Asthma ECHO

2nd Thursday of each month - 12 p.m. -1 p.m. 

September 2024 - June 2025

SIU Asthma ECHO aims to improve asthma management for patients by providing healthcare providers, administrators, and executives insights on reducing hospital admissions and readmissions for Asthma and creating a network of providers in the region working together to improve care for patients with Asthma.

Project ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a movement to demonopolize knowledge and amplify the capacity to provide best-practice care for underserved people all over the world through three tenets:

  1. Multipoint video conferencing
  2. Best practices protocol
  3. Case-based learning

Goals of Asthma ECHO

  • To master clinically essential topics that will enhance the practitioner’s ability to identify and establish a care plan for Asthma patients accurately and more effectively control asthma; and
  • To better build professional healthcare teams that implement asthma strategies to reduce morbidity and mortality, address social determinants of health and improve linkage and coordination of care and environmental policies.

Asthma Specialty Team

  • Brent VanHam, MS, RN, CRC, CADC - Center for Rural Health and Social Services Department
  • Rachel Rahman, MD - Assistant Professor Family and Community Medicine
  • Carolyn Pointer, JD - Assistant Professor Medical Humanities
  • Kaye Barnes, Program Services Specialist

Asthma Curriculum Outline 2024 - 2025

  • September 19, 2024 - Introduction to the CDC's EXHALE Strategies to Help People with Asthma Achieve Better Health Outcomes
  • October 17, 2024 - Asthma Diagnoses, Misdiagnosis, and "Missed" Diagnosis - Pediatrics and Adults
  • November 21, 2024 - Asthma Home Visits
  • December 19, 2024 - Asthma Control During Changing Seasons; Environmental Factors, Smoking and Viral Complications
  • January 16, 2025 - Children with Asthma; School, Law, Policy and Inclusion of Parents
  • February 20, 2025 - Public Awareness: Talking about Asthma with People in Our Communities. What should Everyone Know about Asthma? 
  • March 20, 2025 - Asthma Medications: Mainstay Medications for Maintenance and Asthma Attacks. Contrasting Typical Medication Regimens for Adults and Children
  • April 17, 2025 - Reducing Hospitalizations and Healthcare Costs with EXHALE Recommendations 
  • May 15, 2025 - Generalized Advocacy; Special Populations, Disability, Disease Burden; How do we Affect Policy? 
  • June 19, 2025 - Asthma and Health Disparities; Social Determinants and Drivers of Health and Asthma Management

Continuing Education

CONTINUTING EDUCATION: As a participant, you will you will have access to 10 (1 hour) sessions at no cost to you or your organization. Each session will include a short didactic on a specific topic related to asthma, a case presentation, and a discussion and recommendations on the case. The number of credits is dependent on the number of sessions attended. ACCREDITATION: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and the Illinois Department of Public Health. The SIU School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical for physicians. 

CREDIT: The Southern Illinois University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with their participation in the activity. SIU School of Medicine is preapproved as a continuing nursing education provider according to Section 1300.130, subsection c), 1), B) and P) of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Nurse Practice Act. Nurses may receive a maximum of 1.0 contact hour for completing each session. SIU School of Medicine is a licensed provider for continuing education for nursing home administrators (license #139-000027), social workers (license #159-000106), clinical psychologists (license # 268-000008), professional counselors/clinical counselors (license number 197-000073), and dietitians/nutrition counselors (license #199.000121). This program offers a maximum of 1 CE hour (per session attended).

 

Questions? Contact our ECHO team. Once registered, you’ll receive a welcome packet from the SIU ECHO team