ECHO-Chicago

ECHO-Chicago
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In 2010, the University of Chicago Medicine spearheaded the use of the ECHO model in an urban setting with the launch of ECHO-Chicago, the longest-running urban ECHO program in the world. ECHO-Chicago leverages existing assets by bringing together community health centers (CHCs) and academic medical centers for collaborative, curriculum-based, iterative, case-based learning. Using video-conference technology, ECHO-Chicago provides “telementoring” for community-based providers in managing common chronic physical and mental health conditions with the goal of improving healthcare outcomes for underserved populations. Join ECHO-Chicago for our new podcast series where we share stories and information from our program! Looking for more information about ECHO? Check out our website at www.echo-chicago.org

Episodes

  1. 08/14/2025 · VIDEO

    ECHO-Chicago Podcast: Turning Pain into Purpose — A Conversation with Rafia Maxie

    Content Advisory: This episode contains discussion of suicide, the loss of a child, and grief. It may be emotionally difficult or triggering for some listeners. Please listen with care. If you or someone you know is struggling, you can call or text 988 in the U.S. for free, confidential support 24/7 ECHO-Chicago Podcast: Turning Pain into Purpose — A Conversation with Rafia Maxie In this deeply moving episode, Rafia Maxie, a licensed clinical social worker and the founder of Soul Survivors of Chicago, shares her journey through the loss of her son, Jamal, and her transformation of grief into advocacy. Learn how she launched her nonprofit inspired by a single shoe, and how participating in the Suicide Prevention for Behavioral Health Providers ECHO series has shaped her ongoing mission to break stigma, raise awareness, and connect communities. From education and outreach to virtual support networks, Rafia’s story demonstrates the power of compassion, community, and purpose. This discussion highlights the importance of openly addressing mental health and taking intentional action to support those experiencing loss. Visit Soul Survivors of Chicago: soulsurvivorsofchicago.com Follow on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter: @soulsurvivorsofchi Want to hear more? Rate, review, subscribe to our podcast either with the link above or by searching for “ECHO-Chicago” in Apple podcasts. The post ECHO-Chicago Podcast: Turning Pain into Purpose — A Conversation with Rafia Maxie appeared first on Echo Chicago.

  2. 12/01/2023 · VIDEO

    ECHO-Chicago Podcast: MetaECHO Ep. 2

    Join ECHO-Chicago for our podcast series where we share stories and information from our program! This month, we’re excited to share with you our experience at the MetaECHO Global Conference that our team attended and presented at in New Mexico. On today’s episode we hear from ECHO-Chicago Executive Director, Karen Lee and Project Coordinator, Patrick Gower. Tune in as they discuss the talks they gave, the importance of these topics, and their key takeaways from the MetaECHO conference. Watch the video or listen to the audio version of this podcast on Apple Podcasts, under “ECHO-Chicago”! Want to hear more? Rate, review, subscribe to our podcast either with the link above or by searching for “ECHO-Chicago” in Apple podcasts. The post ECHO-Chicago Podcast: MetaECHO Ep. 2 appeared first on Echo Chicago.

  3. 10/26/2023 · VIDEO

    ECHO-Chicago Podcast: MetaECHO Ep. 1

    Join ECHO-Chicago for our podcast series where we share stories and information from our program! This month, we’re excited to share with you our experience at the MetaECHO Global Conference that our team attended and presented at in New Mexico. On today’s episode we hear from ECHO-Chicago Director of Operations, Kanika Mittal and Associate Director of Outreach, Isa Rodriguez. Tune in as they discuss the talks they gave, the importance of these topics, and their key takeaways from the MetaECHO conference. Watch the video or listen to the audio version of this podcast on Apple Podcasts, under “ECHO-Chicago”! Want to hear more? Rate, review, subscribe to our podcast either with the link above or by searching for “ECHO-Chicago” in Apple podcasts. The post ECHO-Chicago Podcast: MetaECHO Ep. 1 appeared first on Echo Chicago.

  4. 09/13/2023 · VIDEO

    ECHO-Chicago Meet the New Staff

    Join ECHO-Chicago for our podcast series where we share stories and information from our program! This month, we’re excited to launch season 3 of our podcast. On today’s episode we hear from the ECHO-Chicago program founder and director, Dr. Daniel Johnson, and interviews from our newest staff members Seb, Matt, and Morgan, to get to know them and their roles with ECHO-Chicago. Watch the video or listen to the audio version of this podcast on Apple Podcasts, under “ECHO-Chicago”! Want to hear more? Rate, review, subscribe to our podcast either with the link above or by searching for “ECHO-Chicago” in Apple podcasts. The post ECHO-Chicago Meet the New Staff appeared first on Echo Chicago.

