The Wyoming Office of Rural Health recently announced 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 who has accomplished outstanding work in the field of telehealth.
“As medical director, Dr. Nickerson led the implementation of telehealth at Sheridan Memorial Hospital’s Urgent Care,” Nickerson’s nomination letter stated. “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.”
According to the Wyoming Office of Rural Health, Nickerson’s efforts to lead the successful implementation of telehealth at Sheridan Memorial Hospital’s Urgent Care have not gone unnoticed.
According to the Wyoming Telehealth Network, Nickerson’s dedication to addressing barriers to care by setting up videoconferencing technology in patient rooms and expanding telemedicine video visits for all types of medical problems has not only improved healthcare services, but it has also paved the way for more convenient and efficient solutions.
To schedule your telehealth appointment with Sheridan Memorial Hospital Urgent Care or to learn more about our services, visit https://www.sheridanhospital.org/medical-services/urgent-care/ or text or call 307.675.5850.