Patient monitoring, wearable devices, and the healthcare information ecosystem

Craig S Webster; Thomas W L Scheeren; Yize I Wan

doi:10.1016/j.bja.2022.02.034

Patient monitoring, wearable devices, and the healthcare information ecosystem

Br J Anaesth. 2022 May;128(5):756-758. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2022.02.034. Epub 2022 Mar 29.

Authors

Craig S Webster¹, Thomas W L Scheeren², Yize I Wan³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology, and Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. Electronic address: c.webster@auckland.ac.nz.
² Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
³ Adult Critical Care Research Unit, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.

PMID: 35365293
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2022.02.034

Abstract

Conventional patient vital signs monitoring fails to detect many signs of patient deterioration, including those in the critical postoperative period. Wearable monitors can allow continuous vital signs monitoring, send data wirelessly to the electronic healthcare record, and reduce the number of unplanned admissions to intensive care.

Keywords: big data; cost; patient monitoring; quality and safety; rescue; system redesign; wearable devices.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Delivery of Health Care
Ecosystem*
Humans
Monitoring, Physiologic
Vital Signs
Wearable Electronic Devices*