Online from publication., Describes a medical telementoring and telemonitoring program, Project ECHO, created by a New Mexico gastroenterologist, Dr. Sanjeev Arora. This model features connections and interactions between specialists and physicians working in rural areas and state prisons. It is now leading training nationally and globally (with the World Health Organization) to address urgent issues like vaccine hesitancy and the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes.
Hipple, Patricia C. (author) and Ramsey, Melody (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2000
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29075
Notes:
Pages 173-200 in Peter F. Korsching, Patricia C. Hipple and Eric A. Abbott (eds.), Having all the right connections: telecommunications and rural viability. Praeger, Westport, Connecticut. 348 pages.
