Project ECHO: telementoring to educate and support prescribing of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis by community medical providers.

Unlabelled: Background Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective tool to prevent HIV infection for at-risk individuals, but access requires medical providers to be aware of and comfortable with prescribing PrEP. Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) was started to support hepatitis C virus treatment in rural New Mexico, but has since expanded to train health practitioners to treat other medical conditions in other locations.

Methods: In 2012, a Project ECHO telehealth program was launched to mentor community HIV practitioners in our region.