Respiratory failure & ventilation
Alert burden when monitoring patients’ vital signs continuously at home
Authors' conclusion
Artefact removal and the application of filters based on severity and event duration significantly reduced alert frequency in patients continuously monitored at home after hospital discharge.
Study context
- Population
- Adults (≥ 18 years) discharged after acute medical admission, monitored continuously at home with wearable devices (HR, respiratory rate, BP, oxygen saturation)
- Participants
- 98 adults
- Exposure
- No filtering vs Artefact removal vs Clinical criteria
- Outcome
- Number of alerts per patient per day
Main finding
Alerts per patient per day
Reduction
84 %
P < 0.001
By group
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
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Original publication
Alert burden when monitoring patients’ vital signs continuously at home. J Clin Monit Comput. Published 3 July 2026. doi:10.
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