Providing real-time resources in support of LGBTQ+ and HIV+ populations as information experts on the ECHO hub team: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a telehealth initiative that aims to reduce disparities in delivery of health care by leveraging technology and local expertise to provide guidance on specialized subjects to health care providers across the world. In 2018, a new ECHO hub convened in Indianapolis with a focus on health care for individuals in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ+) populations. This ECHO iteration was one of the first of its kind and would soon be followed by a new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ECHO as well.

Case presentation

In a novel approach, information professionals participated in the early planning stages of the formation of these ECHO teams, which enabled the provision of real-time medical ev

SUBMITTER: Menard L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8608201 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature