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.
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BRPT Accepting Applications for New DEI Educational Grant
The grant will provide financial assistance to a current sleep tech who is eligible to take the RPSGT exam or a CCSH exam candidate.
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Solving a Hairy Predicament for Men with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Experts share their tips for how to fit PAP masks for patients who sport beards or mustaches. Shaving does not have to be a patient's default choice.
BRPT Names 2021 Board of Directors
The Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists named its president-elect, treasurer, secretary, and President’s Shining Star Award winner.
Read MoreCCSH and Sleep Cycle Partner to Create Sleep Training Designed to Improve Sleep in 14 Days
The program was developed in partnership with Martin Reed, MEd, CHES, CCSH, a sleep coach from insomniacoach.com.
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BRPT Exams Cancelled, Extensions Available
The Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists advises that Pearson VUE has suspended test delivery at all United States- and Canada-based Pearson VUE-owned test centers until April 16.
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BRPT Moves to Self-Management Model; Jim Magruder Named CEO
As of December 2019, the BRPT is no longer using the services of an association management company.
Read MoreCall for Applications: BRPT Andrea Patterson Memorial Scholarship Program
The Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT) is now accepting applications for the sixth annual Andrea Patterson Memorial Scholarship Program. The Scholarship Program awards a $2,500 tuition grant each year to a...
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Sleep Technologists’ Evolving Roles (Podcast with Transcript)
Four sleep medicine experts speak to how home sleep testing affects sleep technologist career paths, recommend new skills for technologists to focus on, weigh in on initiatives that may make an impact on the field, share insights as to potential sleep tech shortages, and provide closing thoughts on what technologists should do to thrive.
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Split-Night Success
For sleep techs, patient education and comprehensive planning are two keys to efficiently diagnosing and titrating patients in the same night.
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Integrating Continuing Education Into Your Sleep Center Operations
Staying up to date with frequent changes in our professional pathway has always been a factor in providing excellent healthcare. Here are key details about your options—from in-house opportunities to distance learning to in-person conferences.
Read MoreBRPT Announces Fifth Andrea Patterson Scholarship Winner
The Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT) today announced that Uzma Rashid is the winner of the fifth Andrea Patterson Memorial Scholarship. Rashid is a student enrolled in the Polysomnographic Technology...
Read MoreBRPT Names Daniel D. Lane President-Elect
The Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT) named Daniel D. Lane, RPSGT, CCSH, president-elect of the board of directors. His 2-year term as president will begin in January 2016. Lane has been a member of the...
Read MorePSG Students: Apply for a $2,500 Tuition Grant from BRPT
The Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT) is now accepting applications for the fifth annual Andrea Patterson Memorial Scholarship Program. The scholarship, named for an early and highly regarded leader in...
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BRPT Sleep Certification Window Runs May 1 to 29
Want to be among the first to take the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists...
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Editor’s Message: Acclimating to the ACA
The Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate phased in January 1, but sleep medicine practitioners will have a time cushion to adapt while the law’s effects trickle in over the coming years.
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Collin College Student Wins Fourth Andrea Patterson Scholarship
Euisun Field of Dallas is the winner of the fourth Andrea Patterson Memorial Scholarship, given by...
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