{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["40(3)"],"submitter":["Friedman SA"],"pubmed_abstract":["Previous evaluations of the pain care-related Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) telementoring programmes found that long-term programmes (16-52 weeks) improve clinician knowledge, self-efficacy, and prescribing practices. We evaluated a 6- to 7-week Pain Management ECHO in Nevada Medicaid clinician networks. We collected pre- and post-knowledge and self-efficacy scores from 15 of 18 unique ECHO participants (83% response rate). We derived opioid prescribing outcomes from 44 894 Medicaid pharmacy claims records from 11 ECHO participants and 10 comparison clinicians. The three outcomes included any opioid (binary), non-opioid pain medication (binary), and opioid dose (continuous). Logistic regressions using difference-in-difference (DID) estimated the ECHO treatment effects. Knowledge scores (75% to 82%) and self-efficacy scores (3.4-4.1) increased after ECHO participation. After ECHO participation, opioid prescribing decreased, and non-opioid prescribing increased; changes in both outcomes were above and beyond changes in the comparison group (any opioid DID treatment effect: -0.6 percentage points; non-opioid pharmacologic: 1.1 percentage points). Incremental changes across three domains of Moore's Framework for continuing medical education provide evidence supporting a short-duration ECHO intervention in partnership with Medicaid managed care. Promulgation of this less resource-intensive approach can sustainably aid clinicians in managing pain experienced by Medicaid beneficiaries."],"journal":["Health education research"],"pagination":["cyaf019"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12080353"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["A short-duration telementoring pain management programme for Medicaid: impact on clinician outcomes."],"pmcid":["PMC12080353"],"pubmed_authors":["Sangoleye D","Lavi MS","Patterson DG","Jorgensen TC","Militante N","Snyder P","Lewandowski M","Friedman SA"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A short-duration telementoring pain management programme for Medicaid: impact on clinician outcomes.","description":"Previous evaluations of the pain care-related Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) telementoring programmes found that long-term programmes (16-52 weeks) improve clinician knowledge, self-efficacy, and prescribing practices. We evaluated a 6- to 7-week Pain Management ECHO in Nevada Medicaid clinician networks. We collected pre- and post-knowledge and self-efficacy scores from 15 of 18 unique ECHO participants (83% response rate). We derived opioid prescribing outcomes from 44 894 Medicaid pharmacy claims records from 11 ECHO participants and 10 comparison clinicians. The three outcomes included any opioid (binary), non-opioid pain medication (binary), and opioid dose (continuous). Logistic regressions using difference-in-difference (DID) estimated the ECHO treatment effects. Knowledge scores (75% to 82%) and self-efficacy scores (3.4-4.1) increased after ECHO participation. After ECHO participation, opioid prescribing decreased, and non-opioid prescribing increased; changes in both outcomes were above and beyond changes in the comparison group (any opioid DID treatment effect: -0.6 percentage points; non-opioid pharmacologic: 1.1 percentage points). Incremental changes across three domains of Moore's Framework for continuing medical education provide evidence supporting a short-duration ECHO intervention in partnership with Medicaid managed care. Promulgation of this less resource-intensive approach can sustainably aid clinicians in managing pain experienced by Medicaid beneficiaries.","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 May","modification":"2026-05-08T03:23:18.854Z","creation":"2026-05-08T03:11:21.256Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12080353","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40372812"],"doi":["10.1093/her/cyaf019"]}}