On Thursday, a Belgian sleep diagnostics firm referred to as Dawn introduced plans to supply sleep care within the US by way of the acquisition of Dreem Well being, a California-based sleep clinic.

Dawn was based in 2015 to simplify the affected person journey for individuals who undergo from poor sleep. The corporate has raised greater than $35 million from buyers together with Amazon's Alexa Fund, VIVES Companions and Kurma Companions.

Entry to sleep medication is a world downside, emphasizes Laurent Martinot, CEO of Dawn. Within the US, there is just one sleep physician for each 45,000 individuals.

“Rising up with a father who’s a sleep specialist, I understood the challenges individuals with sleep issues face: the battle to get correct diagnoses, the frustration of lengthy wait instances, and the inconvenience of therapies for a lot of. I additionally understood how vital sleep is for general well being,” Martinot famous.

Now that it has acquired Dreem Well being, Dawn has begun offering telehealth companies to U.S. sufferers. They will come to Dawn with a prescription for a sleep check, or they’ll get a prescription from the corporate's care group, which incorporates a web based survey and digital session, Martinot defined.

As soon as they’ve a prescription, sufferers use Dawn's sleep sensors to observe their sleep. After this, Dawn connects sufferers with a sleep specialist, who can then assist make a analysis and develop a care plan.

These companies are at the moment obtainable to sufferers in California, Iowa, Maryland and Washington – and the corporate stated its providing can be obtainable nationwide someday subsequent 12 months.

By means of the acquisition, Dawn positive aspects Dreem Well being's payer community, which incorporates partnerships with Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Protect, Cigna, Medicare and UnitedHealthcare.

Dreem Well being's platform presents a variety of remedy choices, reminiscent of oral home equipment, constructive airway strain remedy and cognitive behavioral remedy for insomnia, Martinot famous.

He additionally stated that Dawn and Dreem Well being have at all times shared the identical imaginative and prescient to enhance and simplify the affected person journey for these in want of sleep care.

“Constructing our digitalized model of the sleep clinic was the subsequent logical step in advancing this long-term mission. With Dreem Well being a part of our group, we transcend analysis and supply end-to-end care. We might help individuals affected by poor sleep get screened, recognized and handled in just some days – all from the consolation of their dwelling, making sleep medication not solely simpler but in addition extra accessible,” stated Martinot.

In line with him, BetterNight and Ogomy are two of Sunrises' important opponents. Martinot believes his firm's scientific and analysis basis units it aside from different gamers within the sleep medication discipline.

Dawn has labored with “a number of the brightest minds in sleep medication” to develop its applied sciences, and the corporate's merchandise have been included in dozens of scientific articles printed to advance the healthcare trade's understanding of sleep apnea, he stated.

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