Erica-Lyn Plante, Senior Scientific Analyst, Institute of Health Policy and Practice at University of New Hampshire
Marcy Doyle, Quality and Clinical Improvement Director, Institute for Health Policy and Practice at UNH
Michelle Capozzoli, Senior Lecturer, University of New Hampshire
The Institute for Health Policy and Practice (IHPP) launched a new Project ECHO® Hub at the University of New Hampshire in 2019. Project ECHO is “an evidence-based method using web-based teleconferencing to link specialist teams with community-based sites to help community providers improve their ability to manage complex conditions (Ryer, West, Plante et al., 2020).”
The Partnership for Academic Clinical Telepractice Medications for Addiction Treatment (PACT-MAT) was IHPP’s first ECHO. It was formed through collaboration between IHPP and UNH’s Department of Nursing, and its aim was to increase knowledge and confidence among Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) prescribing providers. To evaluate the effectiveness of the PACT-MAT ECHO, the PACT-MAT team sought to analyze MAT prescribing practices for participants before and after their participation in the PACT-MAT ECHOs. IHPP’s Health Analytics and Informatics team were brought into the project to facilitate data use permissions and aggregate administrative claims data. UNH’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics provided statistical analysis and modeling using JMP. This presentation provides an overview of our experience in using healthcare claims data to measure impact from an innovative model such a Project ECHO, as well as highlights our use of JMP for the final analysis.
Source: Ryer J, West K, Plante E-L, et al. Planning for Project ECHO® in NH: The New Hampshire Project ECHO Planning for Implementation and Business Sustainability Project Summary Report. NH Citizens Health Initiative, Institute for Health Policy and Practice; 2020
