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Current ECHO Programs<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Texas Developmental Screening and Surveillance (Tx DSS)<\/a><\/h3>\n

The Tx DSS ECHO connects subject matter experts and early childhood educators to increase their knowledge in developmental screening and early childhood intervention so that they can provide necessary care to children in their communities. UT Health San Antonio is partnering with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)<\/a> and experts in the field to implement this ECHO program.<\/p>\n

View flyer<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hepatitis and HIV\/Hepatitis Coinfection<\/a><\/h3>\n

This telementoring series will focus on mentoring health care workers on diagnosing, managing, treating, and caring for people with viral hepatitis or HIV\/hepatitis coinfection. This series has been developed in partnership with\u00a0the Targeted Access Knowledge and Education on HIV for Health Professions Program (TAKE on HIV)<\/a>,\u00a0and UT Health San Antonio South Central AETC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

View series flyer \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dental Education Network for Texas (DENT)<\/a><\/h3>\n

In partnership with the UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry<\/a>, we launched a monthly series to support and educate primary oral health care providers in the delivery of quality and effective dental care for patients across the state of Texas. Sessions will include brief didactics followed by case presentations and interactive conversation with subject matter experts & Texas dental care providers. Free continuing educational credits are available to all attendees.<\/p>\n

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HIV ECHO<\/a><\/h3>\n

To strengthen community clinic capacity for delivering best-practice HIV care to underserved populations in Texas, we partnered with the UT Health San Antonio AIDS Education and Training Center Program (AETC) for a twice monthly HIV ECHO. Sessions include didactics, case presentations from local sites, and discussion with an interdisciplinary team made up of experts in infectious disease, pharmacy, psychiatry, and community health workers. Sessions are held on the second Monday and fourth Friday of each month, with occasional exceptions for holidays.<\/p>\n

View flyer<\/a><\/p>\n

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Through the Center for Substance Use Training and Telementoring (c-STAT) and in partnership with the UT Health San Antonio ECHO program, Be Well Texas offers an array of telementoring programming to provide high-quality SUD education and support to health, behavioral health, and public safety professionals.<\/p>\n

Visit c-STAT<\/a><\/p>\n

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Maternal Health ECHO<\/a><\/h3>\n

In collaboration with the Perinatal Psychiatry Access Network (PeriPAN)<\/a>, Maternal Health ECHO program is designed to equip perinatal healthcare providers with the necessary training, consultation, and support to enhance care delivery. This program seeks to bridge knowledge gaps, strengthen provider capacity, and improve maternal health outcomes across Texas. The program will include instruction in screening, interventions, care coordination, trauma-informed care, and other critical maternal health topics.<\/p>\n

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Public Safety Solutions for SUD <\/a><\/h3>\n

Public Safety Solutions for SUD ECHO builds public safety professionals\u2019 capacity to successfully respond to substance use and substance use disorders in their day-to-day work. Attendees will also learn how evidence-based approaches to behavioral health challenges can promote their wellness and reduce burnout.<\/p>\n

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TxRx ECHO (Medications for Substance Use Disorder)<\/a><\/h3>\n

The TxRx (pronounced \u201cTex-R-X\u201d) ECHO program provides telementoring in utilizing medications to treat substance use disorders, including medications for alcohol, opioid, stimulants, and nicotine use disorders. This program targets prescribers, and other providers who support medication-assisted treatment services for patients. The purpose of this program is to build statewide capacity to expand the utilization of medications to treat substance use disorder.<\/p>\n

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Recovery Support Services Community of Practice (RSS)<\/a><\/h3>\n

The RSS ECHO creates a community of practice to support Texas-based Peers in delivering high-quality care to people in substance treatment settings or in recovery. This ECHO focuses on real-life cases and training that inform advocacy, reduce stigma, and build workforce capacity.<\/p>\n

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Behavioral Health<\/a><\/h3>\n

The Behavioral Health ECHO will prepare behavioral health professionals to effectively screen, intervene, and refer (when necessary) clients with substance use disorders. The ECHO program will provide learners with a responsive community of practice continually available for didactic learning and group case consultation.<\/p>\n

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Previous ECHO Programs:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Chagas Disease<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Chagas disease, an infection with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), is endemic throughout the Americas. Often called a \u201csilent killer\u201d, this chronic disease can go undetected for years, resulting in irreversible damage or death. To address this, we partnered with San Diego State University<\/a>,\u00a0Texas State University<\/a>,\u00a0and the\u00a0South Coastal Area Health Education<\/a> Center to relaunch our Chagas ECHO series for providers. This ECHO built local capacity for screening, diagnosing, and managing Chagas Disease.<\/p>\n

View series resources and recordings ><\/a><\/p>\n

ECHO de VIH<\/strong><\/h4>\n

To address the ongoing need for best practices in providing HIV care to patients, sessions were hosted each Thursday of the month, in partnership with the UT Health San Antonio South Central AIDS Education and Training Center Program (AETC). The Spanish led sessions with live English interpretation included short didactics on topics related to HIV care followed by deidentified, case-presentations from participants who get mentorship from a multidisciplinary team of experts across the globe. Sessions are held on a cohort basis, May to October annually.<\/p>\n

