Lara
Weinstein,
MD, MPH, DrPH
Associate Professor
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Lara Carson Weinstein is a family physician, addiction medicine specialist, and public health researcher in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College. Her interests are focused on realizing health equity for people with experiences of psychiatric disabilities, substance use disorders, and complex chronic disease. She works in partnership with Project HOME Health Services and Pathways to Housing PA where she is the director of integrated care. As a clinician and researcher, she has implemented programs of system innovation in low-barrier, integrated medical and behavioral health care, including Medication for Opioid Use Disorder
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
The Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) model, developed at the University of New Mexico, aims to build healthcare workforce capacity and improve access to specialty care using videoconferencing technology to provide frontline clinicians with the knowledge and support they need to manage underserved patients in their own communities. The ECHO model has been widely utilized across the globe focusing on complex conditions that require a team-based approach.This lightening talk describes how the Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (JCIPE) partnered with a…