The Missouri Telehealth Network (MTN) increases access to patient-centered health care via telehealth for rural and underserved Missourians by providing technical assistance to health care organizations, partnering with key stakeholders, operating telehealth programs, and supporting and developing telehealth policies.
MTN provides expertise in key telehealth domains including technical, clinical, operational, legal and regulatory, and evaluation.
Today, MTN has the experience and expertise to train start-up telemedicine programs and to manage new and existing telehealth programs. Currently, Missouri Telehealth Network partners with many types of health care organizations and manages several telehealth programs. MTN is federally funded to increase adoption of telemedicine. MTN also operates Show-Me ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes). Show-Me ECHO connects community providers with experts, building virtual learning and mentoring collaborative efforts to increase capacity for care.
Missouri Telehealth Network’s 2024 Annual Report shares program success and impact.
Missouri Telehealth Network Resources
Center for Telehealth Research and Policy (C-TRaP)
The Center for Telehealth Research and Policy (C-TRaP), established in 2025 through a competitive HRSA award, serves as the National Telehealth Research Center under the Missouri Telehealth Network. It unites experts from the University of Missouri, Michigan State University, and the University of Mississippi to explore how telehealth can improve care—especially in rural and underserved areas—by evaluating its effectiveness, cost, and impact. Using data science, machine learning, and the Project ECHO model, C-TRaP develops scalable, evidence-based solutions that inform healthcare practice and policy at all levels, advancing equity, access, and quality nationwide.
Interprofessional Telehealth Training Program
The Missouri Telehealth Network is proud to announce our new learning modules that guide professionals through educational trainings to equip them with a better understanding of telehealth capabilities.
Few telehealth training opportunities were available pre-pandemic. Through the ITTP, MTN offer free accredited modules with comprehensive telehealth education and training for all health disciplines. Curriculum topics include best practices, technology guidance, legal and regulatory updates, and key considerations on patient safety.
Learn More About the ITTP Program
New Telehealth Billing Tool
Healthcare providers are encouraged to use this new tool to navigate telehealth billing.
Rural Citizens’ Access to Telehealth (RCAT)
RCAT is a partnership between the Missouri Telehealth Network (MTN) and the MO Department of Social Services, MO HealthNet Division. MTN will identify and survey stakeholders to discuss barriers. Then, provide telehealth education and training, technical assistance in project planning, and funds for new telehealth programs to increase access for rural Missourians.
Sexual Assault Forensic Examination via Telehealth (SAFEvT)
MTN and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Women’s Health Division, will create a statewide teleSANE network, virtual SANE training modules, and a SANE ECHO to increase the number of SANE nurses and to increase survivor access to necessary services.
View our DHS SANE Telehealth Presentation
Show-Me ECHO
MTN’s flagship program, started in 2014 with the support of state officials, continues to reach new providers with topics that increase patient access to exceptional care by a trusted professional in their community. Show-Me ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) boasts one of the largest ECHO programs in the US, reaching every Missouri county and the City of St. Louis.
Show-Me ECHO uses videoconferencing technology to connect a team of interdisciplinary experts with primary care providers. The discussions with, and mentoring from, specialists help equip primary care providers to give their patients the right care, in the right place, at the right time.
