The Wyoming Telehealth Network newsletter is your source for information, resources and best practices in telehealth. We support healthcare entities, providers, and specialists through professional development, collaboration, and leveraging of telecommunications technology.
At A Glance...
- WyTN November Spotlight
- December Webinar
- CMS Fact Sheet
- NRTRC Online Telehealth Training
- American Heart Association Resources
- Wyoming Telehealth Consortium
- Special Interest Groups
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Izabella Z. Jackson, BSN RN
Facility Telehealth Coordinator/Nurse Manager Care Coordinator Home Telehealth
Cheyenne VA Medical Center
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With VA telehealth, patients can get care from their healthcare providers without having to travel. And with the mobile telehealth unit, there is more access than ever. Patients can get checkups and treatment, talk about their personal care and more—from inside their own home, the mobile unit, or elsewhere. Read this month's spotlight to learn more about this innovative way of providing access to care from Cheyenne VA Health Center’s Izabella Jackson. |
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What motivates you to continue offering telehealth services?
Izabella Jackson: I enjoy looking at ways to connect various services for quality health care utilizing Telehealth to minimize veterans travel, stress, and cost. The technology keeps getting better and more sophisticated to allow expansion to services within telehealth modalities available.
Do you have any telehealth hacks or tricks?
Izabella: We have joined the Outpatient Staff Meetings and provide updates and trainings and new telehealth clinics and information every month. We set up a Help email group for the Telehealth Techs to be available for immediate help if needed. We have completed test calls for VA VIDEO CONNECT with 100% of Outpatient Staff and Providers, and veterans referred to us for instruction in a one-to-one setting for making sure connections go smoothly. Testing equipment connections prior to a visit.
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December WyTN Webinar:
The State of Broadband Service in Wyoming
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Presenters:
Richard Wardell, CEO, TCT Communication
Jeff England, CFO, Silver Star Communications
Jack Walkenhorst, Director of Strategic Partnerships, All West Communications
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Wednesday, December 15, 2021
12:00pm - 1:00pm (MDT)
Please email wy-telehealth@uwyo.edu with any questions that you may have for our panel of broadband providers. We will collect questions to have them addressed during the webinar.
We hope to see you there!
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The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released their final Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) for CY 2022. The PFS are the policies that the agency will be implementing for Medicare beginning on January 1, 2022, unless otherwise noted. This is the typical vehicle utilized by CMS to make administrative changes to telehealth policy in the Medicare program. |
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NRTRC Online Telehealth Training Courses |
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Want to gain practical knowledge and increase your telehealth understanding and skills? The Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center (NRTRC) offers self-paced telehealth trainings in best practices to fit your skill level. Click below to learn more and explore what the NRTRC has to offer! |
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American Heart Association
Telecommunicator CPR (T-CPR)
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Each year an estimated 350,000 sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) events occur in the United States in an out-of-hospital environment. Almost all of these events result in a call for help to 911. Without quick intervention in the form of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation, death from SCA is certain.
Telecommunicators are the true first responders and a critical link in the cardiac arrest chain of survival; a telecommunicator can make the difference between life and death.
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Wyoming Telehealth Consortium |
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The Wyoming Telehealth Consortium is the central meeting space to discuss the programs, success/challenges, and discuss ideas on improving the use of telehealth in the state. The Consortium meets on the last Tuesday of every month, from 3:00 - 4:30 pm. Anyone interested in building telehealth is encouraged to attend.
No December Meeting
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
3:00pm - 4:30pm
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Early Childhood
Second Wednesday of the month
No December Meeting
TBD
4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Wyoming Hospitals
Third Friday of the month
December 17, 2021
12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Telemental Health
Second Friday of the month
December 10, 2021
12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Community Health
First Friday of the month
No December Meeting
January 7, 2021
12:00pm - 1:00pm
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If you would like to contribute information to the newsletter, get involved with any special interest groups, or have your practice highlighted,
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Contact Information
Wyoming Telehealth Network
Wyoming Institute for Disabilities
1000 E. University Ave., Dept. 4298
Laramie, WY 82071
307-766-6407
wyomingtelehealth.org
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