Activity ID
10650Expires
June 27, 2024Format Type
InternetCME Credit
12Fee
$0CME Provider: Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
Description of CME Course
Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) is a telehealth educational initiative first developed in New Mexico that links clinics in rural areas with a multidisciplinary team of specialists via videoconference for mentoring and education. The overall program goal is to support primary care clinicians and their teams as they diagnose and treat patients with addiction in their practices. All sessions include a brief didactic presentation and interactive, deidentified case discussion.
ABMS Member Board Approvals by Type
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Family Medicine
Preventive Medicine
Psychiatry and Neurology
Commercial Support?
NoNOTE: If a Member Board has not deemed this activity for MOC approval as an accredited CME activity, this activity may count toward an ABMS Member Board’s general CME requirement. Please refer directly to your Member Board’s MOC Part II Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Program Requirements.
Educational Objectives
1. Identify and develop administrative policies and protocols for the treatment of addiction in primary care. For example: cross-coverage for prescribers, referral pathways etc.
2. Develop standardized processes and workflows for patient office visits (preferably EMR based). For example: process for in-home or office inductions, completing COWS scores, ordering standard labs, ordering medications including naltrexone, health history, community psycho-social resources, etc.
3. Develop processes for improving communication and best practices for the exchange of health information.
4. Develop strategies for building trauma informed systems of care with specific focus on harm reduction, reducing stigma, difficult conversations and boundary setting.
Competencies
Systems-based Practice
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Outpatient, Rural, Urban, VA/Military
