1. Project ECHO® Northeast Ohio Medical University:  Using telecommunications technology to build expertise and enhance the care of persons with complex conditions in your communities
Patrice (Patti) Fetzer, LISW-S
Director, Best Practices in Schizophrenia Treatment (BeST) Center
Department of Psychiatry
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Introduce topic – telecommunications technology that is relatively new to Ohio, but we are the 1st of 2 new universities in Ohio to use this platform (some of you may know me from Stark County when we piloted the Crisis Text Line – Nancy Lublin has given Ohio a shout out for our leadership/progress with Crisis Textline dissemination at 1 state conference and 2 national conferences in which I was in attendance.

2. Best Practices in Schizophrenia Treatment (BeST) Center at NEOMED
BeST Center’s mission:
Promote recovery and improve the lives of as many individuals with schizophrenia as quickly as possible
Accelerate the use and dissemination of evidence-based and promising practices for schizophrenia treatment and recovery
Build capacity of organizations and systems to provide and sustain a continuum of treatment and recovery options for people affected by schizophrenia and their families
BeST Center offers:
Expert Training, Consultation and Program Evaluation
Advocacy and Public Education
BeST Center established:
Department of Psychiatry, Northeast Ohio Medical University in 2009
Supported by Peg’s Foundation and other funders
Seeking strategies to help us disseminate our practices – from science to service - accessible, affordable. Project ECHO is 1 tool that we have recently been piloting.

3. Learning Objectives
Learn about the mission and impact of Project ECHO®
Explain how NEOMED’s Department of Psychiatry has partnered with Project ECHO® to create virtual learning communities of practice
Envision possibilities for a multi-disciplinary learning community model within your region or community to increase access to no-cost, expert case consultation and training opportunities

4. Project ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes)

6. Project ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes)
A lifelong learning and guided practice model that:
Revolutionizes continuing education and
Exponentially increases workforce capacity
To provide best practice specialty care and
Reduce health disparities through its
Hub-and-spoke knowledge sharing networks

7. Drive home point that this is not a telemedicine model.

9. Integrated Care at NEOMED
NEOMED and Project ECHO®: Building Expertise and Enhancing Care Delivery
Integrated Care at NEOMED
Pharmacotherapy
for Schizophrenia
Reference handouts. Brief description of each ECHO topic and refer to contact information to learn more (or simply join ask to join for 1 session just to check it out). No cost and free CE’s and CME’s.

11. Written recommendations Free, convenient continuing education
Anatomy of a teleECHO™
Introductions
Brief lecture
Case presentations
Written recommendations
Free, convenient continuing education
Share sample Integrated Care case presentation form

12. What Participants Are Saying
Excellent new approach to education, and I both enjoy it and learn from it.
This is a very evolved way to network with our peers and to be able to pick some of the most experienced brains about clients in our treatment programs.
Really enjoy the quick presentations. They get right to the point and provide useful information.
Thanks so much for compiling the recommendations. They are tremendously helpful.

13. As the ECHO model expands, it is helping to address some of the healthcare system’s most intractable problems, including:
Inadequate or disparities in access to care
Rising costs
Systemic inefficiencies
Unequal or slow diffusion of best practices
As the ECHO model expands, it is helping to address some of the healthcare system’s most intractable problems, including:
inadequate or disparities in access to care, rising costs, systemic inefficiencies, and unequal or slow diffusion of best practices.
ECHO is helping to

14. Medicaid Financing for Project ECHO
Share/Reference Medicaid financing models for Project ECHO papers.
Across the United States and globally, policymakers are recognizing the potential of ECHO to exponentially expand workforce capacity to treat more patients sooner, using existing resources.
As the ECHO model expands, it is helping to address some of the healthcare system’s most intractable problems, including inadequate or disparities in access to care, rising costs, systemic inefficiencies, and unequal or slow diffusion of best practices.
Across the United States and globally, policymakers are recognizing the potential of ECHO to exponentially expand workforce capacity to treat more patients sooner, using existing resources. At a time when the health care system is under mounting pressure to do more without spending more, this is critical.

15. ECHO: The Power of Community
De-monopolize and Democratize knowledge and amplify capacity to provide best practice care in underserved communities.

16. Harnessing Communities of Experts
Let’s Assess the Expertise We Have in this Room?
Let’s Identify the complex topics that need addressed within our local, regional or state system of care?

17. System of Care ECHO Possibilities
Use this slide to gather input from audience on topics for SOC ECHO.

18. Annual Drs. Fred and Penny Frese Lecture

19. OhioMHAS E-Based Academy!
New Online Resource FOR CLINICIANS, FRIENDS AND FAMILIES Working with Friends and Families 101: UnBURNING THE BrIDGES
Self-paced convenience
Practical information and skills
Stories of inspiration and hope
Information-sharing guidelines
Free continuing education units
Interactive learning
opportunities
Real-life case examples
Downloadable resources
Coming soon to
OhioMHAS E-Based Academy!

20. New Online Resource FOR CLINICIANS, FRIENDS AND FAMILIES
Self-paced convenience
Practical information and skills
Stories of inspiration and hope
Information-sharing guidelines
Free continuing education units
Interactive learning
opportunities
Real-life case examples
Downloadable resources
Coming soon to
OhioMHAS E-Based Academy!

21. neomed.edu/bestcenter
With the right treatment, people with schizophrenia can and do get better
Connect with the Best Practices in Schizophrenia Treatment (BeST) Center in the Department of Psychiatry at NEOMED for the latest resources
neomed.edu/bestcenter
@bestneomed
bestschizophreniapractices