COVID-19 Telehealth for Indian Country: Tribal Response to an Emerging Pandemic

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This article describes how the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) telehealth program, known as Extensions for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO), or teleECHO, adapted to COVID-19 in providing community clinicians/public health workers access to experts. Descriptions of how healthcare providers and staff adapted practices to be culturally responsive to tribal communities is presented.

Resource Details

  • Population: American Indian
  • Setting/Context of Implementation: Clinical|Community
  • Topics of Practice: Organizational Change/ Development
  • Outcomes of Interest: Advancing Racial Equity|Capacity Building|Reduction of Health Disparities
  • Level of Evidence: Best
  • Tools or Materials Included in Resource: No
  • Social Determinants of Health: Education Access and Quality|Healthcare Access and Quality
  • Outside of US: No