FDA approved in-home sleep study

wading thru the muck! · Post by **wading thru the muck!** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:33 pm

in the News...
...Sleep Solutions® provides a comprehensive, ambulatory diagnostic service for sleep-disordered breathing, including Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). The service uses NovaSom™ QSG™ from Sleep Solutions — the first FDA-cleared device designed for unattended, unassisted patient use with clinically proven equivalence to conventional polysomnography (PSG) for the diagnosis of OSA.

Link: Sleep Solutions

Check this out! Looks like things are moving in the right direction for those looking to take charge of their own health.

wading thru the muck! · Post by **wading thru the muck!** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 5:30 pm

If you haven't already please look and comment! This is an amazing advancement in SDB diagnostics.

chrisp · Post by **chrisp** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 6:05 pm

How did they get this one past the sleep lobby....Maybe they were asleep at the wheel....

I think its great.. No more waiting for a study..maybe misdiagnosed with depression...You can just ask for the home study.. kind of puts a clamp on some of the sleeplabs.. might bring down prices of clinic studys also..
Competition is a wonderful thing isnt it.

heers,

Chris

AUTOMATIC · Post by **AUTOMATIC** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 1:49 pm

Wader, Crisp,
I believe this will sort things out and add balance. Medicare will be slow in responding. Hopefully the manufactures will make the pitch to insurance companies and they will respond in kind. Might not be a bad idea for initial study to rule out/in OSA...AUTOMATIC

wading thru the muck! · Post by **wading thru the muck!** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 2:21 pm

Automatic,

Check out the website, they have studies showing it's just as accurate as an in-lab study.

Liam1965 · Post by **Liam1965** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 2:27 pm

wading thru the muck! wrote:Check out the website, they have studies showing it's just as accurate as an in-lab study.

Which is to say, I'm beginning to understand, "not very".

Liam, in full wiseass mode.

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 4:21 pm

LOL, Liam!! Many more comments like that and you'll be a prime candidate for autopap after all!!

Laura, who learned one has to turn a stubborn horse this way and that....

snoozin' · Post by **snoozin'** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 7:54 am

LOL, Liam,
You're catching on to the medical profession really fast. They're not going to like that.
Seriously, I think it's a great idea. The sleep lab is NOT the same as the home environment, so I don't see how the sleep results can be the same. Fairly close, sometimes, but people have so many different likes/dislikes when it comes to sleep that the results of a one night study in a lab can't possibly be the same as a night at home. I know when I went, one thing that bothered me was the time factor. The lab has their time schedule - when the tech comes to work, how long it takes to hook you up to all those thingys, etc. So the time they "put you to bed" is pretty specific. But if you're used to going to bed earlier or later, you're going to have a problem falling asleep. Add in all the wires and things, and I really don't understand how anyone gets to sleep in a reasonable amount of time. I wonder how many people spend the first couple of hours lying there simply because they're used to going to bed later, and aren't tired yet. And then the bed is too hard or soft, there's strange noises, strange smells, etc. I think a home study is likely to be much closer to how a person actually sleeps on a regular basis.
Debbie

AUTOMATIC · Post by **AUTOMATIC** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:07 am

Wader,
Do you think insurance companies would buy into the idea of home sleep studies? I know that there will be lots of gnawing and gnashing of teeth from the medical community. Heck, Let the sleep labs do the in home study. This will free up beds in the lab for the 2d study giving the patient more timely treatment and probably with the volume and less expensive price of equipment and better utilization of sleep techs time they would profit more...AUTOMATIC

wading thru the muck! · Post by **wading thru the muck!** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:31 am

Automatic,

I don't care what the insurance company thinks. I want these home studies to be so cheap that you go buy it at the local Walmart and mail it in for the results. The insurance companies have demonstrated that they have no idea what's right and what's wrong. We need to get back to the days when healthcare decisions were made between you and your doctor and people paid the Doc direct for the service they received.

AUTOMATIC · Post by **AUTOMATIC** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:47 am

Wader,
I hear you Lima Charlie [loud and clear]. I suppose we have to start somewhere. Sum Beach...AUTOMATIC

TexasSleepGUY · Post by **TexasSleepGUY** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:46 pm

I have worked in sleep for 25 years now, The unattended polysomnogram and pre-screener is never a good Idea.
Many Apnea like disorders can be caused by poor functioning brain stimuli to Poor heart conduction and Pulmn Hypertension.
Ins companies will use the quick study method to deny full effect polysomnogram.

Linda3032 · Post by **Linda3032** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:02 pm

TexasSleepGUY wrote:I have worked in sleep for 25 years now, The unattended polysomnogram and pre-screener is never a good Idea.
Many Apnea like disorders can be caused by poor functioning brain stimuli to Poor heart conduction and Pulmn Hypertension.
Ins companies will use the quick study method to deny full effect polysomnogram.

Maybe if you worked when AWAKE, you might see the benefits of an inexpensive sleep study. If the patient has further problems, then a more extensive polysomnogram can be done.

Sorry, I couldnt' resist. ..

grybeard77 · Post by **grybeard77** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:24 pm

Shucks, the way I read their web page, it's for Doctors . They have to register and then they can order it for a patient. It's not some thing we lay persons can do on our own, so we still have to hope the Dr. knows more than we do!!!!!!

andyomega · Post by **andyomega** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 5:47 pm

A real PSG is so much more informative than a simple pulse oximeter.

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