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Eating your broccoli or why ACA is important and necessary by Edward G. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Insomnia & Sleep Disorders Perhaps the most important lesson I learn when I was an insurance broker was the law of large numbers. Simply put, the law states that the more “risk units” you have ... Read on »

Comments delivered at HHS listening session for ACA Essential Health Benefits – October 19,... by Edward G. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Insomnia & Sleep Disorders My name is Edward Grandi. I am the executive director of theAmerican Sleep Apnea Association, the only national nonprofit organization fora condition that conservatively aff ... Read on »

To sleep, perchance to dream - second presentation by Edward G. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Insomnia & Sleep Disorders The second presentation on Saturday morning was to interested members of the public on the island. Not surprisingly, there were more of them than members of the healthcare c ... Read on »

To sleep, perchance to dream - first presentation by Edward G. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Insomnia & Sleep Disorders Yesterday morning was spent visiting several of the physicians involved in treating sleep apnea here on the island - Dr. Rach, the ENT (and my co-presenter) and Dr. Essebom, ... Read on »

To sleep perchance to dream - arrival by Edward G. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Insomnia & Sleep Disorders After a long day of travel we arrived in Curacao after sunset, so seeing the sites will have to wait until later. We checked in to hotel and then set off in search of dinner ... Read on »

To sleep, perchance to dream, to breath by Edward G. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Insomnia & Sleep Disorders "To sleep, perchance to dream- ay, there's the rub." Hamlet (III, i, 65-68) A number of years ago, too many to remember exactly, I received an email from an apnea ... Read on »

Sleep Apnea and Transportation Conference - Baltimore 11/08-09/2011 by Edward G. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Insomnia & Sleep Disorders We all know about sleep apnea and truckers. The ASAA hosted a conference last year that brought together key stakeholders concerned about commercial vehicle drivers at ris ... Read on »

Happy Birthday CPAP and Happy Anniversary Sleep Apnea ED by Edward G. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Insomnia & Sleep Disorders Busy as a beaver these days having recently completed a speaking engagement at the Georgia Association of Sleep Professionals over the weekend. Off to the American Thora ... Read on »

Sleep, Sleep Apnea and the Ides of March. by Edward G. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Insomnia & Sleep Disorders The month of March has become, officially or unofficially, the month dedicated to sleep. It makes sense. For a long time and coincident with the vernal equinox we collective ... Read on »

Sleep apnea and the eternal city by Edward G. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Insomnia & Sleep Disorders Every three years thought leaders in the field of sleep medicine gather to share their research and new developments in the diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea - the Wo ... Read on »

Sleep apnea in prime time by Edward G. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Insomnia & Sleep Disorders What do the television programs "Men of a Certain Age", "Mike & Molly" and the recently released film "Hall Pass" have in common - Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Principal charact ... Read on »

Sleep Apnea and Health Care redux by Edward G. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Insomnia & Sleep Disorders I have commented elsewhere in this journal about the value of being in Washington. This past week was another example of the opportunities that present themselves when you a ... Read on »

Sleep Apnea and Healthy People 2020 by Edward G. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Insomnia & Sleep Disorders The sleep community realized a small victory last year. It could be a large victory, it depends on how our fragmented community decides to move forward. The Department of ... Read on »

Sleep apnea, comparative effectiveness and the future by Edward G. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Insomnia & Sleep Disorders The need for comparative effectiveness research follows from a recognition that we, as a country, don't have unlimited resources to expend on the delivery of healthcare; par ... Read on »

ASAA Comment to AHRQ CER on Sleep Apnea by Edward G. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Insomnia & Sleep Disorders Readers of this blog know that I am concerned about comparative effectiveness research and the impact it will have on the delivery of healthcare to those with sleep apnea. T ... Read on »

Sleep Apnea, Prevention and Healthcare reform by Edward G. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Insomnia & Sleep Disorders I am actually old school when it comes to certain things. I like to wear lapel pins on my jacket. Most of the time I wear a shiny metal pin with the association's logo. Rece ... Read on »

The Sleep Apnea and trucking conference - a last word by Edward G. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Insomnia & Sleep Disorders The dust is beginning to settle on the conference the ASAA hosted on sleep apnea and trucking almost a month ago. And before it moves totally into memory I want to offer som ... Read on »

A sleep apnea what if.... by Edward G. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Insomnia & Sleep Disorders We know that untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) results in nighttime intermittent hypoxia. This occurs when no air is getting in the lungs and no oxygen into the bloods ... Read on »

Sleep Apnea on World Sleep Day March 19th by Edward G. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Insomnia & Sleep Disorders Sleep Apnea Awareness Day 2010 was pretty quiet this year, this notwithstanding that the ASAA celebrates its 20th anniversary. A lot of our attention is focused on the up ... Read on »

Here is a link to a news repo ... by Edward G. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Insomnia & Sleep Disorders Here is a link to a news report our of Atlanta concerning the death of young man while undergoing a sleep study at the sleep lab at Emory University. The circumstances arou ... Read on »

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