FRISCO,
Texas and WILMINGTON,
Mass., June 18,
2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SomnoMed (ASX: SOM) and
Sleep HealthCenters are pleased to announce a partnership to create
the National Center for Integrated Dental Sleep Health (NCIDSH)
program.
SomnoMed and Sleep HealthCenters
launched a new national integrated dental sleep health program at
the 21st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine and
26th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Society,
LLC (APSS) in Boston last
week.
The NCIDSH is a national service
that will bring together SomnoMed's dental network and the Sleep
Partners® network - a national network of accredited sleep health
providers - to diagnose and treat patients suffering from sleep
disorders, such as sleep disordered breathing. SomnoMed's
dental network consists of approximately 2,000 qualified and
experienced dental practices in the treatment of the SomnoDent
apnea therapy. SleepPartners® is a national network of nearly 400
sleep medicine centers focused on the comprehensive disease
management of sleep disorders.
NCIDSH will provide participating
practices and centers with testing, treatment and compliance
protocols that meet American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)
guidelines. Additionally, participants in the NCIDSH program gain
access to a comprehensive set of clinical, operational and
administrative support services, along with data analytics and
on-going quality assurance and improvement activities.
"Our partnership with Sleep
HealthCenters is strategically important as we build our medical
department. This program properly associates dentists, sleep
medicine centers and physicians in a well-defined, physician driven
treatment protocol," said SomnoMed Chairman Dr. Peter Neustadt. "The focus of this program is on
evidence based, quality clinical outcomes."
"We are delighted to be partnering
with SomnoMed and their national network of quality dentists," said
Sleep HealthCenters CEO Paul
Valentine. "Sleep HealthCenters is committed to helping
these important healthcare providers effectively integrate sleep
medicine into their practices to enable clinically-validated
screening, diagnosis and treatment services for individuals
suffering from sleep disorders."
About Sleep HealthCenters
Sleep HealthCenters is a network of
specialized sleep medicine centers accredited by the American
Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and staffed by board-certified
sleep specialists. Sleep HealthCenters' specialized sleep labs,
clinics and programs provide all the required services needed to
screen, diagnose, treat and support patients with sleep disorders.
These integrated services enable Sleep HealthCenters to offer
patients, employers, referring providers and managed care
organizations greater convenience, valuable information and better
outcomes.
About SomnoMed
SomnoMed is a public company
providing diagnostic and treatment solutions for Sleep-related
Breathing Disorders including obstructive sleep apnea, snoring and
bruxism. SomnoMed was commercialized on the basis of
extensive clinical research. Supporting independent clinical
research, continuous innovation and instituting medical
manufacturing standards has resulted in SomnoDent® becoming the
state-of-the-art and clinically proven medical oral appliance
therapy for obstructive sleep apnea. SomnoDent® is the most
comfortable and effective design and treatment solution for over
100,000 patients in 22 countries.
Contact: Anthony White, 888-447-6673,
awhite@somnomed.com
SOURCE SomnoMed