  5. 11/14/2022 · VIDEO

    ECHO-Chicago & Americares: Partnering for Mental Healthcare, Part 3

    Join ECHO-Chicago for our podcast series where we share stories and information from our program! This month, we’re excited to share another multi-part series where we talk about our partnership with Americares and some of the series that have come from that partnership, specifically those series related to mental and behavioral healthcare. This series, ECHO-Chicago & Americares: Partnering for Mental Healthcare, will focus on the Behavioral Health Integration & Serious Mental Illness for FCCs series. These series were developed with Americares and participants came from Free and Charitable Clinics across the country. This third and final episode includes a conversation with Chelsea Stevens, the Executive Director of Heal the City Free Clinic in Amarillo, TX. Chelsea and her clinic team joined both series. In this episode, Chelsea shares her thoughts on the series and reflects on the impact they made on team collaboration. She also shares some of the incredible changes they have made as a result of joining. The interview is conducted by ECHO-Chicago Transformation Impact Manager Kathryn West, who also coordinated these series. Be sure to listen to all three parts, either on our “Updates” page or on Apple Podcasts! Watch the video or listen to the audio version of this podcast on Apple Podcasts, under “ECHO-Chicago”! Want to hear more? Rate, review, subscribe to our podcast either with the link above or by searching for “ECHO-Chicago” in Apple podcasts. The post ECHO-Chicago & Americares: Partnering for Mental Healthcare, Part 3 appeared first on Echo Chicago.

  6. 11/07/2022 · VIDEO

    ECHO-Chicago & Americares: Partnering for Mental Healthcare, Part 2

    Join ECHO-Chicago for our podcast series where we share stories and information from our program! This month, we’re excited to share another multi-part series where we talk about our partnership with Americares and some of the series that have come from that partnership, specifically those series related to mental and behavioral healthcare. This series, ECHO-Chicago & Americares: Partnering for Mental Healthcare, will focus on the Behavioral Health Integration & Serious Mental Illness for FCCs series. These series were developed with Americares and participants came from Free and Charitable Clinics across the country. This second episode includes a conversation with Stephanie Brady and Kristine Gustafson from the Community Clinic of Southwest Missouri. This clinic joined both series, as did both team members interviewed. They are insights from their time in the series, as well as key takeaways and what exciting changes they have made a result of this learning. The interview is conducted by ECHO-Chicago Transformation Impact Manager Kathryn West, who also coordinated these series. Next week, our final episode of the series will be shared, with another clinic sharing their experiences. Watch the video or listen to the audio version of this podcast on Apple Podcasts, under “ECHO-Chicago”! Want to hear more? Rate, review, subscribe to our podcast either with the link above or by searching for “ECHO-Chicago” in Apple podcasts. The post ECHO-Chicago & Americares: Partnering for Mental Healthcare, Part 2 appeared first on Echo Chicago.

  7. 10/31/2022 · VIDEO

    ECHO-Chicago & Americares: Partnering for Mental Healthcare, Part 1

    Join ECHO-Chicago for our podcast series where we share stories and information from our program! This month, we’re excited to share another multi-part series where we talk about our partnership with Americares and some of the series that have come from that partnership, specifically those series related to mental and behavioral healthcare. This series, ECHO-Chicago & Americares: Partnering for Mental Healthcare, will focus on the Behavioral Health Integration & Serious Mental Illness for FCCs series. These series were developed with Americares and participants came from Free and Charitable Clinics across the country. This first episode includes a conversation with Americares’s Vice President of US Programs, Saqi Maleque Cho, and a dialogue between co-Lead Facilitators of the series, University of Chicago’s Drs. Doriane Miller and Dan Yohanna. The interviews are conducted by ECHO-Chicago Transformation Impact Manager Kathryn West, who also coordinated these series. They’ll discuss how the series and partnership began, what makes these series unique, and why mental and behavioral healthcare matters! Two future episodes will be published in the coming weeks featuring past participants of both series who will talk about what they’ve learned and how the series impacted their clinics and practices. Watch the video or listen to the audio version of this podcast on Apple Podcasts, under “ECHO-Chicago”! Want to hear more? Rate, review, subscribe to our podcast either with the link above or by searching for “ECHO-Chicago” in Apple podcasts. The post ECHO-Chicago & Americares: Partnering for Mental Healthcare, Part 1 appeared first on Echo Chicago.

