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Mountain Plains COVID-19 ECHO Program


 
To address the evolving COVID-19 response in the mountain plains of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming, this series will engage infectious disease providers, hospitalists, infection control staff, and medical students in literature review, case discussion, and sharing of organizational response to SARS-CoV-2.
 
This grant funded series ran live from September 29th, 2020 to January 19th, 2021. However, all materials and resources can be found below.
  
For More Information Contact: Victoria Myers or Caroline Croyle
 
Other Helpful Websites:
National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center website: https://netec.org/
 
 
January 19th Session Materials - Vaccine Follow-up
  • COVID-19 Vaccines: Where We Stand presented by Anuj Mehta, MD - Assistant Professor of Medicine, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, University of Colorado School of Medicine, and National Jewish Health. Chair, GEEERC Medical Advisory Group on Vaccine Allocation
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution presented by Timothy Jenkins, MD - Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases, Denver Health and Hospital Authority
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Phase 1 Update presented by Heather Roth, MA - Branch chief, Immunization Branch, Disease Control and Environmental Epidemiology Division, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
  • Panel Members:
    • Dr. Connie Savor Price, MD - Chief Medical Officer, Denver Health Medical Center
    • Dr. J.P. Valin, MD - Chief Clinical Officer, SCL Health
    • Dr. Shauna Gulley, MD - Chief Clinical Officer, Centura Health
  • Session recording: http://youtu.be/ICPAKoVzKhA
 
January 5th Session Materials - Special Populations: Jails, people experiencing homelessness, and long term care facilities
  • Long Term Care Facilities presented by Cari Levy, MD, PhD - Palliative Care Section Chief and Director, Denver Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Based Research. Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Professor of Medicine. University of Colorado Division of Health Care Policy and Research and Sing Palat, MD - LTC Rehab Consultants. Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Colorado Division of Geriatrics
  • Correctional Facilities presented by Carlos Franco-Paredes, MD, MPH - Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, ID Fellowship Program Director, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Center
  • People Experiencing Homeslessness presented by Ed Farrell, MD - Director of Integrated Health Services at Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
  • Panel Members:
    • Peter Crum, MD - Correctional Care Medical Director. Denver Health and Hospital Authority
    • Sarah Stella, MD - Hospitalist. Denver Health and Hospital Authority
  • Session recording: http://youtu.be/Ltb6RSe_WPs
 
  
December 15th Session Materials - Vaccines: Trials and Distribution
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution presented by John Douglas, JR., MD - Executive Director - Tri-County Health Department
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Development presented by Tom Campbell, MD - Chief Clinical Research Officer, UCHealth Associate Dean for Clinical Research, University of Colorado School of Medicine Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division. University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
  • Panel Members:
    • Anuj Mehta, MD - Assistant Professor of Medicine, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, University of Colorado School of Medicine, and National Jewish Health. Chair, GEEERC Medical Advisory Group on Vaccine Allocation
    • Judith Shlay, MD, MPHS - Associate Director, Denver Public Health, Denver Health Hospital Authority
  • Session recording: https://youtu.be/K4MCpAUWa4A
 
Addtional Resources:
"COVID-19 vaccines, reasons not to be scared" presented by Anuj Mehta, MD: https://youtu.be/Nk6YW5FZQCo
 

December 8th Session Materials - Transmission Precautions Guidelines and Rationale
  
November 17th Session Materials - Employee Infection Prevention and Control
  • Healthcare personnel SARS-CoV-2 management recommendations from CDC discussion lead by David T. Kuhar, MD - Team lead, Hospital Infection Prevention Team, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, CDC 
  • COVID-19 in HCW and implications for coworkers and patients presented by Karen Wendel, MD - Division Director, Division of HIV/STD Prevention and Control Division at Denver Public Health, Denver Health
  • Session recording: https://youtu.be/G8jAoDrmw6Y

Additional Resources:
 
November 10th Session Materials - Post COVID Syndrome
  • Post-Acute Covid Syndrome presented by Janet Jokela, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA - Acting Regional Dean, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign
  • Case Presentation presented by Donna McGregor, MSN, ANP-BC - Instructor-Medicine/Infectious Disease. University of Colorado School of Medicine
  • Session recording: https://youtu.be/cxkq8tOnYdU 
 
October 27th Session Materials - Surge Planning During the COVID Pandemic: Lessons Learnt
 
October 13th Session Materials - Pulmonary Pathophysiology and Respiratory Management of COVID19 Patients:
 
September 29th Session Materials - Therapeutic Recommendations for COVID-19 Patients:
 
  
 
This program is supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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