Portable wireless monitoring of vital signs in hospital wards

doi:10.1016/j.bjae.2025.04.004

Review

. 2025 Jul;25(7):265-272.

doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2025.04.004. Epub 2025 May 21.

Portable wireless monitoring of vital signs in hospital wards

M H Hicks¹, M Tore¹, F Michard², A K Khanna^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
² MiCo, Vallamand, Switzerland.
³ Outcomes Research Consortium, Houston, TX, USA.
⁴ Perioperative Outcomes and Informatics Collaborative, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

PMID: 40575591
PMCID: PMC12190906 (available on 2026-07-01)
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjae.2025.04.004

Review

Portable wireless monitoring of vital signs in hospital wards

M H Hicks et al. BJA Educ. 2025 Jul.

. 2025 Jul;25(7):265-272.

doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2025.04.004. Epub 2025 May 21.

Authors

M H Hicks¹, M Tore¹, F Michard², A K Khanna^{1

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
² MiCo, Vallamand, Switzerland.
³ Outcomes Research Consortium, Houston, TX, USA.
⁴ Perioperative Outcomes and Informatics Collaborative, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

PMID: 40575591
PMCID: PMC12190906 (available on 2026-07-01)
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjae.2025.04.004

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Keywords: patient safety; physiological monitoring; remote patient monitoring; vital signs.

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Conflict of interest statement

AKK consults for Medtronic, Edwards Lifesciences, Philips Research North America, GE Healthcare, Potrero Medical, Sentinel Medical, Retia Medical, Nihon Kohden USA, Caretaker Medical, TNO, Bayer Corporation, Fifth Eye Inc., Renibus Therapeutics, Pharmazz Inc., AOP, Viatris, Innoviva Specialty Therapeutics and Zynex Medical. AKK has ownership interests with BrainX LLC. FM is founder and managing director of MiCo, a consulting and research firm specialising in medical e-innovations. MH and MT declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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1. Pearse R.M., Moreno R.P., Bauer P., et al. Mortality after surgery in Europe: a 7 day cohort study. Lancet. 2012;380:1059–1065. - PMC - PubMed
1. Saab R., Wu B.P., Rivas E., et al. Failure to detect ward hypoxaemia and hypotension: contributions of insufficient assessment frequency and patient arousal during nursing assessments. Br J Anaesth. 2021;127:760–768. - PubMed
1. Michard F., Thiele R.H., Saugel B., et al. Wireless wearables for postoperative surveillance on surgical wards: a survey of 1158 anaesthesiologists in Western Europe and the USA. BJA Open. 2022;1: - PMC - PubMed
1. Rowland B.A., Motamedi V., Michard F., Saha A.K., Khanna A.K. Impact of continuous and wireless monitoring of vital signs on clinical outcomes: a propensity-matched observational study of surgical ward patients. Br J Anaesth. 2024;132:519–527. - PubMed
1. Chen J., Bellomo R., Flabouris A., Hillman K., Assareh H., Ou L. Delayed emergency team calls and associated hospital mortality: a multicenter study. Crit Care Med. 2015;43:2059–2065. - PubMed

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[1] Pearse R.M., Moreno R.P., Bauer P., et al. Mortality after surgery in Europe: a 7 day cohort study. Lancet. 2012;380:1059–1065. - PMC - PubMed

[2] Pearse R.M., Moreno R.P., Bauer P., et al. Mortality after surgery in Europe: a 7 day cohort study. Lancet. 2012;380:1059–1065. - PMC - PubMed

[3] Saab R., Wu B.P., Rivas E., et al. Failure to detect ward hypoxaemia and hypotension: contributions of insufficient assessment frequency and patient arousal during nursing assessments. Br J Anaesth. 2021;127:760–768. - PubMed

[4] Saab R., Wu B.P., Rivas E., et al. Failure to detect ward hypoxaemia and hypotension: contributions of insufficient assessment frequency and patient arousal during nursing assessments. Br J Anaesth. 2021;127:760–768. - PubMed

[5] Michard F., Thiele R.H., Saugel B., et al. Wireless wearables for postoperative surveillance on surgical wards: a survey of 1158 anaesthesiologists in Western Europe and the USA. BJA Open. 2022;1: - PMC - PubMed

[6] Michard F., Thiele R.H., Saugel B., et al. Wireless wearables for postoperative surveillance on surgical wards: a survey of 1158 anaesthesiologists in Western Europe and the USA. BJA Open. 2022;1: - PMC - PubMed

[7] Rowland B.A., Motamedi V., Michard F., Saha A.K., Khanna A.K. Impact of continuous and wireless monitoring of vital signs on clinical outcomes: a propensity-matched observational study of surgical ward patients. Br J Anaesth. 2024;132:519–527. - PubMed

[8] Rowland B.A., Motamedi V., Michard F., Saha A.K., Khanna A.K. Impact of continuous and wireless monitoring of vital signs on clinical outcomes: a propensity-matched observational study of surgical ward patients. Br J Anaesth. 2024;132:519–527. - PubMed

[9] Chen J., Bellomo R., Flabouris A., Hillman K., Assareh H., Ou L. Delayed emergency team calls and associated hospital mortality: a multicenter study. Crit Care Med. 2015;43:2059–2065. - PubMed

[10] Chen J., Bellomo R., Flabouris A., Hillman K., Assareh H., Ou L. Delayed emergency team calls and associated hospital mortality: a multicenter study. Crit Care Med. 2015;43:2059–2065. - PubMed

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