  8. 02/11/2022 · VIDEO

    Geriatrics for PCPs: What Matters Most in Geriatric Care

    Join ECHO-Chicago for our podcast series where we share stories and information from our program! This month, we’re diving in to a series that has been a cornerstone of our ECHO-Chicago programming for several years: geriatrics. Specifically, in this episode– Geriatrics for PCPs: What Matters Most in Geriatric Care— we will learn more about our Geriatrics for Primary Care Providers series. The episode is a conversation between Lead Facilitator of the series, University of Chicago geriatrician Dr. Kate Thompson, and ECHO-Chicago Project Coordinator Marielle Ogle. They’ll discuss what makes the series unique, why geriatrics matters, and what past participants have loved about joining! The 12th cohort of this series will be beginning soon! To join our upcoming cohort, register at https://www.echo-chicago.org/register/ or reach out to us at echo@bsd.uchicago.edu Watch the video or listen to the audio version of this podcast on Apple Podcasts, under “ECHO-Chicago”! Want to hear more? Rate, review, subscribe to our podcast either with the link above or by searching for “ECHO-Chicago” in Apple podcasts. The post Geriatrics for PCPs: What Matters Most in Geriatric Care appeared first on Echo Chicago.

    9 min

  9. 11/15/2021 · VIDEO

    Mindfulness in ECHO: Building Resilience & Wellness

    Join ECHO-Chicago for our podcast series where we share stories and information from our program! This month, we’re exploring a topic that has grown in popularity all across the country: mindfulness and other resilience practices. In this episode, we’ll explore when and how mindfulness can be a tool for building resilience and wellness and will also share some examples of how it has been used within our ECHO sessions and even on our team. We’re excited to be joined by experts and ECHO facilitators Jessica Jacoby and Shelly Fischer, as well as ECHO-Chicago Project Coordinator Patrick Gower. Thanks for listening to Mindfulness in ECHO: Building Resilience & Wellness— we hope you enjoy! Watch the video or listen to the audio version of this podcast on Apple Podcasts, under “ECHO-Chicago”! Want to hear more? Rate, review, subscribe to our podcast either with the link above or by searching for “ECHO-Chicago” in Apple podcasts. The post Mindfulness in ECHO: Building Resilience & Wellness appeared first on Echo Chicago.

    33 min

  10. 08/20/2021 · VIDEO

    Serious Mental Illness: Looking Back & Looking Ahead, Part 2

    Join ECHO-Chicago for our podcast series where we share stories and information from our program! This month, we’re revisiting our Serious Mental Illness ECHO series since we just wrapped up our 7th cohort and the large grant-funded project that allowed us to run our first 6 cohorts. It’s been an incredibly popular series and a very needed one, given the dearth of mental health care and psychiatry available, especially in safety-net healthcare settings. We’re excited to share more about the impact of this series and the work and care that went in to its design and delivery. In Serious Mental Illness: Looking Back & Looking Ahead, Part 2 we speak with several of the other amazing individuals who made this series so successful: Dr. Barrett Kern, a clinical psychologist and community advisory board liaison for the series; Karen, a member of our advisory board and our caregiver voice representative for the series; and Dr. Michael Quinn, our lead data and evaluation expert for the project! This project was funded under a cooperative agreement (FAIN: CPIMP171164) from the Office of Minority Health (OMH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The authors of this document are responsible for its content. The content does not necessarily represent the official views of or imply endorsement by OMH or HHS.  Watch the video or listen to the audio version of this podcast on Apple Podcasts, under “ECHO-Chicago”! Want to hear more? Rate, review, subscribe to our podcast either with the link above or by searching for “ECHO-Chicago” in Apple podcasts. The post Serious Mental Illness: Looking Back & Looking Ahead, Part 2 appeared first on Echo Chicago.

    21 min
  • 10 Episodes

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About

In 2010, the University of Chicago Medicine spearheaded the use of the ECHO model in an urban setting with the launch of ECHO-Chicago, the longest-running urban ECHO program in the world. ECHO-Chicago leverages existing assets by bringing together community health centers (CHCs) and academic medical centers for collaborative, curriculum-based, iterative, case-based learning. Using video-conference technology, ECHO-Chicago provides “telementoring” for community-based providers in managing common chronic physical and mental health conditions with the goal of improving healthcare outcomes for underserved populations. Join ECHO-Chicago for our new podcast series where we share stories and information from our program! Looking for more information about ECHO? Check out our website at www.echo-chicago.org

Information

  • Creator
    ECHO-Chicago
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2025
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    ECHO-Chicago