First National Sleep Lab Network for Over-the-Road Professional Drivers Created by Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab and Sleep Pointe LLC

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Keeping with their mission to deliver convenient healthcare to over-the-road professional drivers coast-to-coast, Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab (www.roadsidemed.com) is pleased to announce their new joint venture with Sleep Pointe LLC (www.sleeppointe.com). Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab and Sleep Pointe LLC have developed a national sleep lab network in order to immediately address the critical issue of obstructed sleep apnea. Recognizing the need to treat the professional driver for sleep disorders and delivering this service with affordability, the joint venture is the first resource designed to bring services to the driver versus taking time of the clock routing them to other locations for treatment resulting in loss of drive time and additional company expense.

“Safety is Number One at Pilot Travel Centers -- for both our customers and our employees. We applaud this initiative to reduce highway accidents.”

"Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab and Sleep Pointe LLC believe this initiative will play a major role in reducing healthcare costs for companies and provide preventive care for thousands of professional truck drivers," says Bob Perry, a.k.a. "The Trucker Trainer," President for Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab and Vice Chair for the American Transportation Association Wellness Council. "We have developed an exciting business model to immediately address this unique and underserved population."

Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab and Sleep Pointe LLC can provide sleep studies for the drivers today via unique partnerships with facilities adjacent to Pilot Travel Centers throughout the country. As Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab continues to build new clinics at Pilot Travel Centers each facility will be designed to support sleep studies using the existing exam rooms as sleep rooms after clinic hours. All existing sleep studies conducted will be integrated into the newly designed Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab on-site at the Pilot Travel Centers. Trucking companies interested in providing this service for their drivers please call Miranda Hutton at 316-683-2323.

"This joint venture with Roadside Medical provides us with the opportunity to reach more professional drivers suffering from obstructed sleep apnea, therefore reducing the number of fatigue-related accidents," said Duke Naipohn, President and CEO, Sleep Pointe LLC. "With our comprehensive treatment approach and compliance program we will be able to help companies keep their drivers on the road not only saving them costs, but saving lives."

According to a study sponsored by the Federal Motor Carrier's Safety Administration and the American Trucking Association, nearly 1.1 million commercial truck drivers are affected by sleep apnea – defined as the struggle to breathe during sleep that can lead to many other health problems including, excessive daytime sleepiness, heart disease, hypertension, stroke and other life-threatening diseases.

"Pilot stands behind any effort to protect the health and safety of professional truck drivers and the motoring public," said Pilot Travel Centers LLC Chief Executive Officer Jimmy Haslam. "Safety is Number One at Pilot Travel Centers -- for both our customers and our employees. We applaud this initiative to reduce highway accidents."

Designed specifically for over-the-road drivers, Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab is the nation's first recognized network of retail health clinics built to meet the growing demand of America's 4 million professional truck drivers. Through an exclusive partnership with Pilot Travel Centers (www.pilottravelcenters.com), Roadside Medical provides cost-effective and professional medical services including DOT physicals, wellness programs, sleep apnea studies, and nutritional products in a convenient location for drivers. Pilot is the largest operator of travel centers in the U.S. with more than 300 locations in 41 states. Sleep Pointe LLC is known for their expertise in providing best-in-class sleep disorder screening and treatment services to trucking, rail, aviation, oil services and other 24/7 businesses.