Developing Telehealth in Rural America: The Wyoming Network for Telehealth

Abstract

The Wyoming Network for Telehealth (WyNETTE) is a statewide network providing the infrastructure to support the delivery of health care to rural/frontier, underserved communities in the US state of Wyoming. The network connects 40 sites in the state through an ATM cloud to a collection point that connects the network to Internet 2. The primary focus of the network development is the delivery of behavioral health, although other applications are supported.

Screening for Amblyogenic Factors in a Rural State: Implementing a Statewide Childhood Vision Project

“…Wyoming is the least populated state in the United States, with approximately 582,000 people living in a geographic area of 97,093 square miles. Wyoming's sparsely populated cities and towns struggle to support an optimal level of primary and specialist health care (Gantenbein, Robinson, Wolverton, & Earls, 2011). Limited availability of primary care for children presents a barrier to the provision of screening services for potentially correctable conditions such as amblyopia (Kemper & Clark, 2006).…”