We are pleased to announce that this year's Excellence in Telehealth Award recipient is Dr. David Nickerson! This award was established in 2022 to recognize a telehealth champion in Wyoming that has accomplished outstanding work in the field of telehealth. The following statement is an excerpt from Dr. Nickerson's nomination letter:

"As medical director, Dr. Nickerson led the implementation of telehealth at Sheridan Memorial Hospital’s Urgent Care. Identifying Covid-19 as both an infectious risk to patients as well as a risk to timely healthcare, Dr. Nickerson worked closely with departments across Sheridan Memorial Hospital to set up a drive-through testing center with screening of patients and testing recommendations via telephone consults. Dr. Nickerson performed those consults 7 days a week from March to October 2020 for any patient concerned they might have Covid-19. Dr. Nickerson also set up iPads for video conferencing into patient rooms in the Emergency Department and Urgent Care. This provided quick on-demand face-to-face access to physicians and providers for patients in isolation rooms, while limiting physician and provider exposure to respiratory illness and preserving PPE."

Thank you so much for your continued advocacy, Dr. Nickerson! Congratulations!

Karla Dieters is a mental health professional at Healthworks in Cheyenne. She has been providing behavioral health services since 2013 and works with a wide variety of individuals utilizing strengths-based, supportive therapy, mindfulness, and EMDR.   

Join us on Wednesday, October 30th from 12:00pm - 1:00pm MT to learn about about what steps you can take to better prepare patients for telehealth services.

Presenter: Elizabeth Krupinski, PhD, Professor and Vice-Chair of Research at Emory University in the Department of Radiology