Expanding Myeloma Training and Care in Western Kenya Through the ECHO Model: The Pilot Phase
Mercy Atieno Oduor,
Teresa Cherop Lotodo,
Tyler Severance
et al.
Abstract:PURPOSE Multiple myeloma (MM) in rural western Kenya is characterized by under and late diagnosis with poor long-term outcomes. Inadequate skilled rural health care teams are partly to blame. The Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) model attempts to bridge this skills gap by linking rural primary/secondary health care teams (spokes) to myeloma experts in a tertiary care center (hub) in a longitudinal training program. METHODS A hub team comprising myeloma experts and administrators from Moi Teac… Show more
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