With the IU Indianapolis ECHO Center, one of our main purposes is to build community through our sessions. We’ve cultivated such a massive community through our many years of existence, one session at a time. Which is why we wanted to ask our own participants, how does ECHO build community, in your own words? We’ve… Read more »
‘A Safe Place’: Rural HIV Patients and Providers Fight Stigma, Isolation Through Connection
by Gretel Kauffman For one group of women in rural Louisiana, the COVID-19 pandemic — and subsequent shift from in-person gatherings to Zoom meetings — came as what Aimee Starnes describes as “a blessing in disguise.” Starnes and her team at Volunteers of America Southeast Louisiana (VOASELA) had historically had a difficult time organizing support groups for… Read more »
Healthcare management students support growth of local ECHO group
When it launched operations in 2018, the IUPUI ECHO (Extension for Community Health Outcomes) Center had one small project educating primary care physicians on Hepatitis C. ECHO is a nationwide model that facilitates medical knowledge sharing between specialist teams and primary care providers in rural areas, enabling better care for patients closer to home. By… Read more »