Identifying the drivers to happier, healthier patients at the u of missouri hospital

"Our target population was the University of Missouri Hospital based on data from Medicare's Hospital Compares we benchmarked our results against the Missouri average (see below). Goal: To implement a discharge planning program that includes telephone follow up in 2016 to increase the MU score to 65 percent for the HCAHPS question: they 'Strongly Agree' they understood their care when they left the hospital."--Purpose and impact

Show-me echo project : state wide capacity building program

"Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Project utilizes telemedicine technologies to deliver care and education to rural and underserved areas. The Missouri Telehealth Network at the University of Missouri spearheads the Show-Me ECHO Project, consisting of 6 separate specialties: endocrinology, autism, chronic pain, hepatitis C, pediatric asthma, and dermatology. Show-Me ECHO's goal is to educate providers in underserved areas in order to enhance patient care and minimize health care costs. Program evaluation is conducted on an ongoing basis (Figures 1, 2). All ECHO clinics collect participating providers' demographics data. Pre and post self-efficacy surveys are administered in addition to knowledge tests in most ECHO clinics as well. MoHealth Net data is analyzed annually-patient demographics, provider prescription patterns, geographic data, ED visits, hospitalization and re-admission dates, outpatient visits, etc.

Extension for community healthcare outcomes : chronic pain management

"Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Project utilizes telemedicine technologies to deliver care and education to rural and underserved areas. Show-Me ECHO is a replication of ECHO project, its goal is to educate providers in underserved areas in order to enhance patient care and minimize health care costs. The Missouri Telehealth Network at the University of Missouri spearheads the Show-Me ECHO Project, consisting of 6 separate specialties: endocrinology, autism, chronic pain, hepatitis C, pediatric asthma, and dermatology. These six ECHO clinics are offered on a weekly or bi-weekly basis, and rural Missouri providers are all invited to participate in some or all of them. The benefits of ECHO to providers include no-cost CMEs, case-based learning, and valuable input from a multidisciplinary team including specialists in chronic diseases."--Background

Show-me ECHO : ECHO autism-providing expert and timely care to children in need

"The Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Project utilizes telemedicine technologies to expand care and education to rural and underserved areas. Show-Me ECHO's goal is to educate providers in underserved areas in order to enhance patient care and minimize health care costs. The Missouri Telehealth Network at the University of Missouri spearheads the Show-Me ECHO Project, consisting of 6 separate specialties: endocrinology, autism, chronic pain, hepatitis C, pediatric asthma, and dermatology. These 6 ECHO clinics are offered on a weekly or bi-weekly basis, and rural Missouri providers are all invited to participate in some or all of them. The benefits of ECHO to providers include no-cost CMEs, case-based learning, and valuable input from a multidisciplinary team including specialists in chronic diseases."--Background

Dermatology ECHO : providing mentoring and education to rural PCPs in common, costly, and complex skin diseases

"Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Project utilizes telemedicine technologies to deliver care and education to rural and underserved areas. Show-me ECHO's goal is to educate providers in underserved areas in order to enhance patient care and minimize health care costs. The Missouri Telehealth Network at the University of Missouri spearheads the Show-Me ECHO Project, consisting of 6 separate specialties: endocrinology, autism, chronic pain, hepatitis C, pediatric asthma, and dermatology. These 6 ECHO clinics are offered on a weekly or bi-weekly basis, and rural Missouri providers are all invited to participate in some or all of them. The benefits of ECHO to providers include no-cost CMEs, case-based learning, and valuable input from a multidisciplinary team including specialists in chronic diseases."--Background