Score sleep studies in India

[roster]

The time is now to start scoring sleep studies in low-cost labor markets. Well, that is not what this article is about but it is the next logical step.

"The new PM-Assista" web-based service provides an easy to use, secure and comprehensive method for uploading study data and relevant clinical information to enable thorough analysis and interpretation. This service model enables optimized patient care and dramatically improved economics critical to the improvement of healthcare for the diagnosis and treatment of OSA in the current economic environment. The portal is user friendly and the service prompt,"

http://www.thestreet.com/story/11046338 ... vices.html

[montana user]

I use a system sorta like this in my sleep lab. After the study in the am, I upload the study to the company ( Mays and Associates, inc) it gets scored by RPSGTS, then off to a board certified sleep doctor. I then get the results in 2-3 days. My competitors have their results ready in 2-3 weeks! We have been using them over a year now and it has worked great!

[msradar65]

Apparently my facility must use something similar. I got my results and they were read by the doctor within 72 hrs of me leaving the sleep lab.

[Slinky]

Yup, I've been reading about sleep studies being scored, read and dictated by outside companies, including at least one in India, for at least two years now. It would seem like doing so would really require some THOROUGH tech notes and thorough initial interview before the sleep study. (Maybe my initial sleep study was scored by an outside company - at 5'3" and 110 lbs my report suggested losing weight might be beneficial).