Speaking at Hospital Healthcare Europe’s Spring 2025 Clinical Excellence in Respiratory Care event, Dr Sophie West focused on the use of wearables and artificial intelligence in the future of sleep medicine. Here, you have exclusive access to the session recording.
The challenge of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) for clinicians is the sheer volume of work it presents, according to Dr Sophie West, consultant respiratory and sleep physician at Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust.
She puts this down to the increasing prevalence of OSA due to the rise in both obesity and recognition of its association with other comorbidities, citing a 2019 paper estimating 936 million adults aged 30-69 have mild-to-severe OSA. ‘It’s probably more now [post-Covid],’ she says, ‘although that study’s not been repeated’.
With so many other sleep disorders to also contend with, driving efficiencies in clinical practice is crucial, and the potential for wearables and artificial intelligence (AI) to do just this is mounting.
In this Clinical Excellence session, Dr West focuses on the future of sleep medicine, specifically wearable devices and how they work in sleep monitoring, emerging technologies in sleep medicine and the use of AI in sleep diagnosis.
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This article is part of our Clinical Excellence series, which offers valuable first-hand insights into how experts from renowned Centres of Excellence are pursuing innovative approaches to optimise patient care across the UK and Europe.
