Sleep Medicine


We understand the unique needs of our patients with sleep disorders.

Our team is dedicated to prioritizing your concerns, answering your questions, and assisting you in improving your sleep — and overall health — through our treatments. 

We specialize in treating disorders such as sleep apnea, narcolepsy, insomnia, parasomnia, restless leg syndrome, and snoring. Seeking treatment for a sleep disorder can decrease your risk of heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, motor vehicle accidents, and others.

Sleep Medicine Services

These are available with our board certified sleep specialists to discuss your current sleep patterns and any difficulty you may be having with attaining or maintaining sleep.

Vernon Memorial Healthcare is partnered with sleep specialists from Whitney Sleep Medicine.  Our sleep studies are provided close to home at Vernon Memorial Hospital.  Whitney Sleep Specialists then interpret your results and provide you and your provider with a comprehensive report of what what your sleep study has shown.

Sleep studies are painless and designed to encourage easy, normal sleep. When you arrive for your sleep study, we will carefully prepare you for the study and attach sensors to measure your breathing rate, oxygen levels, heart rhythm, brain waves, and the movements of your eyes, chin and legs while you sleep. The volume of your snoring will also be measured.

Before going to sleep you will be introduced to a CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) mask and machine. Halfway through the night, should the study reveal that you have moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea, our technologist will wake you to implement CPAP and determine the best pressure needed to maintain an open airway while sleeping. Overnight sleep tests are completed by 6:00 to 7:00 am.

At your follow-up office visit, we will review your sleep study results and determine a treatment plan for you. Our goal is to help you start sleeping better right away.

In the event that a home sleep test is desired, you will be provided with a Type III home sleep testing device. This is an at home, do-it-yourself kit with instructions provided. Following 1-2 nights of use you will return the device, which will then be interpreted and discussed at your follow-up office visit. This device is exclusively used for the evaluation of possible obstructive sleep apnea.

A test to monitor and record the level of oxygen in your blood as you sleep through the night at home. With this test, an oxygen sensor is clipped to your finger and connected to a machine called an oximeter.

This tests for excessive daytime sleepiness by measuring how quickly you fall asleep in a quiet environment during the day. Also known as a daytime nap study, the MSLT is the standard tool used to diagnose narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia.

A non-invasive technique used to assess cycles of activity and rest over several days to several weeks. Your doctor may ask you to wear an actigraph for a period of time to get an objective measurement of your sleep schedule.

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