The Maternal Mortality Prevention and Intimate Partner Violence ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a cost-free program hosted by Indiana University School of Medicine, where healthcare and social service providers in Indiana can engage in mentoring and knowledge sharing with a team of experts in order to improve care for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV).
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Project ECHO is a performance optimizer. Think of it as a high speed internet connection for the
healthcare system. It spreads new medical knowledge throughout the healthcare system from university
medical centers and other specialty sites to the front lines of community care. Rather than information
flowing in one direction, community providers learn from specialists, they learn from each other, and
specialists learn from community providers as new best practices emerge. Under ECHO, community providers
use video technology to participate in guided practice with specialist mentors. They acquire new skills that
allow them to treat patients that they otherwise would have referred out. Patients with complex chronic
conditions get high quality care where they live from providers they know. No waiting months to see a
specialist. No long drives back and forth to get critical care. ECHO exponentially increases access to
specialty care by moving knowledge instead of moving patients. Suffering and pain are reduced, and lives
are improved and even saved. Project ECHO - changing the world fast.
The expert team will include specialists from a variety of settings, including clinical care and trauma informed care, psychiatry, pediatrics, law enforcement, and community advocacy and training. We encourage all types of providers to participate and to attend clinic sessions on a regular basis.
This program was made possible through the Indiana’s Collective Impact Approach to Reducing Deaths due to Violence grant, which was awarded to Indiana University by the Division of Maternal and Child Health in the Indiana Department of Health
IU currently operates other ECHO clinics as well, including the Opioid Use Disorder ECHO Clinic and the Fairbanks School of Public Health ECHO Center.
Benefits of participation include:
- Free continuing education (CEU) and continuing medical education (CME) credits
- The opportunity to present your tough cases and receive feedback from IU School of Medicine specialists and your peers
- Open access to all ECHO references and resources
The ECHO clinic sessions will cover a range of topics including:
- Overview of IPV
- Legal Considerations of IPV
- Impacts of IPV on Birthing/Pregnant Persons
- Impacts on Children, Family Members, and Other Social Networks
- Prevention and Support
- Trauma-Informed Care