March 3, 2026

The Sleep by Cleveland Clinic mobile app helps patients answer ‘how are you sleeping?

HealthDay
Launched in 2021, the Sleep by Cleveland Clinic mobile app aims not just to educate patients but to expand awareness among providers so that they may recognize risks and refer patients, when appropriate, for testing. The app uses multiple metrics to determine how much a person is sleeping. Questions include what hours the user sleeps on weekdays, on weekends or days off, and whether they nap. “We calculated total sleep based on work and non-work days and naps and provide an estimate of average sleep duration for the person's age,” said Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer, DO, a specialist in Cleveland Clinic’s Sleep Disorders Center. “So their risk assessment is based on more than a single number of hours of estimated sleep.”