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How have you incorporated prescription digital therapeutic treatments for chronic insomnia, such as SleepioRx or Somryst, into your practice?

How do you monitor patient progress while using these treatments? When would you consider these as opposed to non-prescription mobile apps such as CBT-i Coach?
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Psychiatry · UCI School of Medicine
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I have not yet prescribed any of the digital therapeutic treatments, but there are key differences. The US Department of Veteran Affairs developed CBT-i Coach based on the therapy manual CBT for Insomnia in Veterans, and the app is free to use. CBT-i Coach is intended to augment face-to-face care wi...

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Psychiatry · University of New Mexico Medical School
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Our clinic has a handout that we give to patients with online CBT-I information. More recently, we converted the handout to a custom education form in Cerner for use when inputting patient education for the electronic visit instructions from an encounter. To date, the clinic has not had wide adoptio...

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Neurology · Northwestern University
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No, I have not.

I work at an institution that has 5 CBT-I providers, and I do research with the team at Drlullaby.com, so I have not needed any of these apps.

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