Vigillo forms alliance with Sleep HealthCenters

“The diagnosis and treatment of truck drivers with sleep disorders is an increasingly important issue for the trucking industry and a key risk factor for trucking companies to consider,” said Steven G. Bryan, CEO of Vigillo.

The Trucker News Services

5/6/2009

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vigillo LLC, provider of a web-based risk management platform for the delivery of policies, forms, training, assessments, and management reports to the trucking industry, today announced at the National Private Truck Council Education Management Conference it has formed an alliance with Brighton, Massachusetts-based Sleep HealthCenters (SHC).

Under the agreement, Vigillo and SHC have designed a 14-step process to track and monitor large numbers of mobile workforce employees. The combined use of the Vigillo web-based Software as a Service (SaaS) risk management system and SHC’s Sleep Health Wellness Program will streamline identifying, diagnosing, treating and monitoring compliance of drivers in a sleep apnea prevention program.

“The diagnosis and treatment of truck drivers with sleep disorders is an increasingly important issue for the trucking industry and a key risk factor for trucking companies to consider,” said Steven G. Bryan, CEO of Vigillo. “The Vigillo partnership with SHC brings a high level of combined value in terms of tracking and monitoring the diagnosis, treatment and compliance of truck drivers with a fleet’s efforts to combat sleep apnea, a safety-related disorder.”

Founded in 1997, SHC offers a full range of diagnostic and treatment services for sleep disorders through 15 sleep medicine centers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York City as well a national partnership network (SleepPartners) comprising more than 200 sleep medicine centers. The program includes educating employees about risk factors and tips on how to avoid drowsy driving. In addition, screening surveys predict which drivers should see a sleep specialist so trucking companies can send at-risk employees for a thorough review of their sleep health. Treatment for obstructive sleep apnea can include Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) devices, and follow up care for drivers.

“Healthy sleep is vital to employee wellness and safety,” said Kirsty J. Kerin, PhD, Director of Strategic Development at SHC, “but for trucking companies it can be difficult to implement a program for employees who live in different places, have different primary care physicians and maybe even different health insurance coverage. With the Vigillo system and its Scorecard Suite of reports, we can greatly simplify the process for fleet managers.”