Sleep Medicine
Roughly 70 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders. Sleep is essential for physical and mental renewal, and long-term sleep difficulties can lead to serious medical problems. sleep medicine doctors, sleep technologists and other clinicians at Northwest Health - Porter are dedicated to helping you get a good night's sleep. We offer diagnostic and treatment services for a wide range of sleep disorders, including:
The sleep medicine team offers diagnostic and treatment options to address your individual needs. Registered, specially trained technologists use multi-dimensional instrumentation to monitor and record sleeping functions such as brain waves, eye movement, breathing, oxygen level in the blood, electrocardiogram and certain muscle group activity.
We conduct sleep studies to evaluate your sleep patterns and draw from a variety of treatment options to help you achieve restful sleep, such as:
- Non-invasive medical devices such as CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) or bi-level devices to facilitate breathing
- Behavior modification therapies
Sleep medicine professionals work to provide a customized treatment plan that's right for you.
The Center for Sleep Medicine features:
- Hotel-like comfort
- Cushy queen-size beds
- Advanced sleep disorders diagnostic technology
- Registered sleep technologists
- No more than two patients per registered sleep technologist
- Accredited by The Joint Commission Ambulatory Health Care Accreditation
- A standard of care that meets those established by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
For more information, please call (219) 263-7444.