Talks：

The Utilisation of Medical and Digital Technology to reach out to Sleep Apnea sufferers

Name：

Brett Mclaren

Position：

Clinical Education and Program Design Manager ResMed EA

Affiliation：

MSc (Sleep in Medicine) PostGradDipEd BSc RPSGT AASM BRPT

Email：

brett.mclaren@resmed.com.au

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Research Interests：

Brett’s interests are in the development of simplified models of diagnosis and treatment of sleep disordered breathing with special focus on sleep wellness.

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Abstract：

In a recent survey of 100 participants in Singapore public talks on Sleep Wellness, 80% of those who had scored medium to high risk on a Sleep Disordered Breathing Assessment were interested to have a simple sleep testing kit sent to their home whilst 20% wanted to speak with a physician. This random assortment of public attendees came together to hear about what good sleep really looks and feels like and what, if any, strategies they could utilise to optimise it. In this age of technological advancement, public perception of medical diagnostic technologies and their utility and utilisation has also advanced. Tests which used to be performed in the hospital or clinic can now be done at home in a large majority of patients. Sleep Medicine too finds itself at the crossroads of this medical advancement, with the public’s desire ever more fixated on taking simple tests at home at a lower cost – the recent Singapore survey echoing those sentiments. This talk discusses how Medical and Digital Technology can reach out to more of those whom are suffering, whilst managing to triage those whom are complex to the hospital sleep laboratory facility.