What are Data Capable machines?
Data capable machines track your therapy progress and performance over time. Therapy data can be used to spot issues and used to see how changes to your CPAP setup effects your overall treatment. You and your doctor can use the therapy information to make changes in your setup, like changing your mask, or increasing or decreasing your pressure to see if your therapy performance improves and ensure you are getting effective treatment. The data capable machines, not only let you know how many hours the machine was used, like pure compliance tracking machines, but also tracks advanced information such as AHI, Leak Rate, and Average Pressure (if using an APAP). Depending on the machine, the information can be reviewed or accessed • On Machine Screen Display. Machines that display advanced tracking through the on machine display allow for fast review of therapy metrics. Many people like to use on screen display to check every morning what their AHI and leak rate were through the previous ni