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By: Jonathan Sherrill, RPSGT, RST Greetings fellow sleep professionals, With so many changes happening in the community of sleep, I would not be surprised if we set a new attendance for our annual conference, October 6-7, 2023, in San Diego, California. Community: A...
Idiopathic Hypersomnia Is More Than Just Sleepiness
By: Logan D. Schneider, MD Idiopathic hypersomnia is a sleep disorder that is primarily characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS; the inability to remain awake or alert during the day) and, in some patients, an excessive need for sleep (often sleeping more...
Volunteering – Cost: Personal Time and Effort, Reward: Priceless
By: Patrick Moday, BBA, RPSGT, RST, CCSH Volunteering is a voluntary act of an individual or group freely giving time and labor for community service. Many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work, such as medicine, education, or emergency rescue....
Beyond Sleep Tracking: Leveraging Consumer Sleep Technology For Improving Population Sleep Health
By: Elie Gottlieb, PhD Consumer sleep technology is ubiquitous with the goal of empowering users to become more aware of their sleep, with some even claiming to improve healthy sleep and circadian behaviors. Initially conceived as ‘fitness trackers’ primarily limited...
Healthier Sleep May Be Coming To Florida
By: Rafael Pelayo, MD Why are you reading about Florida in a California Sleep Society newsletter? Florida is considering delaying school start times statewide like we have in our State! The California Sleep Society’s efforts in our state helped pass the first state...
From Sleep Tech to Sleep Manager
By: Alana Sherrill, CCSH, RPSGT, Supervisor, Hoag Sleep Program and Lacey Lori, RPSGT, Redlands Sleep Center Manager, Progressive Neurology and Sleep Medicine Associates It’s summer of 2022, two daytime sleep techs take a break to rest their achy scoring claws with a...
President’s Corner
By: Rafael Pelayo, MD Thank you to all of you that attended our annual meeting in Sacramento. For those of you who did not make it, you really missed a great time. Please do yourself a favor and don’t miss another one. This year was one of my favorite CSS meetings...
Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM): Where Are We Today?
By: Robyn Woidtke, MSN-Ed, RN, RPSGT, CCSH, FAAST CAVEAT: I AM NOT A REIMBURSEMENT; LEGAL OR CMS EXPERT In 2021, partially in response to the Covid pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) provided an update for the use of remote and therapeutic patient...
Mild Sleep Apnea & Excessive Sleepiness
By: Sam Kashani, MD The severity of sleep apnea is determined on a sleep study and is typically based on the number of respiratory pauses/disruptions per hour of sleep, which is generally reflected by the RDI, or respiratory disturbance index. Keeping in mind that a...
“Summer’s Here and the Time is Right for Dancing in the Street”
By: Rafael Pelayo, MD I hope all of you are in full swing enjoying the 2022 summer. It has been strange for many of us to start interacting again with each other in person. For those of us in the healthcare field, we are in a hybrid situation of keeping the strict...
NICHQ’s National Safe Sleep Webinar – June 26, 2025
Keeping Our Babies Safe: Working Together to Reduce Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID). What You'll Learn: Why Infant Safe Sleep Education is Important Strategies from Communities Committed to Preventing Infant Sleep-Related Deaths What's Next? – The National...
2025 NAPSS – Network of Asia-Pacific Sleep Specialists, Penang, Malaysia
The Intertwined Relationship: Sleep Disorders and ADHD
By: Sam A. Kashani, MD Sleep disorders and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) share a complex and bidirectional relationship that affects millions worldwide. Research increasingly suggests these conditions don't merely coexist but actively influence and...
Enhance Patient Understanding with the Updated Always Use Teach-back! Toolkit
https://teachbacktraining.org/
Understanding Evidence-Based Healthcare: A Foundation for Action
https://test-training.cochrane.org/resource/understanding-evidence-based-healthcare-foundation-action
2025 A-STEP/STAR Designated Educational Grant Program
(Active RPSGT credential holders, we kindly ask that you please share with your colleagues) The BRPT is excited to once again offer a scholarship program intended to provide educational assistance to an individual who's interested in pursuing a career in sleep...
A New Look in the Sleep World
By: Mustapha Khemar Ballaho, MBA, RPSGT For more than five decades, sleep has progressed into the mainstream world such as other things that two to three decades ago would only be deemed as fiction. We have UFC, ubiquitous semi-pro self-made videos, 24/7 news, and...
Departing Words
By: Rafael Pelayo, MD Rightly so, term limits call for new blood. This is the end of my time serving on the Board of the California Sleep Society (“CSS”). It has been a memorable and professionally rewarding eight years. I was first elected in January 2016. What I...
Ask State Legislators Now to Ditch DST in 2025!
Reposted on behalf of Save Standard Time, Jay Pea: From now into the end of November is the best time of year to ask state legislators to file new legislation for 2025 to ditch Daylight Saving Time and restore permanent Standard Time. We are asking legislators to do...
Polysomnographic Technician – Full-Time (Sonoma)
Polysomnographic Technician - Full-Time (Sonoma) Job Description: The Sleep Technician role is a Full-Time, Non-exempt position. The ST performs comprehensive sleep testing and analysis and associated interventions under the general supervision of the lab manager and...