ReviewJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2019
National Expansion of Sleep Telemedicine for Veterans: The TeleSleep Program.
Review in Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05489562 (Use of Intraoral Suction and Its Effects on Obstructive Sleep Apnea), which is not on this map. Cited by 35 papers.
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Use of Intraoral Suction and Its Effects on Obstructive Sleep Apnea
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.
- Is video demonstration for type III sleep studies performance worse than technical face-to-face teaching?Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2024Trial
- Effect of cloud-based sleep coaches on positive airway pressure adherence.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2020Trial
- Lessons learned from a qualitative evaluation of Veterans' experience with the VA tele-PAP program during the COVID pandemic.Frontiers in health services · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of mailed versus in-person PAP initiation in the Veterans Affairs' TeleSleep program.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025Article
- "Sleep Is Not Getting the Attention It Deserves": A Qualitative Study of Patient and Provider Views on Sleep Management in the Veterans Health Administration.Medical care · 2025Article
- Could an external Medical Center with telemonitoring help in home positive airway pressure treatment? A pilot study.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2025Article
- Recommendations for permanent sleep telehealth: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025Article
- Implementing TeleSleep at Veterans Healthcare Administration: an organizational case study of adaptation and sustainment.Frontiers in sleep · 2024Article
- Identifying predictors of the amount of veteran participation in cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in the Veterans Affairs health care system.Psychological services · 2024Article
- From trenches to technology: a narrative review of sleep medicine in the military.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024Review
- Factors influencing shared decision-making for insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea treatment among Veterans with mild traumatic brain injury.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024Article
- Will the United States pass on telemedicine progress?JAMIA open · 2024Review
- Multisensor Integrated Platform Based on MEMS Charge Variation Sensing Technology for Biopotential Acquisition.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Investigating a clinically informed sleep disturbance threshold for physical and mental health among Gulf War Illness veterans.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2024Article
- Travel Burden as a Measure of Healthcare Access and the Impact of Telehealth within the Veterans Health Administration.Journal of general internal medicine · 2023Observational
- Veterans Health Administration TeleSleep Enterprise-Wide Initiative 2017-2020: bringing sleep care to our nation's veterans.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2023Article
- Sustainment of the TeleSleep program for rural veterans.Frontiers in health services · 2023Article
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- Study protocol to assess de-implementation of the initial provider encounter for diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: the DREAM (Direct Referral for Apnea Monitoring) Project.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2022Article
- Electronic consultations and economies of scale: a qualitative study of clinician perspectives on scaling up e-consult delivery.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2021Article
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9 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
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objectives(1) Review the prevalence and comorbidity of sleep disorders among United States military personnel and veterans. (2) Describe the status of sleep care services at Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities. (3) Characterize the demand for sleep care among veterans and the availability of sleep care across the VHA. (4) Describe the VA TeleSleep Program that was developed to address this demand.
methodsPubMed and Medline databases (National Center for Biotechnology Information, United States National Library of Medicine) were searched for terms related to sleep disorders and sleep care in United States military and veteran populations. Information related to the status of sleep care services at VHA facilities was provided by clinical staff members at each location. Additional data were obtained from the VA Corporate Data Warehouse.
resultsAmong United States military personnel, medical encounters for insomnia increased 372% between 2005-2014; encounters for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) increased 517% during the same period. The age-adjusted prevalence of sleep disorder diagnoses among veterans increased nearly 6-fold between 2000-2010; the prevalence of OSA more than doubled in this population from 2005-2014.
conclusionsMost VA sleep programs are understaffed for their workload and have lengthy wait times for appointments. The VA Office of Rural Health determined that the dilemma of limited VHA sleep health care availability and accessibility might be solved, at least in part, by implementing a comprehensive telehealth program in VA medical facilities. The VA TeleSleep Program is an expansion of telemedicine services to address this need, especially for veterans in rural or remote regions. CITATION: Sarmiento KF, Folmer RL, Stepnowsky CJ, Whooley MA, Boudreau EA, Kuna ST, Atwood CW, Smith CJ, Yarbrough WC. National expansion of sleep telemedicine for veterans: the telesleep program. J Clin Sleep Med. 2019;15(9):1355-1364.
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