology Summit
New Orleans, La.
December 12-13
Join HTRC for the Telehealth Technology Summit in New Orleans on December 12-13! Hear from experts, including HTRC and other telehealth resource centers, on remote patient monitoring, connectivity solutions and more.
This summit, tailored for health care providers, health care administrators and policy makers, will feature
hands-on demonstrations of the latest in telemedicine equipment.
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ECHO schedule
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ECHO
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WHEN
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STATE
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| Opioid Use Disorder |
Ongoing |
Kansas |
| Asthma |
Ongoing |
Missouri |
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Rural Veterans Behavioral Health
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Ongoing |
Missouri |
Autism
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Ongoing |
Missouri
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| Child Psych |
Ongoing |
Missouri |
| Pain Management |
Ongoing |
Missouri
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| Dermatology |
Ongoing |
Missouri
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| Hep C |
Ongoing |
Missouri
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Community Health Worker
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Ongoing |
Missouri
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| MTSS |
Ongoing |
Missouri |
| Opioid Use Disorder |
Ongoing |
Missouri |
| Addiction Medicine |
Ongoing |
Oklahoma |
| Obesity Medicine |
Ongoing |
Oklahoma |
| Hepatitis C |
Ongoing |
Oklahoma |
| HIV/Viral Disorders |
Ongoing |
Oklahoma |
| Pediatric Psychiatry |
Ongoing |
Oklahoma |
| Psychiatry |
Ongoing |
Oklahoma |
| TeleEd |
Ongoing |
Oklahoma |
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Project ECHO
Project ECHO using telehealth to revolutionize medical
 education
and improve access to specialty care. Project ECHO, which was developed by the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, works by connecting primary care clinicians with specialist teams via videoconference.
Each specialty area has its own ECHO, such as autism or chronic pain. ECHO teams meet regularly to collaborate with primary care providers.
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