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Step 4:

Start therapy

CPAP success starts with you

While HMEs manage equipment setup and education, you play a critical role in guiding patients through their therapy journey and supporting treatment success.

Simple tips for patient support

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Starting therapy

Help patients feel prepared by addressing common questions and providing them with basic information about PAP therapy. This helps build their confidence and trust from the outset.

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Providing guidance and ongoing care

Schedule a follow-up visit within the first 30-90 days of starting therapy to address concerns and help ensure adherence to the treatment plan.

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Encouraging compliance

Reinforce the importance of staying consistent with therapy, especially during the first 90 days, and encourage long-term adherence to maximize results.

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Empowering patients

Connect patients with support communities, educational materials, and resources that enable them to thrive in their therapy.

Empower better CPAP therapy engagement with the myAir app

Resmed’s myAir™ app offers an easy way to keep patients engaged with therapy, which may help reduce callbacks and improve efficiency. Using interactive coaching and the ability to track and view nightly sleep data, myAir has been found to improve patient compliance from 70% to 87% among users also monitored in AirView™.1

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How myAir helps patients stay on track

  • Personalized content and tips to improve therapy comfort and confidence
  • Daily sleep scores and progress tracking designed to reinforce adherence
  • Step-by-step setup guidance with videos and reminders
  • Encouraging messages to support long-term engagement

Explore resources

Living with CPAP patient guide
Learn about myAir
Compliance benefits with myAir app

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References:

  1. US Medicare adherence criteria: PAP use for ≥ 4 h per night on at least 70% of nights during a consecutive 30-day period during the first 90 days of initial usage
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