Archive for the ‘Physician Corner’ Category

Sleepvirtual presents Sleep Training in Bogota, Colombia

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

May 4, 2011 began the first course in polysomnography in the city of Bogotá hosted by Sleepvirtual & Priority Health Sleep Education. The course gathered the participation of more than 50 attendees, which included doctors and technicians interested in the field of polysomnography.

There were four days of intensive theoretical training starting with basic principles of polysomnography, AASM new scoring guidelines, Patient Hookup & Preparation, Digital Polsomnography, Positive Pressure Titration & O2 Therapy, among others points of interests.

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Sleepvirtual exhibits in the 5th Sleep Conference in Iran

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

The 5th National Congress on Sleep Disorders was hosted by the Iranian Sleep Medicine Society which took place at the Imam Khomeini Hospital in the city of Tehran from May 03 – 05, 2011.

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Small Company, Big Impact

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

In the fiercely competitive world of sleep, Neurovirtual USAalso known as Sleepvirtualrelies 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 environment filled with well-financed competitors, his company’s Sleepvirtual BWII

PSG technology continues to do well in its role as a PSG machine that allows users to record and score sleep studies. (more…)

2012 RPSGT Recertification

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

Can you believe it? It’s 2011. So what’s on the agenda for you to accomplish this year? Got goals?

For many of us, this is a year to submit those CEU’s for recertification. How many of us have to re-certify? A lot! Here is an example of RPSGT’s needing to re-certify in the Carolina region:

SC # of recerts due:
53 in 2011
108 in 2012
43 in 2013
22 in 2014

GA # of recerts due:
61 in 2011
202 in 2012
53 in 2013
30 in 2014

NC # of recerts due:
128 in 2011
306 in 2012
89 in 2013
58 in 2014 (more…)

Is it Artifact or Artifiction, Incoherent Ramblings from Stage 5.

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

Have a Drink on Me!

A reader sent me a note and a link to a story.

The story from the Los Angeles Times starts off like this…

“Drinking alcohol is thought to interfere with a good night’s sleep. But a new survey has found that most adults don’t experience sleep problems due to drinking.” (more…)