The app, called MySleep101, provides clinicians who are not experts in sleep disorders with information on how to screen and counsel patients who are reporting difficulties with sleeping. The app includes information about the seven most common disorders: restless legs syndrome, hypersonmia, insomnia, sleep apnea, circadian rhythm disorders, parasomnia and post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a news release.
The app includes short video clips that educate healthcare providers and consumers on the basic concepts of sleep and recent scientific research. The leaders of the app development team, sleep physicians Charlene Gamaldo, MD, and Rachel Salas, MD, narrate the videos and offer information as well as treatment and management strategies, according to the news release.
The app is available for iOS devices for $3.99 or at a discounted bulk rate, distributed to the public through the Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures office. The Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures office, a department of the university, generated $16.5 million in licensing revenue and holds 2,324 active issued patents for innovative technology in therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and software, according to the Johns Hopkins website.
