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Take a look at this casual statement on the website of the first CPAP supplier that appears in a Google search: "The newest CPAP machines track and store sleep

by SiVal 8y ago

Take a look at this casual statement on the website of the first CPAP supplier that appears in a Google search: "The newest CPAP machines track and store sleep data so you, your insurance company, physician, or employer can follow progress made during your CPAP therapy." [https://www.thecpapshop.com/our-cpap-machines https://www.thecpapshop.com/our-cpap-machines] Insurance company?! Employer?!! What I want to know now is how I would go about buying (not renting) my own out of my own pocket with no insurance claim and using it without any network connection at all.

milesvp 8y ago
I'm not sure where I found this link, there might be a HN discussion on it though. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xwjd4w/im-possibly-alive-because-it-exists-why-sleep-apnea-patients-rely-on-a-cpap-machine-hacker https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xwjd4w/im-possibl...
ohithereyou 8y ago
(See my other comment in this thread.) People with undiagnosed sleep apnea are prone to falling asleep at the drop of a hat and enter a state called microsleep[1]. People who fall into microsleep often don't even notice that they've fallen asleep, and can snore during these episodes. Since healthcare in America is often tied to employment, many employers will require someone with this sort of condition to get treated for it as a condition of continued employment. This results in your employer wanting to know that you're complaint or if you're likely to fall asleep on the job. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsleep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsleep
malandrew 8y ago
In San Francisco, you can probably reach out to SleepQuest in the Safeway shopping center on Webster just south of Geary. I got my CPAP machine from them. I got mine through my insurer, but they might have different options. http://www.sleepquest.com http://www.sleepquest.com

by SiVal 8y ago

milesvp 8y ago

I'm not sure where I found this link, there might be a HN discussion on it though. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xwjd4w/im-possibly-alive-because-it-exists-why-sleep-apnea-patients-rely-on-a-cpap-machine-hacker https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xwjd4w/im-possibl...

ohithereyou 8y ago

(See my other comment in this thread.) People with undiagnosed sleep apnea are prone to falling asleep at the drop of a hat and enter a state called microsleep[1]. People who fall into microsleep often don't even notice that they've fallen asleep, and can snore during these episodes. Since healthcare in America is often tied to employment, many employers will require someone with this sort of condition to get treated for it as a condition of continued employment. This results in your employer wanting to know that you're complaint or if you're likely to fall asleep on the job. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsleep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsleep

malandrew 8y ago

In San Francisco, you can probably reach out to SleepQuest in the Safeway shopping center on Webster just south of Geary. I got my CPAP machine from them. I got mine through my insurer, but they might have different options. http://www.sleepquest.com http://www.sleepquest.com