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Around the world, people lack access to life-saving knowledge and expertise.

With Project ECHO, we know a world where life-saving best practices are available to every person, no matter their circumstance, is possible. Project ECHO’s revolutionary model provides training and mentorship to transform and sustain strong health systems where every person has fast access to the highest quality health care.

A female community health care provider speaks as part of the endocrinology ECHO program in New Mexico.
Pastor Ray, sitting in his home in Clovis, NM, holds up his glucose monitoring device.
A male participant of the New Mexico Endocrinology ECHO program
A stock photo of man pricking his finger to monitor blood sugar levels.
Dr. Matthew Bouchonville, endocrinologist, speaks while holding notes in his hand. He sits between two colleagues.
Pastor Ray, sitting in his home in Clovis, NM, holds up his glucose monitoring device.

A Critical Intervention: Diabetes

With a nationwide shortage of endocrinology specialists, ECHO-trained providers are filling a crucial gap in access to diabetes care — and successfully achieving equal – or better – patient outcomes.

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Our Reach  

211 countries and areas
7,330 programs
6,576,000 echo session attendances
1,430 hubs
41 superhubs
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For more than two decades, Project ECHO has extended best practice care to millions of people in rural and underserved communities across the United States and around the world. This year’s new research provides significant evidence of ECHO’s effectiveness in improving diabetes care in a sustainable, low-cost, community-driven way. ”  

Dr. Don Berwick
Chair, Project ECHO’s Global Advisory Board
National leader in health care systems management

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For many people living with diabetes, endocrinology specialists are out of reach. Many adults get their diabetes care in primary care or hospital settings. Ensuring that these health care providers are equipped to care for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes is crucial.”

Laurel Koester
Program Officer, Type 1 Diabetes Program
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, which provided philanthropic support to this study

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The ECHO Model provides a virtual community of practice so that local providers have the knowledge, confidence and ongoing support of their peers to treat people closer to where they live.”

Dr. Matthew Bouchonville
Medical Director, New Mexico Endocrinology ECHO Program
Albuquerque, New Mexico

 News & Stories

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Diabetes

New Study Shows Project ECHO Improves Diabetes Care in Rural Settings

A recently released study demonstrates the ECHO Model is an effective intervention for improving diabetes care in rural settings.

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Diabetes

Project ECHO Launches Study on Improving Outcomes for Diabetic Patients with Chronic Conditions

Through ECHO, can rural health care providers treat complex diabetes successfully?

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Diabetes

Project ECHO Gives New Mexico’s Diabetes Patients Hope

ECHO providers synchronize diabetes care, mental health resources and social support in one place, showing patients multiple strategies to treat diabetes and giving them hope for the future.

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ECHO Around the World

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  • 100+ Active Programs
  • 10-99 Active Programs
  • 1-9 Active Programs

*Active within the past 12 months

Our Impact

The ECHO Model has been used around the world to support mentorship and training in health care, education, climate change and other social determinants of health.

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New Mexico

Tackling Our State’s Most Urgent Health and Education Priorities

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United States

Working Toward Systems-Change for Sustainable Impact

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Africa

Co-Creating Scalable and Affordable Solutions

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India

Strengthening Health Care Systems Since 2008

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Asia-Pacific

Impact at Scale Through Government Partnerships

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Latin America

Local Leaders Paving the Way

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 Our Model

It’s a ripple effect. When one participant in ECHO shares their expertise with their peers, each of them can go on to improve the lives of hundreds of people in their communities.

The ECHO Model

Amplification: use technology to leverage scarce resources; Best Practices: Share best practices to reduce disparities; Case-Based Learning: Apply case-based learning to master complexity; Data: Evaluate and monitor outcomes.

600 Evidence-Based Impact

More than 600 peer-reviewed research papers have demonstrated the effectiveness of Project ECHO.

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iECHO Platform

iECHO is our proprietary software platform. It supports our trusted human network of mentors and participants around the world.

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