Past Presentations 

AAST Webinar

The Why's and How's of Responding to the

COVID-19 Pandemic in the Sleep Center

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact healthcare delivery in sleep centers and has forced reforms and new  best practices to improve our ability to serve our patients safely. The AAST continues to look toward national standards and leaders for guidance on how to best deliver care and we understand that response to the coronavirus depends on location and the rate of transmission in your area.

On November 5, 2020, Dr. Seema Khosla, Medical Director of the North Dakota Center for Sleep in Fargo, ND  provided a look into how she is managing patient care, break down the ”Why’s” that sleep centers have to respond to and the risks presented by this pandemic, as well as the need to educate our patients on the safety precautions being taken. Dottie Covey-Elleby, ACHC Corporate Accreditation Surveyor provided her perspective on best practices for meeting national safety standards.

Objectives

• Demonstrate what we know now about COVID-19 transmission and why aerosolized treatment is a concern
• Break down the migration strategies and education program rolled out at the North Dakota Center for Sleep in Fargo, ND
• Review the training and documentation requirements for developing a sleep center safety plan

Speakers

• Seema Khosla, MD, FCCP FAASM
  Medical Director of the North Dakota Center for Sleep
  
  Dr. Khosla is Medical Director of the North Dakota Center for Sleep. She is a fellow of the College of Chest Physicians as well as the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at the University of Kentucky. She completed her fellowship in Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia Dr. Khosla has been running a telemedicine outreach program for more than a decade to serve rural areas in North Dakota. She is active within the AASM and has served on numerous AASM committees including the original Telemedicine Task Force. She served as the inaugural chair of the Clinical and Consumer Sleep Technology Committee and she is the current chair for the new AASM Public Awareness Advisory Committee. She also serves as medical advisor for MedBridge Healthcare.
  
  
• Dottie Covey-Elleby, BS, RPSGT
  ACHC Corporate Accreditation Surveyor

Dottie Covey-Elleby is a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT) with 18 years of experience in the sleep industry. She currently is a Corporate Accreditation Surveyor with national accreditor Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) in Cary, North Carolina. In her role at ACHC, she conducts accreditation surveys for Sleep, Home Medical Equipment, Fitter, and Community Retail Pharmacy services. Before joining ACHC, Dottie served in multiple leadership positions with healthcare organizations. Her duties included managing remote personnel for research in U.S. and international drug trials, conducting Quality Assurance site visits overseas, and managing multiple outpatient diagnostic services and physician practices for a not-for-profit regional system of two hospitals with over 550 beds. Dottie also served on the Advisory Board of the Polysomnography Associate Degree Program at Sandhills Community College and later was the Clinical Coordinator for the program. She is a veteran of the United States Air Force. Dottie earned a Bachelor of Science in Health Care Management from the University of Mount Olive in North Carolina.

CE Credit

Sponsored Webinar 

Mask Impact on PAP Effectiveness

This offering was sponsored by 

This presentation, held October 29, 2020, reviewed specific criteria that may impact mask selection and effectiveness for CPAP patients as well as highlighted the benefits of 3D technology. A demo of Philips 3D MaskSelector technology was also showcased.

Objectives

• Review the benefits of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for the treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
• Explain several factors associated with nonadherence to CPAP
• Discuss specific criteria that may impact mask selection including: patient morphology, medical conditions, psychosocial issues and personal preferences
• Identify how the technical features of a mask can contribute to compliance
• Discuss the importance of patient driven design and empowerment for adherence
• Review the 3D Mask Selector technology

Speakers

• Josh Cosa, RRT
  Sr. Clinical Marketing Manager
  Sleep and Respiratory Care, North America
• Jeff Murray
  Business Marketing Manager
  Sleep and Respiratory Care, North America

CE Credit

Looking to earn 1.0 free CEC by watching the recording of this event and completing the knowledge assessment 

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AAST Town Hall 

Telemedicine: Diagnostics, PAP Titration, PAP Adherence, Reimbursement, and the CCSH

This offering was sponsored by 

This Town Hall recording, held October 22, 2020 provides an overview and examples of real world use of telemedicine in sleep centers today. The panelists discussed how they have embraced Telemedicine in their day-to-day practices as it pertains to the diagnostics (HST’s), Auto-PAP titrations, PAP Adherence, and coding/reimbursement. They also discussed the role of the CCSH in this new environment.

Panelists

• Kevin Dator, BSRT, RCP, RRT-SDS, RPSGT, CCSH
  Respiratory Care Coordinator, Kaiser Permanente Sleep Disorder Center
• Bretton Beine, BS, RPSGT, AAST Board of Directors (Active)
  President, BetterNight
• Kathryn Hansen, BS, CPC, CPMA, REEGT
  Integration Consultants, LLC, Founder
• Byron Jameson, RPSGT, RST, CCSH, FAAST
  Sleep Health Educator, Nox Medical
• Kevin A. Asp, CRT, RPSGT
  President, inBoundMed
  Town Hall Moderator

CE Credit

AAST Members only can earn 1.0 free CEC by completing the Telemedicine: Diagnostics, PAP Titration, PAP Adherence, Reimbursement, and the CCSH module in the AAST Learning Center by Friday, December 4.

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