First Steps Toward Implementing Primary Care Obstructive Sleep Apnea Management in Rural West Virginia
Among patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), appropriate diagnostic and treatment services can meaningfully improve symptoms and quality of life (1). Unfortunately, OSA services have limited accessibility, and most patients remain undiagnosed and untreated (2). One key reason for poor access is the limited capacity of our sleep medicine workforce. Unlike other prevalent chronic conditions, which are predominantly managed in primary care (e.g., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) (3), services
