Home Sleep was established in 2006 after Chris was invited to present a lecture on sleep studies for a conference in the Gold Coast attended by dentists specialising in treating snoring, teeth grinding, jaw pain and headaches. They were not happy with their patients waiting many months for hospital sleep studies which usually ignored the more subtle form of sleep apnoea causing teeth grinding and jaw pain. They pleaded with him to start up a fast, high quality, home sleep study service focused on the needs of their patients.
Our Mission & Values
Transparency
We educate our patients and health care partners about everything we do. We make sure our patients and health care partners understand what the key sleep study report numbers mean. We go through the pros and cons of each treatment so patients are fully aware of what to expect based on their diagnosis and clinical presentation.
Urgency
We action all enquiries with a sense of urgency. We aim to deliver home sleep study reports within 2 weeks and see people same day for CPAP enquiries. In Melbourne and Sydney, we aim to book people in for a sleep study within 2 weeks with next day results and treatment.
Security and Privacy
We abide by the Health Records Act 2001 (Vic) and the Information Privacy Act 2000 (Vic). In particular, we keep records of our all our patient’s data indefinitely and protect it with secure systems. We only use or disclose health information for the primary purpose for which it was collected or a directly related secondary purpose the person would reasonably expect. We make health information available to another health care provider if requested by the individual.