From German Lopez / Vox: Primary care providers often decline to learn how to treat opioid addiction because it takes too much time and specialization—it’s a complex disease. But ECHO, a New Mexico initiative that links primary care providers with a community of specialists and colleagues, empowers doctors with access to knowledge that allows them to treat tough patients. ECHO began as a resource for Hepatitis C and was so effective, they expanded it for opioid addiction, For some doctors, it breaks down the barrier to getting a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine, am opioid treatment.
Read the Solutions Insights Lab interview with Sanjeev Arora of Project ECHO.
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