About
Project ECHO's goal is to improve outcomes for Kansans by increasing everyone's ability to treat and manage complex health care challenges in their own communities with the right knowledge, at the right place, at the right time.
What Makes Project ECHO Unique?
- First Kansas partner to collaborate with ECHO Institute in New Mexico
- Project ECHO trained staff
- Offering no-cost Continuing Education
- Brief ECHO series conducted over lunch with busy professionals in mind
- Maintains a high standard of quality as measured by the ECHO Institute
How Can You Get Involved?
- Through research opportunities
- As an expert panel member
- Mentoring
- As a participant
- American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
- Be Antibiotics Aware
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas
- Center for Children's Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Central Kansas Foundation (CKF) Addiction Treatment
- Great Plains Quality Innovation Network
- Heartland Telehealth Resource Center (HTRC)
- Kansas Academy of Family Physicians (KAFP)
- Kansas Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics
- Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)
- Kansas Foundation for Medical Care, Inc. (KFMC)
- Kansas Highway Patrol
- Kansas Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND)
- Kansas Maternal & Child Health
- Kansas Patients and Providers Engaged in Prevention Research (KPPEPR)
- KU Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology
- KU Area Health Education Centers
- KU Medical Center Center for Telemedicine & Telehealth (KUCTT)
- KU Medical Center Continuing Education & Professional Development
- KU Medical Center Family Medicine Research
- The University of Kansas Health System Pulmonology
- KU Medical Center Institute for Community Engagement
- KU Medical Center Office of Rural Medical Education
- KU School of Medicine - Wichita
- KU School of Nursing
- KU School of Social Welfare
- Opioid Response Network - STR-TA
- Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
- Special Health Care Needs (SHCN)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- Telehealth Rocks
- Telehealth Rocks Schools
- The Kansas Quality Improvement Partnership - #OneHealthKS
- The Kansas Special Health Care Needs Program
- The University of Kansas Health System Addiction Center
- Washburn University
- Wichita State University College of Health Professions Department of Physician Assistants
Statewide Reach in Kansas
Participants from nearly every county in Kansas have joined us for Project ECHO series. From our hubs in Wyandotte and Sedgwick Counties, we connect participants across distances and disciplines. Since 2015, we have reached more than 2,000 participants.
National and International Reach
We have also welcomed participants from nearly half of the states in the country, as well as China, Ghana, India, Iran and the UK. Project ECHO is making geography irrelevant through
Questions?
For questions, suggestions on project or partner opportunities or to learn mroe about partnering with our team, call 913-588-5258 or email us.