A Project Extension for Community Health Care Outcomes (ECHO) training will be held on Monday, October 23-Tuesday, October 24, 2017 in Atlanta, GA. The training will be led by the American Academy of Pediatrics, a Project ECHO Superhub and will be designed specifically for organizations interested in using the ECHO model in their own settings to improve the health care of individuals living with sickle cell disease (SCD). The ECHO model increases access to specialty treatment in rural and undeserved areas by building capacity amongst front-line physicians to identify, treat, and manage the care of patients with complex conditions.

The training provides the following:

• Overview of the ECHO model and the importance of following the protocol in achieving success
• Overview of key skills and requirements needed to properly use model
• Framework needed to develop a teleECHO (virtual) clinic for patients with SCD
• Information about using the ECHO model to develop a state-wide surveillance  (health monitoring system)
• Presentations from groups who have already used the ECHO model to improve care of patients with SCD
• Opportunity to network with the other training session attendees

Attendance is free, but space is limited. Please RSVP to Mandip Kuar at wvx6@cdc.gov and include a brief description of your organizations’ s proposed strategy for using Project ECHO to improve care for patients with SCD.