Recommendations for Permanent Sleep Telehealth: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine Position Statement

Overview

Journal J Clin Sleep Med

Specialties Neurology
Psychiatry

Date 2024 Oct 23

PMID 39441539

Authors

Kunwar Praveen Vohra

Karin G Johnson

Ashtaad Dalal

Sally Ibrahim

Vidya Krishnan

Fariha Abbasi-Feinberg

Alexandre Rocha Abreu

Anuja Bandyopadhyay

Indira Gurubhagavatula

David Kuhlmann

Jennifer L Martin

Eric J Olson

Susheel P Patil

Anita V Shelgikar

Lynn Marie Trotti

Emerson M Wickwire

James A Rowley

Vishesh K Kapur

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Abstract

Citation: Vohra KP, Johnson KG, Dalal A, et al. Recommendations for permanent sleep telehealth: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement. . 2025;21(2):401-404.

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