Month: July 2021

Cole Weaver is an orthodontist at Smile Doctors Braces, diplomat of the American Board of Orthodontics, and a lover of all things Wyoming. Dr. Weaver is no stranger to the benefits of teledentistry. He is an advocate for the ability to help patients get access to needed dental care they deserve, both affordably and conveniently. Modernizing access to dentistry is slow coming, but it is proven to increase access to care using innovative technological advancements including Artificial Intelligence (AI), web applications and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM). These exciting developments are helping patients across Wyoming get the access they need without multiple office visits and added costs.

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Did you know mini-grants are now available to help Wyoming families offset the costs of technology for their children’s telehealth medical appointments? Overcoming obstacles to telehealth can be challenging, but Wendy Warren, Program Manager at the Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND), found a way to help. By applying for a grant to Family Voices, she was able to secure funding to provide devices to families who need them to access telehealth. But after working with families who needed access, it seemed that there was one more barrier to surmount—internet access. The team at WIND, including Kayleigh Schermerhorn (pictured here with helpful Verizon® Wireless staff) went to work to find an innovative solution to address this need with the funds available. The result? WIND now has nineteen Verizon® tablets with pre-paid cellular data service to provide direct support to Wyoming families in need of telehealth access. Read more here about how to access these devices.

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Jennifer Knerr is the Athletic Trainer for the University of Wyoming’s Campus Recreation & Wellness Center. She has worked as an athletic trainer for over 20 years in various settings including collegiate and high school athletics, an outpatient physical therapy clinic, and as an instructor for Sports Medicine related classes in both the high school and university settings. She shared her telehealth expertise in managing concussions at a recent conference and the WyTN caught up with her afterwards to learn more about her inventive telehealth work.

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