Continuous Monitoring by a Wearable Sensor Did Not Enhance Discharge Decision-Making in an Acute Admission Ward: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Abstract

Adding continuous monitoring to usual care at an acute admission ward did not have an effect on the proportion of patients safely discharged. Implementation challenges of continuous monitoring may have contributed to the lack of effect observed.

Keywords: Wearable electronic device; clinical decision rules; length of stay; monitoring/physiologic; patient discharge; randomized clinical trial.