Continuous and Wireless Vital Sign Monitoring in Patients at Home After Acute Medical Admission

The healthcare system is challenged by an aging patient population with chronic diseases, and acute admissions must be housed in hospitals with fewer beds and less staff resources. This increases the need for earlier discharge and for treatment shifted to the patients' own home. Furthermore, the transition from the hospital to the home setting is one of potential hazard, due to the lack of observation and intervention possibilities.

This study aims to investigate the feasibility of wireless, continuous monitoring of patients in the days around discharge after an acute medical hospitalization, as well as occurrence of deviating vital signs i in the patients' own homes during the first days after discharge. Data will be transmitted continuously in real time from patient's homes to mobile applications for portable handheld devices such as healthcare personnel's smartphones.

Inclusion criteria

• Adult patients (≥18 years) Admitted with an acute medical disease and scheduled for discharge to their own homes within five days from inclusion.

Exclusion criteria

• Allergy to plaster, plastic, or silicone.
• A pacemaker or Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) device.
• If the patient was deemed not able to open the front door when visited by the investigator.
• Inability to give informed consent.