Rome Memorial Hospital’s sleep-disorders center earns five-year accreditation

ROME, N.Y. — The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) has renewed the five-year accreditation for the sleep-disorders center at Rome Memorial Hospital (RMH).

AASM first awarded the accreditation in 2012, RMH told BJNN.

The Darien, Illinois–based AASM assesses sleep-medicine facilities to “ensure that those in the field of sleep medicine provide excellent healthcare and enhance the awareness of sleep as an important element for health, public safety and the quality of life,” according to an RMH news release.

To receive initial AASM accreditation, the organization conducted an “intensive” site survey at the sleep-disorders center.

The AASM survey placed patient charts, equipment inspections, continuing-education “competency” of technicians, patient safety, emergency protocols, and sleep protocols “under scrutiny,” RMH said.

In addition, AASM reviewed the facility’s structure and patient accommodations.

About the center

During a sleep study, the technologist monitors brain waves, oxygen levels, heart rate, body and leg movements, cardiac arrhythmias, and stages of sleep and breathing patterns. The technologist then interprets the data collected from the sleep study in a report for the referring physician.

“We treat patients from age 2 to 99,” Luley said.

The McLean, Virginia–based Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists has registered the polysomnographic technologists at the sleep-disorders center, which represents the “highest” certification in the field for health professionals who clinically assess patients with sleep disorders, RMH said.

In addition to the technical staff, pulmonologist Dr. Mohammed Seedat, medical director of the sleep-disorders center, has earned his board certification in pulmonary disease and sleep medicine from the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM).

The sleep-disorders center is open six nights a week for adult and pediatric-sleep studies. In addition, technologists can perform studies during the day or off hours for individuals whose daily routine includes daytime sleep schedules, RMH said.

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