Brookings Health Invests In New Sleep Diagnostics System For In-Lab Sleep Studies

Polysomnographer Brooke Jensen attaches sensors to a patient while preparing to conduct a sleep study.

Brookings Health System recently upgraded its sleep diagnostics system for in-lab sleep studies. The new system improves patient comfort and freedom of movement during testing at Brookings Health’s Sleep Diagnostics Facility, leading to better sleep quality for improved diagnostic results. 

The new sleep diagnostics system transmits sleep data via a wireless Bluetooth connection. The wireless data transmission means patients are not tethered to a bed. Patients who are tested without a CPAP device can move freely while they sleep and may get out of bed by themselves if needed while undergoing testing.  

The polysomnography device that attaches to patients also has fewer wires than the previous device. This creates an easier and faster patient prep for testing. Less wires also increases patient comfort and sleep quality with longer sleep times. This results in better overall testing to diagnose a patient’s sleep condition.  

In addition, the software used to read sleep data applies an automated scoring algorithm to analyze sleep testing results. This helps the reading physician to quickly interpret the data and diagnose the patient.  

Brookings Health System offers both in-lab and at-home sleep studies to help diagnose patients ages 16 and older with sleep conditions such as obstructive sleep apnea and restless leg syndrome. Individuals interested in either an in-home or an in-lab sleep study should ask their primary care provider to refer them to Brookings Health System. More information about sleep studies can be found at brookingshealth.org/sleep.