Community Primary Care

Partners in HealthCare at ECCO

Purpose:

To provide primary care, health promotion, and chronic disease management to uninsured patients in our community. The practice is a partnership between the MUSC College of Nursing and East Cooper Community Outreach (ECCO). ECCO is a non-profit community service organization that provides assistance, guidance, and resources to Tri-County (Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester) residents.

ECCO, a non-profit, community service organization, serves more than 4,500 Berkeley and Charleston County families who are living in poverty.
This initiative is a collaboration between MUSC College of Nursing, ECCO, MUSC Department of Family Medicine, as well as Roper St. Francis Healthcare.
To ensure continuity of care for their patients, two CON faculty nurse practitioners, Dr. Cathy Durham and Dr. Whitney Smith, practice at Partners in HealthCare two days each week.
In addition, this initiative provides the opportunity for interprofessional education and precepted experiences for DNP, MSN, ABSN, PharmD, and PA students