Project ECHO: A Revolution in Medical and Care Delivery

Project ECHO is a lifelong learning and guided practice model that revolutionizes medical education and exponentially increase workforce capacity to provide best-practice specialty care and reduce health disparities. The heart of the ECHO model is its hub-and-spoke knowledge-sharing networks, led by expert teams who use multi-point videoconferencing to conduct virtual clinics with community providers. In this way, primary care doctors, nurses, and other clinicians learn to provide excellent specialty care to patients in their own communities.

Saginaw Valley State University Project ECHO programs meet new DEA training requirements.

SVSU Project ECHO

Saginaw Valley State University currently offers two Project ECHO opportunities.  Our first Project ECHO for Substance Use Disorders (SUD ECHO) is offered along with our partners Recovery Pathways, Ferris State University and Peer360 Recovery Alliance and provides the latest information and case-based learning in substance use disorder prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery. See our calendar of presentations for details on the upcoming topics and presenters.

Offered June 9, 2022- June 11, 2025 Project ECHO for Perinatal Substance Use Disorder (PSUD ECHO), in partnership with Recovery Pathways, LLC, Ferris State University and Peer 360 Recovery Alliance provided educational information and practice support for treating those who are pregnant with co-occurring substance use disorder. You can view lectures from this series at the link above.

Offered from January 2025-May 2025 Northern Michigan University Center for Rural Health Equities Project ECHO® is a program with a focus on Social Determinants of Health. You can view lectures from this series at the link above.

You may register for any of SVSU's Project ECHO offerings. Simply click on the button for the Project ECHO you wish to join, complete the registration, and you will begin receive regular reminders for upcoming sessions as well as valuable resources to support your practice!

_{This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number:T94HP30878 titled “BRIDGE UP: Bridging with Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to Reduce Rural Health Inequities” for $2.6 million. This information or content and conclusions are those of the authors and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by SAMHSA, HRSA, HHS.}

_{Funding for the Perinatal Substance Use Disorder Project ECHO was made possible (in part) by grant number 1H79SP082471-01 titled MI Babies: Prevention of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and substance-exposed pregnancies in rural Michigan from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.  The views expressed in written Project ECHO materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.}