Communicating with Confianza – A Health Literacy ECHO\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

the\u00a0Communicating with Confianza \u2014 A Health Literacy ECHO\u00a0in partnership with\u00a0Health Confianza, a collaboration between\u00a0UT Health San Antonio\u00a0ECHO Superhub,\u00a0YWCA,\u00a0South Central AHEC, and the\u00a0University of Texas at Austin\u00a0to provide health literacy education, training, resources, knowledge-sharing, and workforce development for Bexar County and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n

View series resources and recordings ><\/a><\/p>\n

Comunidad Long COVID ECHO<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Comunidad Long COVID ECHO Program was designed to help primary care physicians in South Texas address the clinical and public health challenges of Long COVID. It focuses on reducing disparities in care and improving the management of post-COVID symptoms that develop within three months of infection and last at least three months, which cannot be explained by an alternative diagnosis. The program provided symptom-based assessment tools and evidence-based guidance to strengthen care coordination and support effective evaluation and treatment of patients with Long COVID.<\/p>\n

View series resources and recordings >\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Recovery Science ECHO<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Peer recovery support services (PRSS) were an established best practice to support the recovery processes of individuals with substance use disorders. However, important scientific gaps remained in understanding the mechanisms underlying the efficacy and effectiveness of PRSS (Bassuk et al., 2016). This research-focused ECHO program aimed to grow a diverse workforce skilled in conducting recovery science research to address these knowledge gaps.<\/p>\n

Visit the Recovery Science ECHO \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Systems and Sustainability for SUD<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Systems and Sustainability for Substance Use Disorder (SUD) ECHO focused on large-scale, systems-level opportunities and challenges related to implementing and sustaining substance use-related services, whether those involved screening, referral, or treatment practices. This ECHO targeted healthcare and behavioral health leaders who had the capacity to impact systems changes or influence those who did, as well as those who bore the responsibility to sustain their own systems of care.<\/p>\n

Visit the Systems and Sustainability for SUD site \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

Harm Reduction<\/strong><\/h4>\n

This ECHO introduced harm reduction strategies and approaches to prevent substance use-related overdoses, deaths, or other harmful health or mental health impacts. Learners were exposed to evidence-based, emerging, and novel harm reduction practices. This ECHO program emphasized reducing misinformation about harm reduction practices and combatting stigma towards people who use drugs.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Behavioral Health Support<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In partnership with the Center for Health Policy at UNTHSC<\/a>, the Medical Technology and Resource Education Center (MTREC<\/a>), and the\u00a0Southwest Border AHEC<\/a>, we launched a Behavioral Health Support ECHO to support the delivery of mental and behavioral health services in Uvalde, Texas. This ECHO was designed for health workers in Uvalde and the surrounding communities.<\/p>\n

Building resilience of DACA recipients and Mixed-Status families in the face of Adversity<\/strong><\/h4>\n

United We Dream (UWD<\/a>) and the National Latino Psychological Association (NPLA)<\/a> collaborated with our team to launch an ECHO series that addresses the importance of social support systems and offers guidance on how to create supportive groups in the face of COVID-19 and anti-immigrant policies. Sessions included an interdisciplinary team of mental health providers and community leaders who share experiences, tools, and resources.<\/p>\n

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Communicating COVID: ECHO for Community Health Workers<\/strong><\/h4>\n

We partnered with Health Confianza<\/a> for a series, Communicating COVID: ECHO for Community Health Workers (CHWs). This ECHO series was launched to build a learning community to share resources, partnerships, and strategies for compassionately and effectively communicating about COVID-19.<\/p>\n

View series resources and recordings \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

COVID 2.0: An Updated Health Literacy ECHO for Providers<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In partnership with Health Confianza<\/a>, we launched an updated COVID-19 Health Literacy ECHO bi-weekly series to share relevant, usable information about COVID-19 with local providers. This ECHO included didactics followed by participant presentations of real-life situations and group discussions to share resources and inform care.<\/p>\n

View series resources and recordings \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

COVID-19 Telemedicine Implementation and Technical Assistance<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In response to the necessity of a number of clinics and providers having to implement telemedicine at short notice, the UT San Antonio ECHO Program, in partnership with the UT System Virtual Health Network launched a technical assistance\u00a0COVID-19 Telemedicine Implementation and Technical Assistance ECHO<\/strong>. Each week, a team of experts delivered a brief presentation on key considerations and strategies for launching a telemedicine program, including evolving regulations, technology, and clinical considerations. Session slides and recordings will be made available after the session on our resources<\/a> page. The ECHO ran from March 30th through June 8th.<\/p>\n

View the COVID-19 Telemedicine Implementation and Technical Assistance ECHO flyer<\/a><\/p>\n

Telemedicine implementation resources<\/a><\/p>\n

Support Hospital Opioid Use disorder Treatment (SHOUT)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Support Hospital Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (SHOUT) Texas is a program at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin in partnership with Be Well Texas, a program of UT Health San Antonio, working to increase access to substance and opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment and harm reduction during acute hospitalization in Texas.<\/p>\n

Visit the SHOUT ECHO site \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

GetWaiveredTX Buprenorphine for OUD<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The GetWaivered program has three main goals:<\/p>\n