USI joins initiative to help nursing homes during pandemic
USI joins initiative to help nursing homes during pandemic By 14 News Staff and Lesya Feinstein | February 5, 2021 at 10:27 AM CST - Updated February 5 at 7:23 PM
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Officials with the University of Southern Indiana say that 31 nursing homes have enrolled in the school’s effort to assist facilities in dealing with COVID-19 along with its challenges.
USI is part of the Indiana Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network (NHCAN) Extension of Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO), which aims to improve COVID-19 preparedness, safety and infection control.
School officials say more than 230 nursing homes from across Indiana are participating in the ECHO project.
USI joins initiative to bolster nursing homes during pandemic
USI joins initiative to bolster nursing homes during pandemic 2/5/2021 | University Communications
Thirty-one nursing homes have enrolled in the University of Southern Indiana’s cohort in a state-wide effort to assist facilities in dealing with COVID-19 and its challenges. USI is part of the Indiana Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network (NHCAN) Extension of Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO), which seeks to improve COVID-19 preparedness, safety and infection control.
More than 230 nursing homes from across Indiana are participating in the ECHO project, led by the Indiana University School of Medicine and Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI. In addition to USI, collaborators include the Regenstrief Institute, Parkview Health and the University of Indianapolis. The ECHO project is funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), part of t
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INDIANAPOLIS More than 230 nursing homes from across Indiana are signed up for a program to assist facilities in dealing with COVID-19 and its challenges. The Indiana Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network (NHCAN) Extension of Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) helps nursing homes improve COVID-19 preparedness, safety and infection control.
Indiana is among the first states to launch the program.
COVID-19 is a serious challenge for nursing homes. As of Fall 2020, nearly one-quarter of the known COVID-19 deaths in the United States have been nursing home residents and staff.
The 16-week ECHO program offers weekly calls for nursing home leaders to hear from subject matter experts and to discuss their own experiences with each other.