DCH Sleep Disorders Center Receives Re-Accreditation

Category: DCH, Sleep Lab
Posted On: Aug 23, 2023

(Washington, IN) –Daviess Community Hospital is pleased to announce that the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) has granted accreditation for a period of five years to the DCH Sleep Disorders Center. This accreditation includes all types of sleep testing, including in-center polysomnography (PSG), multiple sleep latency testing (MSLT), maintenance of wakefulness testing (MWT) and home sleep apnea testing (HSAT).

“The process began back in 2016 with our initial accreditation,” explained Valerie Roark, Director of Cardiopulmonary and Sleep Diagnostics at Daviess Community Hospital. “We chose AASM over two other accrediting organizations because they truly are the sleep experts. We are pleased to be accredited once again this year.”

In 2022, Ms. Roark and Dr. Anand Bhuptani, a Pulmonologist for DCH who is Board-certified in Sleep Medicine and serves as medical director for the DCH Sleep Lab, began a year long process of completing the reaccreditation process. The application requires many statistics, diagnosis codes, proof of hospital license, blueprints of the sleep lab and credentials for every physician and technician who is involved in the sleep program. Once the application is submitted, AASM replies with any corrective measures. When all corrective measures are resolved to the satisfaction of AASM, the facility is granted reaccreditation for a period of five years.

“This accreditation is huge for a hospital our size,” remarked Roark. “It speaks highly to Daviess Community Hospital and our commitment to providing the highest possible quality of care to the patients visiting our sleep center and doing so with both the patient and technicians safety foremost in our mind.”

The AASM is committed to ensuring 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 quality of life. By successfully completing the accreditation process and upholding the Standards for Accreditation, the DCH Sleep Disorders Center has shown that they are dedicated to the advancement of the field of sleep medicine through testing, education and helping physicians to diagnose sleep disorders.

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