A novel Project ECHO curriculum on older adult pain management and opioid use disorder for outpatient clinicians.

Chronic pain, opioid use, and opioid use disorder (OUD) are increasingly common in older adults. Outpatient clinician education may improve outcomes. Our aim was to create and evaluate a novel curriculum for outpatient clinicians on older adult pain management, opioid prescribing, and OUD leveraging Project ECHO®, a model for delivering subspecialized medical knowledge to community outpatient clinicians via videoconferencing.

Design and Pilot Implementation of an ECHO Module on Hepatitis C Virus Infection During Pregnancy.

We developed a Project ECHO® module to offer prenatal providers training on engaging in shared decision-making about hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment during pregnancy. In this pilot program, the ECHO module addressing HCV during pregnancy and the potential benefits of treatment was associated with increases in self-efficacy scores among participants.

U.S. Government Accountability Office Reports on Children's Oral Health and Dental Care: A 31-Year Retrospective Analysis.

The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze reports and testimonies from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) relevant to children's oral health and dental care during the calendar years 1990 through 2021.

Impact of an Urban Project ECHO: Safety-Net Clinician Self-Efficacy Across Conditions.

Introduction: To mitigate the lack of specialty healthcare, Project ECHO (Extension for Community Health Outcomes) trains community-based primary care clinicians to better prevent the progression of, manage, and treat common health conditions. ECHO-Chicago launched in 2010 as the first urban-centered ECHO program, focusing on safety-net clinicians, and has trained over 5,175 community clinicians across 34 topic areas. This paper examines self-efficacy among ECHO-Chicago participants across 11 clinical series, including a novel use of qualitative themes from self-efficacy questions.

Case Management and Capacity Building to Enhance Hepatitis C Treatment Uptake at Community Health Centers in a Large Urban Setting.

An estimated 4.1 million people in the United States are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). In 2014, the Hepatitis C Community Alliance to Test and Treat (HepCCATT) collaborative was formed to address hepatitis C in Chicago.

Difficulties in using 1,3-{beta}-D-glucan as the screening test for the early diagnosis of invasive fungal infections in patients with haematological malignancies--high frequency of false-positive results and their analysis.

We have evaluated the contribution of the 1,3-beta-d-glucan (BG) assay for the screening of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) in patients with haematological malignancies. Serum samples from patients at risk of IFI were collected twice a week and retrospectively tested using the BG assay. BG screening was performed on 1143 samples from 91 patients during 104 anticancer treatment cycles.