The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
By Mitchell Levine, DMD, MS, D.ABDSM and Jennifer Le, DMD, D.ABDSM, CPCC In June of 2021, much of the obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) community was upended by the recall of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), bilevel positive airway pressure, and mechanical ventilator devices by Philips Respironics. This voluntary recall occurred […]
BreakAway Media Group LLC, a digital media publisher located in suburban Philadelphia and the producer of RTSleepWorld.com and the Philadelphia Sleep Conference, today announces an editorial alliance between Sleep Lab Magazine, a bimonthly publication that reaches more than 16,000 sleep providers, and the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM), […]
The advent of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) came with promises: a world where clinically valuable patient information became easily accessible to everyone involved in the chain of care. EHRs, we were told, would democratize data and facilitate easy sharing between hospitals, primary care providers (PCPs), specialists, device manufacturers, and […]
By Nathan Costiuc, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC There is a burden that sleep clinicians carry with them in any patient encounter – the burden of knowing that the results of your work with patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) depend heavily on how well those patients adhere to treatment. Unfortunately, […]
By Abhinav Talwar, MD Candidate and Arunabh Talwar, MD Sleep medicine and sleep research have been growing exponentially over the past few decades. It is obvious that the increased emphasis on sleep health as it relates to mind and body well-being requires a robust evaluation of sleep problems. Post-COVID-19-pandemic, there […]
By Robyn Woidtke, MSN, RN, CCSH, RPSGT (#340), FAAST This article will address several key concepts: 1) the changing landscape of the provision of sleep medicine, 2) how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can facilitate patient care; and 3) the changes necessary to implement and embrace AI and […]
BreakAway Media Group LLC, a digital media publisher located in suburban Philadelphia, today announces an editorial alliance between Sleep Lab Magazine, a bimonthly publication that reaches more than 16,000 sleep providers, and the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT), an independent, nonprofit certification board that cultivates professional and ethical standards […]
Person: I just met: So, what do you do? Me: I’m a sleep coach. Person: I’m sorry, you’re a what? Me: A Sleep. Coach. Person: That’s a thing? Me: Yeah, it’s a thing. … … Person: So, I do this weird thing in my sleep… By Drew M. Copeland, RPSGT, […]
Due to potential health risks, Philips Respironics voluntarily recalled certain continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines over the summer. , the polyester-based polyurethane (PE-PUR) sound abatement foam runs the risk of breaking down and potentially entering the device’s air pathway. Under these circumstances, it is said that black debris from […]
By Sean B. Gipson, RPSGT There are many sleep techs who ask me how I got started in running a sleep business and sleep diagnostic centers. Sparing readers a long story, in my pre-ownership days, I often thought at night while I was running studies that it couldn’t be too […]
