ECHO Idaho

It also reinforces ECHO's commitment to providing educational opportunities that are dynamic, collaborative and interdisciplinary.

Idaho physicians, nurses, counselors, pharmacists and psychologists can all claim free CE for participating in ECHO sessions.

It also reinforces ECHO's commitment to providing education that is dynamic, collaborative and interdisciplinary.

Read all about it: https://www.uidaho.edu/news/news-articles/news-releases/2022/012722-echo

Excited to see our full-page feature in Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health's 2021 annual report.

BCIF is committed to supporting ECHO Idaho's Behavioral Health in Primary Care series for three years - wow!

Thanks for helping us provide critical training and peer support to Idaho's healthcare providers, BCIF. Schedule and registration for that series here: https://rb.gy/acl1f9

One guess for who the only entity to offer PA and Psych credits through Joint Accreditation in Idaho is 😁.

Yep, ECHO Idaho is jointly accredited, meaning healthcare professionals — physicians, PAs, nurses, pharmacists, psychologists, social workers, therapists, and others — can all claim CE credit with ECHO.

Joint accreditation ensures that our programming is dynamic, collaborative and interdisciplinary. Join us! https://rb.gy/tvawgl

Join guest presenter Dr. Alyson Smith, Medical Director at Boulder Care, in ECHO Idaho's #Opioid, Pain and Substance Use Disorders series on Thursday, 3/10, from 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Mountain time, to learn about "When to Start Talking about Stopping: Tapering #Buprenorphine, a Review of the Evidence."

Register today to get the day-of Zoom link: https://rb.gy/tyd3z8

Do you have a question related to #opioid use, #buprenorphine, MAT and/or regional resources?

Did you know on Thursdays, between 12:30-1:30 p.m. Mountain time, ECHO Idaho hosts Medications for Opioid Use Disorders (MOUD) Office Hours?!

This new series brings in rotating panel of experts every week to offer you advice that's immediately applicable, whether it be in-the-weeds specific or large-scale systematic. MOUD Office Hours is designed for convenience; drop-in, ask your question, then get back to your day.

Check it out! https://rb.gy/iqupom

Join ECHO Idaho's Pediatric Autism panel this Thursday, 3/10, at 1pm Mountain to address challenges around constipation and sleep.

Register today to get the day-of Zoom link: https://rb.gy/t5jdkj

We’re Committed to Supporting Behavioral Health in Idaho – Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation

Project ECHO Idaho is equipped to help address behavioral health services across #Idaho in part because of support from partners like Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health. Check out this article to see how we work together. https://rb.gy/p9menx

We’re Committed to Supporting Behavioral Health in Idaho – Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation Behavioral health is one of Idaho’s most-pressing health issues and has been for many years. Recently there has been increasing dialogue among policy makers around behavioral health in Idaho. Behavioral healthcare can help Idahoans live productive and happy lives.

This past weekend, staff member Sam tabled for ECHO at the Ada County Medical Society meeting. It was our first in-person conference this year - here's to many more!

A behind-the-scenes look at ECHO Idaho's photoshoot today at Cascade Medical Center, an independent Critical Access #Hospital and #Rural Health Clinic whose staff regularly attends our sessions.

Thanks for letting us in, CMC, and thank you Pixel Light Creative Group for the photography!

Program Manager, Project ECHO

ECHO Idaho is hiring a program manager to join us at our Boise campus. Full listing here: https://rb.gy/ymlisg

Hurry, hurry! We're accepting applications through March 2, 2022.

Please share widely with any who may be interested.

Program Manager, Project ECHO This full time position will be responsible for the management and implementation of educational and research activities led by Project ECHO Idaho. This position is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of one or more of ECHO’s educational programs, including coordination of ECHO init...

❤️This week, our staff celebrates heartfelt ECHO moments that resonate long after the session ends. ❤️

Laura, a program coordinator, sends her love to ECHO's Counseling Techniques for Substance Use Disorders series: "The CTSUDs panelists and participants bring so much knowledge, experience and wisdom to the table - it's a really engaged group. I love that they actively help support and validate each other, too. I have a relative that struggles with addiction and the series has even helped me better understand trauma and addiction. Huge shout out to everyone who participates in CTSUD!"

❤️This week, our staff celebrates heartfelt ECHO moments that resonate long after the session ends. ❤️
Jocelyn, a program coordinator, says it best with this observation: "What better devotion is there to the ECHO community than panelists showing up every month, some of them for years, to share their knowledge? I think that's pretty great!"

❤️This week, our staff celebrates heartfelt ECHO moments that resonate long after the session ends. ❤️

From Lindsay, our marketing and communications manager: “Dr. Megan Dunay often uses poetry as part of her ‘pearls of wisdom’ to close-out COVID-19 sessions. She read Rilke’s ‘The Wait’ on 12/21/21 and it stuck with me. I love that she finds a way to share art (and humor!) in the COVID sessions.”

Curious about the poem? Check it out at 58:17 here: https://rb.gy/79echj

❤️This week, our staff celebrates heartfelt ECHO moments that resonate long after the session ends. ❤️

Jess, a program coordinator-turned-CE coordinator, recalls a Behavioral Health session from years ago: "The case review was of a patient who had lost many teeth as a result of a traumatic experience. They'd lived for decades with a broken smile; a constant reminder of the trauma.
The clinician who brought the case to ECHO helped their patient get her teeth fixed! Panelist Dr. Rachel Root spotlighted how significant this probably was for the patient, one of the biggest impacts being that it probably helped restore the patient's dignity.
I love that our healthcare professionals are aware of and strive to protect the dignity of others."

