Larsen, Arendse Tange https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3510-7230
Sopina, Liza https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2680-6999
Aasvang, Eske Kvanner https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7131-2461
Meyhoff, Christian S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4885-4609
Kristensen, Søren Rud https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6608-7132
Kjellberg, Jakob https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4336-2397
Funding for this research was provided by:
Innovationsfonden
Article History
Received: 4 April 2025
Accepted: 4 December 2025
First Online: 27 January 2026
Declarations
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: CSM and EKA have founded WARD24/7 ApS, Copenhagen, Denmark, with the aim of pursuing the regulatory and commercial activities of the WARD-project (developing a clinical support system for continuous wireless monitoring of vital signs). WARD24/7 ApS has signed a license agreement for any WARD-project software and patents. One patent has been filed: “Wireless Assessment of Respiratory and circulatory Distress (WARD), EP 21184712.4 and EP 21205557.8”. ATL, LS, SRK, and JK declare no competing interests.
: All authors have read and approved the final manuscript and agree to be accountable for the integrity and accuracy of the work. Arendse Tange Larsen contributed to the concept and design of the study, performed the interviews, conducted all data management and statistical analyses, prepared figures and tables, drafted the manuscript, and critically revised the manuscript. Liza Sopina contributed to the concept and design of the paper and interpretation of data and provided critical revisions to the manuscript. Eske Kvanner Aasvang contributed to the concept and design of the study, and acquisition of data, as well as provided critical revisions to the manuscript, secured funding, and provided overall supervision of the project. Christian S. Meyhoff contributed to the concept and design of the study and acquisition of data, as well as provided critical revisions to the manuscript, secured funding, and provided overall supervision of the project. Søren Rud Kristensen contributed to the concept and design of the study, acquisition of registry data, interpretation of data, and drafting the manuscript, as well as provided critical revisions and supervision of the project. Jakob Kjellberg contributed to the concept and design of the paper, acquisition of data, interpretation of data, and provided critical revisions and overall supervision of the project.
: The data used for the registry-based analysis is not openly available owing to regulations set by Statistics Denmark, as it includes individual patient-level information. However, all data used for the cost estimation is provided within the manuscript and supplementary material.
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