PRLog (Press Release) –
Nov 17, 2009 – The OSAS/Link™ automated web based software system efficiently coordinates the education, screening, diagnosis, treatment, compliance, and outcomes of obstructive sleep apnea programs for corporate employees.
This nationwide sleep apnea management system has been created to assist in the reduction of healthcare expenses and fatigue related risks specifically for, but not limited to, large corporations in the transportation and manufacturing industries. The OSAS management program eliminates the need for employers to spend valuable man hours dealing with implementation and in-house management of fatigue / wellness related issues.
The challenge for any company attempting to roll out a sleep apnea program for the transportation industry is that there are a lot of moving parts and people involved in the process, such as primary care doctors, sleep doctors, sleep diagnostic providers and sleep therapy providers. If you then have employees spread out over a large geography at numerous locations, the number of people involved quickly becomes unmanageable.
OSAS/Link™ joins these individuals together via this secure web portal, providing the corporate client the visibility and assurance that their employees are being serviced efficiently and only by highly qualified service providers. This is because “OSAS Service Partners” are chosen from a select few, who can achieve superior results. They are primarily recruited from ResMed’s “Sleep 4A Healthy Life™” network of providers. These are providers who specialize in sleep, and through a combination of high quality service and high end technology, achieve much higher compliance rates then the industry average.
Additionally OSAS/Link™ allows the entire national network of partners the opportunity to be involved in sleep apnea programs throughout the country for corporate clients and the automation of the software system allows management of quality control for employees at all of our client’s locations throughout the United States. The system is scalable to handle a small number of employees at just one location, to thousands of employees at hundreds of locations. We have established key service protocols for our “OSAS Service Partners” to adhere to that are consistent, cost effective, must be completed in a timely manner, and ensure quality outcomes.
With statistics reporting 28% of CDL drivers and 11.6% of shift workers at risk for obstructive sleep apnea, the OSAS/Link™, the OSAS national network of regional directors, and the highly qualified nationwide “OSAS Service Partners”, combine forces to provide a consistent quality of service and care to client employees and will help fill an ever growing need for employers wishing to efficiently manage sleep apnea in the workplace.
James Berryhill, President / CEO states, “I have been in the medical equipment sales and service business for over 25 years. I created OSAS after seeing that a man, his wife, and their two children were killed by an 18 wheeler, while attending to a flat tire, on the side of the road. It was later determined that the driver of the truck had fallen asleep, prior to impact. My professional experiences led me to assume that the driver had sleep apnea, and I thought I might have saved their lives if I had been able to treat the driver's disorder. I realized that the family in that car could have been my daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren. As a result, I embarked on creating OSAS, whose passion is to improve the health of those that suffer from sleep apnea, and most importantly to save lives. I began providing service locally, to a small trucking company. Shortly thereafter, one of the client’s employees diagnosed with sleep apnea failed to receive treatment for over 30 days. It became apparent that the coordination and tracking of all the processes had become much too cumbersome for my staff. I decided that I either needed to hire another 25 employees, or create an automated process that would allow us manage the OSAS program for companies with multiple locations and prevent any risk of human error. I decided on the latter, and now our web-based proprietary software system, with protocols that are consistent, cost effective, and are completed efficiently, allows us to manage hundreds of companies and thousands of employees at the same time at multiple client location throughout the U.S. “
Interested parties are encouraged to participate in the OSAS “Sleep Well / Be Healthy™”, “Sleep Well / Be Productive™”, and “Sleep Well / Be Safe™” fatigue wellness programs and should contact OSAS at 877.397.2727.
More information about OSAS can be found online at www.osas.biz .
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