Project ECHO

What Project ECHO does

Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a global health and education initiative founded in 2003 and operated as a program within the University of New Mexico Health Sciences, headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The organization addresses the structural problem of unequal access to specialized expertise by running a hub-and-spoke network in which central expert hubs provide mentorship, training, and case-based learning to distributed healthcare providers, educators, and community health workers. It currently operates 9,302 programs across 215 countries and areas, supported by 1,654 hubs and 42 superhubs, with cumulative session attendance exceeding 9.67 million.

Its core product is the "ECHO Model," a codified four-pillar methodology — amplification through technology, best-practices sharing, case-based learning, and data-driven outcome monitoring — backed by more than 900 peer-reviewed publications. The technical delivery layer is iECHO, a proprietary software platform that connects mentors and participants globally and supports program management, partner onboarding (iecho.org/become-a-partner), and individual self-registration (iecho.org/welcome). A public Publications Dashboard exposes the evidence base to researchers and prospective partners.

The business model is structured around program and partnership fees, government and ministry-of-health contracts, and institutional partnerships, rather than a traditional SaaS pricing model. Primary customer segments are healthcare providers (doctors, nurses, community health workers, doulas); government and public health agencies (El Salvador's Instituto Nacional de Salud, Zambia and Côte d'Ivoire healthcare partners); and education sector institutions (e.g., the 2026 Albuquerque schools reading pilot). Go-to-market is community-led: organizations apply to become partners, hubs are trained and onboarded onto iECHO, and program delivery is coordinated regionally through superhubs. Because Project ECHO is housed within a public state university rather than an independent commercial entity, its revenue mechanics are grant- and contract-driven rather than equity-financed, and no public revenue figure is disclosed.

Name

Project ECHO

Legal name

Project ECHO (University of New Mexico Health Sciences)

Website

https://echo.unm.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Project ECHO, founded in 2003 and housed within the University of New Mexico Health Sciences, runs a global hub-and-spoke network delivering mentorship and case-based training to healthcare providers, community health workers, and educators across 215 countries via the iECHO platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Training and Mentorship Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Educational Support Services (61171), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming (BPADAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Donor Coordination, Monitoring & Evaluation (MEL) Programs (BPADABAN)

Keywords

• Healthcare training programs
• Telementoring networks
• Case-based learning
• Medical mentorship platforms
• Health workforce development

Headquarters

HQ city

Albuquerque, New Mexico

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Program and Partnership Fees: Organizations can start an ECHO through iecho.org/become-a-partner/, suggesting partnership and program-based revenue. Revenue is generated through supporting organizations, institutions, and government entities that implement ECHO programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Project ECHO delivers the ECHO Model, a hub-and-spoke mentorship and case-based learning methodology that connects expert hubs with distributed healthcare providers, educators, and community health workers across 215 countries. The model is supported by iECHO, a proprietary software platform that enables program registration, mentor-participant engagement, and global program delivery. Programs span healthcare, education, climate change, and social determinants of health, generating knowledge democratization for rural and underserved communities.

Product overview

Project ECHO is a global healthcare and education initiative that operates through two main offerings: The ECHO Model (a case-based mentorship and training methodology) and the iECHO Platform (their proprietary software platform). The ECHO Model is built on four pillars—amplification through technology, best practices sharing, case-based learning, and data-driven outcome monitoring—enabling knowledge democratization across 215 countries and areas. The iECHO Platform serves as the technology layer supporting their network of mentors and participants. Additionally, Project ECHO provides a Publications Dashboard for accessing their evidence base of over 900 peer-reviewed papers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• iECHO: Project ECHO's proprietary software platform that supports their trusted human network of mentors and participants around the world.

Products and services

• The ECHO Model

Quantifiable outcome

• 9,674,000+ session attendances across 9,302 programs in 215 countries
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Zambia Healthcare PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject ECHO partners with healthcare organizations in Zambia to transform healthcare delivery, provider practices, and patient experiences. Programs focus on critical community health needs in the African region.
• Cote d'Ivoire Healthcare PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerECHO programs in Cote d'Ivoire are transforming healthcare delivery and patient experiences, with focus on the most critical community health needs.
• The Birth HouseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlternative birthing center in Silver City, New Mexico participating in ECHO CHW Training programs, focusing on indigenous wisdom and traditional health practices.
• Cibola Family Health ClinicminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNew Mexico healthcare clinic participating in Maternal Child Health ECHO Program, with staff receiving training in substance use disorder, trauma-sensitive communication, maternal diabetes, and perinatal mental health.
• Instituto Nacional de Salud (El Salvador)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational health institute in El Salvador using ECHO to improve patient health by facilitating access to specialized medical care in rural communities, democratizing knowledge across the country.
• Roosevelt County Corrections FacilityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorrectional facility in New Mexico implementing ECHO programs for provider training in the corrections health setting.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Lecturio: Medical education platform providing video-based clinical training to healthcare professionals globally. Comparable to Project ECHO in delivering healthcare provider education, but uses asynchronous online content rather than a live hub-and-spoke mentor model.
• NEJM Knowledge+: Evidence-based adaptive learning platform from the New England Journal of Medicine for physician continuing education. Comparable to Project ECHO's clinical training use cases, but focused on individual learners rather than network-based mentoring.
• Global Health Corps: Non-profit building a pipeline of global health leaders through training and placement programs. Comparable to Project ECHO in its workforce development focus, though more focused on individual fellowship placement than network-based telementoring.

Direct peers

• AMREF Health Africa: African-led health organization delivering training and capacity-building programs to community health workers across Africa. Directly comparable to Project ECHO's African health workforce programs in Zambia, Côte d'Ivoire, and beyond.
• Jhpiego: Global health non-profit affiliated with Johns Hopkins, specializing in training frontline health workers in maternal, neonatal, and infectious disease care. Overlaps directly with Project ECHO's maternal health and provider training programs.
• Public Health Foundation (PHF): Non-profit focused on training and continuous professional development for the public health workforce. Comparable to Project ECHO in its mission to upskill healthcare professionals through structured training programs.
• Partners in Health: Global health organization providing training, mentorship, and clinical care in resource-limited settings. Comparable to Project ECHO in its mission to train and equip healthcare workers in underserved regions.
• IntraHealth International: Global health non-profit focused on strengthening health workforce capacity in low- and middle-income countries. Highly comparable to Project ECHO's mission of training and mentoring frontline healthcare providers across distributed geographies.
• CapacityPlus: Global project (led by IntraHealth) focused on strengthening the health workforce in developing countries through training, retention, and performance support. Directly comparable to Project ECHO's health workforce capacity-building mission.

Broad incumbents

• UpToDate (Wolters Kluwer): Widely adopted clinical decision support and continuing medical education resource used by healthcare providers globally. Comparable to Project ECHO as a knowledge-dissemination tool for clinicians, though it is a subscription software product rather than a live mentoring network.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/ProjectECHO
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCmwGG71uLREMLQkvhwXBlxQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/UNMProjectECHO
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/unm-project-echo
• Instagraminstagram.com/projectechohq

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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