First AI Scoring Software Earns AASM Full Autoscoring Certification

Key takeaways:

• EnsoData’s EnsoSleep is the first to receive full autoscoring certification from the AASM.
• The certification validates performance across sleep staging, respiratory events, arousals, and periodic limb movements.
• The independent evaluation assesses performance against a dataset of more than 140 real-world polysomnography studies.

By Sree Roy

EnsoData recently received Full Autoscoring Certification from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) for EnsoSleep, its artificial intelligence (AI) scoring software for in-lab and home sleep studies. It is the first software to earn this full certification.

The AASM program evaluates autoscoring software across four domains: sleep stages, arousals, respiratory events, and periodic limb movements. EnsoSleep achieved independent certification across all four of these areas. According to the AASM, software performance is assessed against more than 140 polysomnography studies, establishing a clinical benchmark set by a gold standard panel of 14 registered sleep technologists.

While Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance determines if a device is substantially equivalent to an existing device, the AASM certification provides independent, third-party validation using real-world clinical data to ensure the software performs at a level comparable to manual scoring by humans.

“There can be general distrust in companies representing their own products and services,” says Sam Rusk, co-founder and chief AI officer at EnsoData, in an interview with Sleep Review. “And so I think medical directors wanted third-party independent validation from the medical societies that govern them. And I think the fact that the AASM governs and certifies these sleep centers and it comes from them gives these medical directors and sleep centers trust in this certification.”

“Earning full autoscoring certification from the AASM is an important step for the sleep community and EnsoData,” Rusk adds via a release. “This milestone reflects the depth of EnsoSleep’s capabilities and a decades-long commitment to clinical quality and real-world accuracy. For clinicians, it provides another reason to integrate AI into their workflow, and enables more time to focus on patients.”

The software analyzes physiological signals from in-lab and at-home sleep studies to assist clinicians in evaluating sleep and diagnosing sleep disorders. It automates scoring for clinician review, allowing sleep techs and physicians to verify and edit results while retaining clinical oversight.

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