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Back in 2020, the Trump Administration removed restrictions on telehealth services. Now, some of restrictions are coming back but it's complicated.

Cody Regional Health is adding a new program to their Women’s Health and Nursery Department. With this addition, infants will be examined by doctors in Denver and Billings through video and audio to provide recommendations for treatment or evaluate the need to transfer them to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

The awareness efforts are aimed at veterans in rural areas and those who are traveling with telehealth, mental health, and other resources to access VA care. Informational flyers are being posted at rest areas and eateries throughout the state to help with these efforts.

About 96% of people now live within an hour of life-saving stroke care, but the Mountain West has the worst access in the country. That’s according to new research from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is conducting a state health improvement plan for the first time. They're asking the public to help them narrow down specific solutions for the three areas the department has prioritized: behavioral health, access to care and unintentional injuries.

Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney introduced the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2021 with Michigan Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell. The bill is designed to keep telehealth accessible and easy for providers and their patients.

The Sheridan Veteran's Administration Health System is working on growing its telehealth services. With this expansion, the Sheridan VA will connect patients with doctors in other VAs. By keeping it within the VA system, a patient's files can easily transfer between hospitals and the veteran can go into their local VA clinic or sometimes stay in their home for appointments.

The new telestroke services help VA providers when a veteran comes into the Sheridan VA urgent care with stroke-like symptoms.

One of the only things federal lawmakers can agree on these days is that telehealth should be remain a fixture in the U.S. health care system.