somnonaut wrote:So what about people in general being now so focused on their sleep that they are buying these wrist worn devices by the boatload to help them control their sleep, along with other fitness issues. Don't you think there is opportunity to help these people in non-clinical setting?
http://www.consumerreports.org/sleep/wh ... sleep.org/"American Academy of Sleep Medicine, says, “There’s little evidence that people who hire these coaches actually sleep better.” A recent review in the Journal of Pediatrics found that less than half of self-proclaimed sleep coaches had prior experience in health care or education. The study also pointed out that the coaches are not required to be licensed or to have any specific certification."
We are verging on the Wild Wild West of Sleep
Don't you think that credentialing (as I have said we need a CCSH type credential, I just do not think the BRPT are the ones who should be provisioning it) and experience is going to be helpful in forging new businesses in sleep?
As before, I see some new opportunity but very limited and not too interesting to me. Also, I think I'm just generally burnt-out on the sleep field (probably "healthcare" in general) and especially the night shift. Especially once I started working at a university lab and have seen so much of the "behind-the-doors" happenings. It's disgusting. All everyone cares about is money, money, money. The sleep fellows that I see come through every year spend ZERO hours in the sleep lab. Nice, huh. All the docs are mostly concerned with getting their name published on a research paper.
The wearables I have issues with on a whole different level. Mostly the EMFs/ELFs generated by the devices that cause serious harm to people. But hey, they're selling like hot cakes! And not that your average brain dead zombie cares anyhow.
There's nothing health and/or care in healthcare. It's all about diagnosing folks with diseases and managing them. No one wants to prevent and/or cure anyone. There's no money in that. Take a look at the research at any given university hospital. What's the percentage of research to prevent and/or cure disease? Zero.