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Mission Statement

The Center for Disorders of Sleep and Fatigue is committed to providing excellence in the diagnostic evaluation, treatment, and education of sleep-wake disorders.

    - Diagnosis by highly trained medical personnel, including board certified sleep physicians, neurologists, and registered polysomnographic technologists.

    - Expert management in all phases of sleep-wake diagnostic testing.

    - Educational programs for the citizens of the surrounding communities as well as allied health personnel in sleep disorders medicine.

    - Increasing the awareness of the public at large in the need for quality sleep in the health of our society.
These services will be provided at a reasonable cost without ever compromising quality patient care.

Our vision

Continual growth of our low-cost, high-quality diagnostic sleep-wake testing, performed by a highly-trained staff of medical professionals who are committed to personal continuing education in the areas of sleep medicine as well as community and allied health awareness to the impact of various sleep disorders; and to be the Upstate's number one choice for quality sleep-wake testing.

Our standards of care

-Each patient will receive an assessment prior to testing by a board-certified sleep physician.

- The patient and families will be educated on the continuum of patient care and their roles and exceptions.

- On initial patient visit, testing, and discharge, individualized assessments will be done to determine ongoing learning needs.

- Each patient will participate in decisions regarding care including the development and revisions of their plan of care.

- CDSF will remain a reference source for the patient throughout his or her course of care and serve as a liaison through the various care/treatment modalities.

Scope of services

Service domain
    Services routinely offered by this lab:
    1. Multiple sleep latency testing
    2. Continuous Positive Airway (CPAP) and Bi-level (Bi-PAP) trial and titration
    3. Sleep study scoring
    4. Documentation
    5. Records maintenance and storage
    6. Clean and maintain equipment
    7. Infection prevention
    8. ECG monitoring
    9. CPAP downloads/compliance
    10. Oximetry monitoring
    11. CPR/ACLS certified staff
    12. Video/audio monitoring

    Services offered by request or as needed
    1. O2 administration
    2. Community education
    3. Liaison between patient/physician/DME provider and insurance company in arranging home CPAP/BiPAP/O2 as needed
    4. Esophageal pH monitoring
    5. 8-hour Video EEG monitoring
    6. Nocturnal seizure monitoring
Practice domain
    Services routinely offered by this lab
    1. Staff safety
    2. Orientation/competency review
    3. Written policies and procedures
    4. Annual employee evaluation
    5. Monthly staff meeting
    6. Adherence to accreditation standards of AASM
    7. Pattern recognition: ECG
    8. Artifact identification
    9. Certification in BCLS/ACLS
    10. Inservices

    Services offered by request or as needed
    1. Time off
    2. Education reimbursement
    3. Patient relations
    4. CME reimbursement
 
       
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