The University of New Mexico

Project ECHO

Project ECHO®

MSC07 4245
1001 Medical Arts Ave. NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102
Help Desk: (505) 750-3246 (ECHO)
IT: (505) 750-4897
Fax: (505) 272-6906
echo@salud.unm.edu

Sanjeev Arora

Sanjeev Arora,
MD, Director

Mission

The mission of Project ECHO® 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.

Palliative Care TeleECHO Clinic

More information

Session meets 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of every month from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

*Staring July 2nd the Palliative Care teleECHO Clinic will be moving to the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. The time will remain the same at 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

The World Health Organization defines Palliative Care as "an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual." The Palliative Care TeleECHO Clinic assists clinicians who lack access to palliative care specialists. An interdisciplinary team of palliative consultants supports and educates providers in the provision of multifaceted palliative care. The clinic includes didactic presentations by specialists, and case presentations by community clinicians for discussion, feedback and recommendations. Clinicians are also given access to evidence-based educational resources. An environment of group learning and the use of best practice protocols will reduce variations in care and improve outcomes for seriously ill patients and their families.

Devon Neale

Devon Neale, MD

Assistant Professor
Geriatric and Palliative Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
UNM School of Medicine
dneale@salud.unm.edu

Lisa Marr

Lisa Marr, MD

Associate Professor and Section Chief
Palliative Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
UNM School of Medicine
lmarr@salud.unm.edu

Melissa Meier

Melissa Meier

Coordinator,
Distance Education
Direct: (505) 272-5811
MMMeier@salud.unm.edu

Reading

  • Opioids in renal failure and dialysis patients. Mervyn Dean, MB, ChB, CCFP. Palliative Care Department, Western Memorial Regional Hospital, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. [J Pain Symptom Manage. 2004 Nov;28(5):497-504.] Source: Palliative Care Department, Western Memorial Regional Hospital, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Citation: PubMed).

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