Hepatitis C treatment for difficult to access populations: can telementoring (as distinct from telemedicine) help?

Background: Although hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is curable, treatment of difficult to access populations (DTAP) presents unique challenges. Project ECHO (PE) (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a telementoring programme adopted to support clinicians treating DTAP.

Aims: To determine if the PE model supports primary care clinicians treating HCV and to compare cohort of PE patients with those in a tertiary liver clinic (TLC).