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CleveMed announces launch of eCrystal PSG web portal, allowing physicians to seamlessly access sleep study information and share results with staff and a network of sleep specialists, providing convenience for patients, proper assessment for the provider, and cost benefits for the payer.

eCrystal PSG™ is a web portal that allows physicians to seamlessly access sleep study information and share results with other staff and specialists over a secured internet connection, creating an efficient method to detect and track sleep apnea. The web portal works hand-in-hand with a number of CleveMed home monitors like SleepView™, which records physiological data while the patient sleeps at home. Once the monitor is returned to the physician, data is uploaded to eCrystal PSG and sent to a sleep technologist for review and scoring. Via the web portal, ordering physicians can also connect with state-licensed sleep doctors for proper interpretation of the sleep study. With this product, CleveMed offers the widest range of portable sleep monitors in the market today strengthening its leading position in the market place.

"Testing for sleep apnea in the home, if conducted properly, can offer convenience for the patient, proper assessment for the provider, and cost benefit for the payer," said Hani Kayyali, the president of CleveMed. "With the addition of the web portal, our breadth of products and services are poised to lead the way in the proper implementation of home healthcare for sleep disorders."

"As we move forward into the next chapter in sleep medicine, it is critical that we continue to rely on the expertise of sleep physicians to ensure proper study interpretation," said Dr. Mike Papsidero, CleveMed’s Chief Medical Officer. "CleveMed’s web technologies ensure great quality, convenience and connectivity to a network of sleep physicians, all of which improve patient care and maintain key advantages over the competition."

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It was before I became an employee here, that I first used CleveMed’s Crystal PSG software. I was a sleep tech working third shift at the time, and had very little tolerance for device-software-malfunctions in the wee hours of the morning. Understandably so, right? I thought their wireless PSG hardware was pretty cool; allowing the patient to move quite a bit freer than anything else I had used, but what was in it for me, the sleep tech? This blog is my answer to that question.

Interestingly enough, sometime later I joined CleveMed as their sleep application specialist. My input (as a sleep tech and a former customer), was considered an integral part of product development. More importantly, the customers’ input is routinely considered and often taken right into development. For the sleep tech who has never used Crystal PSG software before, I offer a brief overview in this blog. I also want to highlight a few features in Crystal PSG that I particularly appreciate, (hope other techs might benefit from this as well).

The Crystal PSG software offers a complete and user-intuitive software package for managing patient sleep data with data acquisition, scoring, and reporting. I like that it has a quick and easy system setup, as well as simple (as in convenient) patient and study management. Crystal PSG can be used with any of CleveMed’s PSG systems or SleepScout portable sleep monitor, so the same program and database can be used for multiple products.

In addition to the wireless capability, here’s my list of "what’s in it (Crystal PSG) for me the sleep tech"

I want to hear what my fellow-sleep-techs (who are probably reading this with your 6th cup of coffee) think of this, so write me back!