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November 1, 2009 | Story
Frances Stout, R.N., helped build the first nursing home on the Tohono O'odham Reservation in southwestern Arizona... and then came out of retirement to run it.
October 22, 2009 | Story
Alabama program brings preventive vision care to economically-disadvantaged toddlers.
April 1, 2002 | Program Result
From 1998 to 2000, staff at Dartmouth Medical School examined ways to strengthen community health centers and other safety-net providers who provide much of the care for the country's uninsured.
June 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), a disruptive model of health education and delivery, makes the medical resources of academic medical centers available to treat and improve outcomes for rural HCV patients.
May 19, 2011 | Journal Article
Project ECHO enables specialists to partner with primary care clinicians in underserved areas to deliver complex specialty care to patients.
February 28, 2011 | Journal Article
A randomized trial of a barbershop-based hypertension-control program for Black male barbershop patrons found that patron's hypertension control improved when barbers were able to conduct blood pressure checks and encourage their patrons to follow-up with physicians.
June 14, 2011 | Story
This disruptive model of health care education and delivery enables primary care doctors in underserved areas to provide top-quality care for complex conditions locally.
June 11, 2010 | Journal Article
Specialized treatment for chronic conditions is often available only at large academic medical centers. Project ECHO is training primary care physicians in rural areas of New Mexico to deliver best practice care for many diseases.
September 6, 2011 | Story
Using the lessons learned as a dedicated country physician, Gary Wiltz, M. D., educates others about the value of maintaining our national commitment to community health.
July 20, 2011 | Story
Following her own struggle to access care in an underserved area, Sara O'Donnell helped design a program that's becoming a model for enhancing rural health care.