Hepatitis C

 

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Gain expert knowledge in a virtual learning network with a collaboration of the Cherokee Nation Health Services and Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences ECHO team.

 

The curriculum is designed to increase primary care provider knowledge, skills, and self-efficacy in the prevention, screening, evaluation, and treatment of hepatitis C.

 

Schedule

Every Tuesday from 12:00pm – 1:00pm CST. To join this ECHO session registration is a one-time requirement. Once registered, you will receive an ECHO participant guide with more information.

 

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What does the Hepatitis C ECHO Program Offer?

• Increase knowledge of up-to-date evidence-based practices in Hepatitis C
• Focus on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
• Real-time clinical review of cases submitted by participants.
• Proper prescribing for Hepatitis C treatment
• Free CME for health care professionals *certain conditions apply

 

Why Hepatitis C?

• In Oklahoma, the prevalence of hepatitis C is estimated to be 3.4%, over 2 times the US national estimate.
• Hepatitis C care can easily be delivered by primary care clinicians with appropriate training and guidance of specialists in the management of these sometimes difficult to reach patient populations.
• Rural Oklahoma providers can become local experts in the management and care of hepatitis C infected individuals, thus leading to a wider spread of care for this potentially fatal but easily curable disease.

 

Topics

• Opioid/HCV Syndemic
• Liver Fibrosis Staging
• Treatment Options
• Motivational Interviewing
• Extrahepatic Manifestations
• Interpreting Hepatitis B Serology
• Medication Assisted Treatment

 

Team

Crystal David, Pharm.D, BCPS

Clinical Pharmacist

Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine

 

Jorge Mera, M.D.

Director of Infectious Diseases

Cherokee Nation Health Services

 

Whitney Essex, APRN-CNP
Nurse Practitioner, Infectious Diseases
Cherokee Nation Health Services

 

Gitanjali Pai M.D., AAHIVS, FIDSA

Infectious Disease Physician

Memorial Hospital and Physicians' Clinic

 

Janet Rosales

Clinical Coordinator

 

Submit A Case

To present a case at an upcoming Hepatitis C TeleECHO clinic, email janet.espino@okstate.edu to request an ECHO ID number. You will receive an ID and the case presentation form.