BOULDER, Colo. — Covidien has launched the Sandman Alliance, a new patient compliance program that provides education, support and encouragement to OSA patients through personal coaching. The program links a sleep counselor with each patient to document progress and track the patient's therapy using a Web interface, which also allows the patient's sleep physician to log in and monitor the patient's performance.
To support the offering, Covidien has partnered with Indianapolis-based Assist Management.
According to a Covidien release, less than 50 percent of OSA patients continue their treatment beyond the first week. "One of the biggest problems with sleep therapy is getting patients to comply with their treatment plans," said Kevin Mongonia, president of Assist Management.
According to the company's data, patients enrolled in the Sandman Alliance program comply 82 percent of the time.
Earlier this year, Covidien launched a trio of CPAP devices including the Sandman Intro, the Sandman Info and the Sandman Auto.