Officials at the Orange County, Calif-based Judy & Richard Voltmer Sleep Center make sleep health a priority throughout the many specialties at Hoag Memorial Hospital. Even in the population-dense region of Southern California, sleep labs used to be rare. When compared to 2011, sleep apnea awareness in the 1980s significantly trailed other conditions. Officials at Hoag … [Read more...] about California Dreaming
Volume 6.1 : January 2011
Introducting the new BW II PSG
Small Company, Big Impact In the fiercely competitive world of sleep, Neurovirtual USA—also known as Sleepvirtual—relies on nimble responses and easy financing to build a growing customer base. Swimming freely in a sea of sharks is no easy task, but Ed Faria, co-founder of Florida-based Neurovirtual USA, Inc. has gotten used to it after more than a decade. Despite an … [Read more...] about Introducting the new BW II PSG
SleepView: The Smallest, Lightest, Type III Sleep Monitor
The ultra light SleepView type 3 home sleep monitor from CleveMed is designed to be simple for patients, and cost effective for sleep labs. Just shy of a year on the market, the SleepView from CleveMed has managed to carve a growing niche in the highly competitive world of home sleep monitoring. Sarah Weimer, director of Sleep Products at the Cleveland-based manufacturer, … [Read more...] about SleepView: The Smallest, Lightest, Type III Sleep Monitor
East Coast Lab Preps for Potential
New York-based Winthrop Sleep Disorders Center made the difficult decision to switch database vendors in an effort to remain a step ahead of progress. By any measure, the Winthrop Sleep Disorders Center, Garden City, NY, brings a wealth of experience to the relatively young field of sleep medicine. As Associate Director of the Winthrop Sleep Disorders Center, Claude … [Read more...] about East Coast Lab Preps for Potential
Man vs. Machine
Giving Automatic Scoring a Second Thought Changes in technology have been exponential over the last two decades. The sleep medicine industry has advanced significantly by software innovation. In our enthusiasm to wholeheartedly welcome these enhancements to our processes, we sometimes forget that technology in the form of automation is meant to assist, not replace, our … [Read more...] about Man vs. Machine