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.

 

If you are a patient seeking treatment for hepatitis C, please contact the OSU Health Care Center at (918) 582-1980 to schedule an appointment.

 

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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

 

Gitanjali Pai M.D., AAHIVS, FIDSA

Infectious Disease Physician

Memorial Hospital and Physicians' Clinic

 

Janet Rosales

Clinical Coordinator

 

Tara Jackson
Project ECHO Director

Jade Goodson
Assistant Director

 

Submit A Case

If you are a patient seeking treatment for hepatitis C, please contact the OSU Health Care Center at (918) 582-1980 to schedule an appointment.

 

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.