3:1 Patient-to-Sleep-Tech Staffing Ratios Are Not OK
Perspectives on staffing ratios at accredited sleep labs and the education requirements for technologists performing attended polysomnography.
Perspectives on staffing ratios at accredited sleep labs and the education requirements for technologists performing attended polysomnography.
A sleep lab manager shares how his center is navigating the difficulties of testing and treating patients during a pandemic.
Advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants have an increasingly expanding place on multidisciplinary sleep medicine teams and can play a vital role in patient care and education.
How to get your whole team on board with dental sleep medicine. By Kent Smith, DDS, DABDSM, ASBA...
Read MoreSelective tinkering with the medical center’s electronic health records (EHR) system, plus a...
Read MoreAs sleep navigator for two hospital locations, Andrea Ramberg, BA, CCSH, RPSGT, refers high-risk patients for sleep studies before they wind up in the hospital again.
Read MoreSince 2005, Clayton Sleep Institute has run an affiliate program through which its expertise and success are shared with hospital-based and freestanding sleep clinics.
Read MoreClayton Sleep Institute (CSI) is expanding its sleep clinic services to Touchette Regional...
Read MoreDr Pegah Mashayekhi, a sleep and internal medicine specialist, pleaded during the meeting’s public comments period to delay the shut down, reports The San Diego Union Tribune. Mashayekhi said that many Medi-Cal patients and some...
Read MoreFinding creative ways to recruit and retain nurses at a Reno, Nev, hospital led Barbara Hobbs, PhD, assistant dean of the South Dakota State University (SDSU) College of Nursing Rapid City site, to pursue research on the impact...
Read MoreA physician assistant details her 6 weeks with a pulmonologist treating patients for sleep disorders, reports Physician’s Practice. At our sleep center, I consulted patients, ordered in-lab sleep studies, diagnosed...
Read MoreThe BRPT and the AAST have joined forces to educate the healthcare arena, including practitioners in the sleep field, and to eliminate the misconception between credentialing and certificate programs as well as the incorrect use...
Read MoreA white paper by Merritt Hawkins finds a growing shortage in the United States of specialists...
Read MoreStrict requirements, long wait times, and a limited number of visas make recruiting foreign physicians tough in a physician-strapped region, reports D magazine. Dr. Arun Badi, a native of India, came to the United States in 1999...
Read MoreIntegrating EEG provides clinical, technical, staffing, and financial advantages. By Kathryn...
Read MoreA new Kronos Incorporated survey titled “Employee Engagement in Nursing” finds that 93% of US-based registered nurses (RNs) are satisfied in their career choice. Despite this, nurse fatigue is a substantial issue with 98% of...
Read MoreAn Oregon nursing agency is urging sleep apnea awareness during National Sleep Awareness Month,...
Read MoreWhen a sleep tech is on vacation or a referral source unexpectedly sends over a high volume of new...
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