❤️This week, our staff celebrates heartfelt ECHO moments that resonate long after the session ends. ❤️

From Kayla, ECHO's most tenured program coordinator: "I love that ECHO participants can join sessions to further their knowledge and use it as a form of self-care. It is intentional time they set aside to pause, reflect, recognize the impact they are making on their patients, connect with others, and maybe even get a chance to eat!"

❤️This week, our staff celebrates heartfelt ECHO moments that resonate long after the session ends. ❤️

Here's what Sam, an ECHO program coordinator and podcast producer, thinks about the ECHO model: "I love how dynamic (ECHO) is. Ask any two people to describe it and why they come and you're bound to get different answers. Some people attend sessions to learn, others to share their expertise. Some come for the lunchtime CE, others for the chance to stay informed on the latest best practices in patient treatment. That it can be an all-in-one resource for Idaho's healthcare community is a testament to its foundation in community."

❤️This week, our staff celebrates heartfelt ECHO moments that resonate long after the session ends. ❤️

From Lachelle, ECHO Idaho's director:
"I love that these founding members of the Opioid, Pain, and Substance Use panel still find new ways to teach, learn, and inspire after nearly four years with ECHO: Todd Palmer, Cathy Oliphant, Amy Jeppesen and Brenda Hoyt."

❤️This week, our staff celebrates heartfelt ECHO moments that resonate long after the session ends. ❤️

From Lynsey, one of ECHO's program managers: "Sending big Valentine’s Day thanks to Dr. Tom Patterson, who spreads love everywhere he goes. He graciously connected us with one of his rockstar patients to make a touching video to promote the Pediatric Autism series. (Check it out here: https://rb.gy/t5jdkj).
I also appreciate that Dr. Patterson is on a mission to promote self-care. He never fails to encourage ECHO participants to practice self-care and to encourage their patients to do the same."

❤️This week, our staff celebrates heartfelt ECHO moments that resonate long after the session ends. ❤️
Assistant director, Katy, celebrates one of ECHO Idaho's series with an original poem:

Roses are red,
Violets are Blue
The Viral Hepatitis and Liver Care ECHO community
Rings the “ECHO model” true.
While the didactics are technical and cases complex
The expert panelists and community put evidence-based care and treatment into context.
On this day as we celebrate friendship, community, and gratitude
I hold appreciation for this community with great magnitude.

Hospital donates large sum to UI medical students

Thanks for supporting Idaho WWAMI and ECHO Idaho, Northwest Specialty Hospital!

Hospital donates large sum to UI medical students Northwest Specialty Hospital in Post Falls donated $50,000 to the University of Idaho’s WWAMI Medical Education Program.

Save the Date! Earn six continuing education credits with this free, upcoming training on assessing and treating suicide risk.

The Idaho Lives Project, in collaboration with Idaho AWARE, is hosting Dr. Michael David Rudd to provide free training for healthcare professionals on this important topic.

Registration opens 2/21. Contact Jessica Harris, [email protected], with questions.

Thursday, Feb. 10 is a busy day ECHO Idaho! Get details and join these sessions straight from our website: https://rb.gy/xkloa0
🗣 Opioid, Pain and Substance Use Disorders series: "Dosing Increases for Bupe: When, Why, How"
🗣 (New series starts 2/10/22!) Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Office Hours
🗣 Pediatric Autism: "Sleep and Autism"

ECHO Idaho is hiring a program manager to join us at our Boise campus. Full listing here: https://rb.gy/ymlisg

Accepting applications through 3/2/2022.

Please share widely with any who may be interested!

Beginning Feb. 10, ECHO Idaho is hosting Medications for Opioid Use Disorders (#MOUD) Office Hours.

Bring your MOUD, MAT, bupe, opioid and X-Waiver questions to the experts for immediate feedback, every Thursday 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Pacific time / 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Mountain time.

Pre-registration is not required. Just login here: https://rb.gy/iqupom

Idaho has about 40 pediatricians for every 100,000 kids. A new venture could help. - Idaho Capital Sun

This is great news for Idaho!

Idaho has about 40 pediatricians for every 100,000 kids. A new venture could help. - Idaho Capital Sun Pediatric Residency of Idaho, a partnership between Family Medicine Residency of Idaho and St. Luke's Children's, will train pediatricians.

Program Manager, Project ECHO

ECHO Idaho is hiring a program manager to join us at our Boise campus. Full listing here: https://rb.gy/ymlisg

Accepting applications through 3/2/2022.

Please share widely with any who may be interested!

Program Manager, Project ECHO This full time position will be responsible for the management and implementation of educational and research activities led by Project ECHO Idaho. This position is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of one or more of ECHO’s educational programs, including coordination of ECHO init...

ECHO Idaho has been awarded Joint Accreditation status! https://rb.gy/1nfbcb

This means we can provide continuing education (CE) to all individuals on a healthcare team — including counselors, nurses, pharmacists, physicians, etc. — which brings more perspectives to the "Zoom room."

We are the first and only Idaho institution to offer CE credits to psychologists and physician assistants through Joint Accreditation.

Our next Covid session is Tuesday, 2/15 at Noon MST. Join us to learn where Idaho is in the fight against Covid.

Based on current numbers, people with boosters are 11 times less likely to be hospitalized due to COVID-19 and 20 times less likely to die. See this explained at our Feb. 1 media briefing:
youtu.be/afAOxe6KUGk

📣 New series announcement! 📣
Beginning Feb. 10, ECHO Idaho is hosting Medications for Opioid Use Disorders (#MOUD) Office Hours.

Bring your MOUD, MAT and X-Waiver questions to the experts for immediate feedback, every Thursday 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Pacific time / 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Mountain time.

No pre-registration necessary. Login here: https://rb.gy/iqupom