Device integrations
You can connect a range of HST and AST devices to Somnoware to access patient sleep data and perform analysis. These integrations enable you to configure HST and AST devices, retrieve results and review tests through the Somnoware interface.
WatchPAT HST devices are used to diagnose sleep apnea. For more information on how to enable arrhythmia detection for WatchPAT HST devices, see Enable Arrhythmia Detection for WatchPAT devices.
The WatchPAT ONE-M checkout process follows the same steps as the WatchPAT ONE workflow, with one addition. During checkout, you must enter the serial numbers for all probes used with the WatchPAT ONE-M device to enable probe tracking.
In the Scheduler calendar, click the patient's appointment and select Checkout Device.
In the Device dispense mode, select how you will send the device to the patient:
Ship: Mail the device to the patient.
f2f/other: Give the device to the patient face to face (f2f) or in another way.
Ensure the device serial number is entered.
In the Pin field, you can enter any PIN you want.
For a WatchPAT ONE-M device, complete the following:
To add an additional finger probe, click Add probe and enter the device serial number.
In the Schedule recording section, select Manually start recording to allow the patient to start the recording or Start recording at to set a start date, time and duration for the recording.
In the Check-in date section, select the date and time that you expect the study to be uploaded to the cloud.
In the Patient details section, enter any patient information.
In the Study clinic information section, Somnoware populates the Indications field and Evaluation field automatically. Add any additional indications and evaluations.
Enter any previous sleep study information and click Checkout.
The device is ready to give to the patient.
In the Scheduler calendar, click the patient's appointment.
Click Checkout Device.
In the Device dispense mode, select how you will send the device to the patient:
Ship: Mail the device to the patient.
f2f/other: Give the device to the patient face to face (f2f) or in another way.
In the Device set-up section, select:
(Optional) Bracelet study: If the patient is doing a Tamper-Proof bracelet study, select this check box. You must verify the bracelet is secured to the patient's wrist and paired with the device before you give it to the patient.
Number of nights: Enter the number of nights the patient can use the device.
In the Check-in date section, select the date and time that you expect the patient to return the device.
In the Patient details section, enter any patient information.
In the Study clinic information section, in the Indications and Evaluation fields, add any indications and evaluations. The information you add in these fields can be used in the interpretation report.
Enter any previous sleep study information.
Click Checkout.
The device is ready to give to the patient.
Go to Scheduler > HST.
Filter by Pending Check-in Only.
Click the patient.
From the Studies tab, view the Appointment section.
In the Device pin field, note the PIN.
If the patient enters the wrong PIN five times, the device locks. Resetting the device counter clears the number of PIN attempts.
Go to Scheduler > HST.
Filter by Pending Check-in Only.
Click the patient.
From the Studies tab, click the More icon (
).Click Reset Device Counter.
Select the device to reset the counter for.
Click Reset device counter.
After the patient completes a WatchPAT ONE or WatchPAT ONE-M study, the ZOLL® Itamar® sends a study completion notification to Somnoware. When Somnoware receives the notification, it downloads, analyzes and processes the study.
View study download progress
Go to Scheduler > HST.
Click the patient in the calendar.
In the right pane, click the More icon (
) and select Show Timeline.
Manually download studies
If the study does not download automatically, follow these steps to start the process manually:
Go to Scheduler > HST.
Click the patient in the calendar.
In the right pane, click Request Study Download.
Click Yes.
Download failed studies
If the study download for the WatchPAT ONE device fails, you can retry the download. You cannot retry the download if the failures was caused by a study analysis issue.
Hover over the Manager module (
) and click Study Manager.Click Failed.
Hover over the failed study download and click the More icon (
).Select Request Study Download.
If required, select the device to request the study download from.
Click Request download.
You can release and reprogram a device for a different patient.
Go to Scheduler > HST.
Filter by Pending Check-in Only.
Click the patient.
From the Studies tab, click the More icon (
).Click Release Device.
You can now initialize the device for another patient.
Available data points from WatchPAT HST devices
Starting with WatchPAT version 5.4.84.4, Somnoware can import and display more data points from WatchPAT home sleep tests. These values come from the statistics.xml file provided by the WatchPAT device and are mapped to Somnoware labels where available.
The following table lists each additional data point available in Somnoware and its XML source name.
Important
These data points are available only with WatchPAT version 5.4.84.4.
Multi-night macros are available for all supported values.
XML node name | Somnoware label |
|---|---|
Prone_AHI_3_Percent | Prone_AHI |
Prone_AHI_4_Percent | Alternate_Prone_AHI |
Prone_ODI_3_Percent | Prone_ODI |
Prone_ODI_4_Percent | Alternate_Prone_ODI |
Supine_AHI_3_Percent | Supine_AHI |
Supine_AHI_4_Percent | Supine Alternate AHI |
Supine_ODI_3_Percent | Supine_ODI3Percent |
Supine_ODI_4_Percent | Supine_ODI4Percent |
Left_AHI_3_Percent | Left_Side_AHI_Hr |
Left_AHI_4_Percent | Alternate_Left_Side_AHI_Hr |
Left_ODI_3_Percent | Left_Side_ODI_Hr |
Left_ODI_4_Percent | Alternate_Left_Side_ODI_Hr |
Right_AHI_3_Percent | Right_Side_AHI_Hr |
Right_AHI_4_Percent | Alternate_Right_Side_AHI_Hr |
Right_ODI_3_Percent | Right_Side_ODI_Hr |
Right_ODI_4_Percent | Alternate_Right_Side_ODI_Hr |
NonSupine_AHI_3_Percent | NonSupine_AHI |
NonSupine_AHI_4_Percent | Nonsupine Alternate AHI |
NonSupine_ODI_3_Percent | Non Supine_ODI3Percent |
NonSupine_ODI_4_Percent | NonSupine_Index_OD _4% |
AHICentral_4_percent | Alternate_CentralApneaHypopnea_Index |
NumberOfCentralApneas_3_Percent | CentralApnea_Count |
AHI_Central_3_Percent | PAT_AHICentral |
NREM_AHI_Central_3_Percent | PAT_NREM_AHICentral |
REM_AHI_Central_3_Percent | PAT_REM_AHICentral |
REM_AHI_Central_4_Percent | Alternate_PAT_REM_AHICentral |
NREM_AHI_Central_4_Percent | Alternate_PAT_NREM_AHICentral |
DesatBurdenOverall | Hypoxic_Burden_Total_All |
DesatBurdenPerHour | HypoxicBurden |