Tag: positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy
Wearables can increase PAP use, pilot trial finds
November 24, 2025HME News Staff
YARMOUTH, Maine – Augmenting the management of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with consumer wearable devices increases the use of positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy, according to the results of a pilot randomized trail published in Sleep. The pilot randomized trial measured the effects of a consumer grade wearable-augmented program that provides nightly pulse oximetry data to patients in a weekly report on PAP use in adults with OSA recruited from an outpatient sleep center. The trial demonstrated...
In brief: Wearable impact on PAP, AleraCare & Pure Healthcare merger, Nonin Medical CEO
November 24, 2025HME News Staff
YARMOUTH, Maine – Augmenting the management of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with consumer wearable devices increases the use of positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy, according to the results of a pilot randomized trail published in Sleep. The pilot randomized trial measured the effects of a consumer grade wearable-augmented program that provides nightly pulse oximetry data to patients in a weekly report on PAP use in adults with OSA recruited from an outpatient sleep center. The trial demonstrated that...