Information for Physicians
Here physicians and health care providers will find information on our services, referral procedures and sleep related resources
- Overnight diagnostic polysomnography screening for a full range of sleep disorders
- Overnight therapeutic CPAP and BiPAP studies
- Overnight therapeutic Adaptive Servo-ventilator studies
- Daytime Maintenance of Wakefulness tests (MWT) and Multiple Sleep Latency Tests (MSLT)
- Specialized services include full seizure montage and end-tidal CO2 monitoring All referrals for sleep studies are triaged by the sleep physician and healthcare team prior to patient booking. If your office is paperless and you would like more information about obtaining an electronic copy for your programs form library, please contact us or email info@accqsleeplabs.com
- View Referral Form
Information for Health Care Providers:
Our sleep labs provide the following diagnostic services for pediatric and adult patients:
Referral Method:
Referrals for sleep studies can be made by a physician, nurse practitioner or midwife.
In order to be referred to the facility, a physician, nurse practitioner or midwife currently responsible for the care of the patient must initiate the referral using the steps below. Self-referrals are not permitted. Referrals are accepted by either fax or mail using the provided sleep laboratory referral forms.
The referral form for sleep studies consists of three sections and it is important that all sections are full complete. Incomplete referrals will be returned to your office for completion before we are able to book an appointment.
Section A: Patient Information
The name, address, phone number(s), date of birth, and Health Card Number (HCN) of the patient to be referred to the facility must be completed.
Section B: Physician Information
The names of the requesting, referring, and family physicians, including the requesting physician's OHIP Billing Number are to be completed in full. The requesting physician must provide a signature and date the request.
Section C: Reason(s) For Referral/Pertinent Medical History
Please provide as much information as possible in this section of the referral form. This information includes a diagnosis, pertinent medical history, symptoms leading to referral, current medications, surgical history, CPAP or supplemental oxygen use, and any additional information that may be essential in assessing and providing the correct sleep study for the patient.
Scheduling and Patient Follow-up
We will contact the patient directly to inform them of their appointment date and time. Patients are scheduled based upon the severity of their symptoms and the referring physician must declare the relative level or urgency assigned to the referral. Please note that patients will be charged for missed appointments if they fail to give 48 hours cancellation notice.
Unless indicated otherwise on the referral, all patients will be scheduled for a consultation with the sleep specialist following their diagnostic sleep study. While routine patients may wait 2-6 months for an appointment with the sleep specialist, our healthcare team will review the results of all sleep studies within 4 weeks of the study date and urgent patients will be triaged. In all cases, we strive to adhere to current practice standards for sleep medicine in Canada.
Click here to see the current Canadian guidelines published by the Canadian Thoracic Society.*
Final sleep study reports will be faxed to your office. If you have not received a final report within 4 weeks of the sleep study, please feel free to contact us.
Continuing Education and Sleep Education
Our team of physicians and health care professionals are committed to educating and promoting healthy sleep! We have participated in various continuing education and sleep information sessions. These include:
- Presentations at Health Fairs and various community group organizations
- Information sessions to physicians and staff regarding the importance of recognizing sleep disorder symptoms in their practices
- Workshops with specific and general patient populations regarding healthy sleep habits and the importance of healthy sleep
- CMA Driver's Guide
- CMA guide to sleep Disorders
We are happy to work with you to further support the educational development of you, your staff or your patients as it relates to healthy sleep.
If you would like more information, please email us at info@accqsleeplabs.com.
Physician and Health Care Professional Resources
Determining Medical Fitness to Operate Motor Vehicles CMA Driver's Guide:
Physicians guide for determining medical fitness to operate a motor vehicle:
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* The CTS Sleep Disorders Committee encourages health professionals to implement or adapt CTS sleep apnea respiratory clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) into practice.
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