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Center for Sleep Disorders at BMH Expands; Immediate Appointments AvailableFeb. 24, 2005 - (BUTLER, Pa.) – To meet increasing demand for services, The Center for Sleep Disorders at Butler Memorial Hospital will expand by two rooms beginning Monday, Feb. 28. The Center will operate seven days a week. This expansion will increase patient access to sleep studies for the more than 80 sleep disorders that can be diagnosed by the trained technicians at the Center for Sleep Disorders at BMH.“This is another example of our commitment to provide needed services to this region,” says Ken DeFurio, Senior Vice President of Operations at Butler Health System. “We have patients waiting up to eight weeks for this sort of testing and we want to increase access and reduce the waiting time so patients can get their results more rapidly.” The increased demand for sleep studies can be attributed to the increased publicity these disorders have been receiving and the fact that patients and their physicians are becoming more aware of the variety of sleep conditions that can be diagnosed and treated to improve a patient’s quality of sleep. “We currently perform more than 28 sleep studies each week and with the addition of two more rooms we will have the capacity to increase that to about 42 studies each week,” says J. Dick Falen, Supervisor for Pulmonary Services at BMH. “We currently operate the Center with seven employees and we hope to be able to expand to eight or nine staff members as we increase our patient volume.” In addition to the expansion, the Center has upgraded all it’s equipment and added the latest technology to make sure everything is state-of-the-art. The Center can perform sleep studies on children as young as four through adults and performs studies for all sleeping patterns include daytime studies for those that work nights and sleep during the day. “Our comprehensive studies are reviewed by one of four physicians that are board certified in Sleep Medicine and the results, along with recommendations for treatment, are sent to the patient’s primary physician,” says Falen who says the Center at BMH draws patients from all across western Pennsylvania. Patients can be referred to the Center from their primary doctor if there are suffering from symptoms and the physician suspects a sleep disorder could be involved. For more information on the Center for Sleep Disorders at BMH call 724.284.4237. |
More Information  For more information, contact John Righetti at 724-284-4864 or email Public Relations. |
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