{"id":65233,"date":"2015-06-24T07:27:52","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T12:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=65233"},"modified":"2015-06-24T07:27:52","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T12:27:52","slug":"vwch-sleep-center-earns-accreditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2015\/06\/24\/vwch-sleep-center-earns-accreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"VWCH Sleep Center earns accreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>VW County Hospital information<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Van Wert County Hospital Sleep Center<b> <\/b>in Van Wert recently received program accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American Academy of Sleep Medicine congratulates Van Wert County Hospital Sleep Center on meeting the high standards required for receiving accreditation as a sleep disorders center,\u201d said Dr. Nathaniel Watson, AASM president. \u201cVan Wert County Hospital Sleep Center is an important resource to the local medical community and will provide academic and scientific value in addition to the highest quality care for patients suffering from sleep disorders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To receive accreditation for a five-year period, a sleep center must meet or exceed all standards for professional health care as designated by the AASM.\u00a0 These standards address core areas such as personnel, facility and equipment, policies and procedures, data acquisition, patient care, and quality assurance.\u00a0 Additionally, the sleep center\u2019s goals must be clearly stated and include plans for positively affecting the quality of medical care in the community it serves.<\/p>\n<p>The American Academy of Sleep Medicine accredited a sleep disorders center for the first time in 1977.\u00a0 Today there are more than 2,500 AASM-accredited sleep centers across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Van Wert County Hospital Sleep Center is directed by Javier F. Pere, M.D.\u00a0 The center is accredited to treat a wide variety of sleep disorders and disturbances including obstructive sleep apnea, central sleep apnea, insomnia, parasomnias, periodic limb movement, shift work disorder, and more. \u00a0Call the center today to learn more about how its staff can help people get a better night of sleep, every night: 419.232.5281<\/p>\n<p>The American Academy of Sleep Medicine is a professional medical society for clinicians, researchers, and other health care providers in the field of sleep medicine. As the national accrediting body for sleep disorder centers, the AASM is dedicated to setting standards and promoting excellence in sleep medicine health care, education and research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW County Hospital information Van Wert County Hospital Sleep Center in Van Wert recently received program accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). \u201cThe American Academy of Sleep Medicine congratulates Van Wert County Hospital Sleep Center on meeting the high standards required for receiving accreditation as a sleep disorders center,\u201d said Dr. Nathaniel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 10:12:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}