
The mission of Project ECHO™ (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is to develop the capacity to safely and effectively treat chronic, common, and complex diseases in rural and underserved areas, and to monitor outcomes of this treatment.
Project ECHO™ is funded in part by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and has received support from the New Mexico Legislature, the University of New Mexico, and the New Mexico Department of Public Health.
University of New Mexico
School of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
MSC07 4245
1001 Medical Arts Ave. NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102 Phone: (505) 750-3246 (ECHO)
Sanjeev Arora,
MD, Director
IT: (505) 750-4897
Fax: (505) 272-6906
echo@salud.unm.edu
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A paper describing Project ECHO’s groundbreaking work to improve access to care for patients with hepatitis C has been named among the Most Influential Research Articles of 2011 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation."Outcomes of Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Primary Care Providers" by Project ECHO™ founder Sanjeev Arora, MD, and other Project ECHO™ researchers was published in June 2011 in The New England Journal of Medicine. The paper was one of 20 articles selected by RWJF from research conducted by the foundation's grantees; the paper was voted one of the Final 5 by visitors to the Foundation’s website. Read more.
Jan. 22: Dr. Sanjeev Arora discussed Project ECHO™ on KOB-TV's "Eye on New Mexico."