Published on in Vol 26 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/46691, first published .
Effect of Digital Early Warning Scores on Hospital Vital Sign Observation Protocol Adherence: Stepped-Wedge Evaluation

Effect of Digital Early Warning Scores on Hospital Vital Sign Observation Protocol Adherence: Stepped-Wedge Evaluation

Effect of Digital Early Warning Scores on Hospital Vital Sign Observation Protocol Adherence: Stepped-Wedge Evaluation

David Chi-Wai Wong   1 , MEng, DPhil ;   Timothy Bonnici   2 , BSc, MBBS, PhD ;   Stephen Gerry   3 , BSc, MSc ;   Jacqueline Birks   3 , MA, MSc ;   Peter J Watkinson   4, 5, 6 , MD

1 Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

2 Critical Care Division, University College Hospital London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

3 Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

4 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom

5 NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom

6 Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Kadoorie Centre for Critical Care Research and Education, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Corresponding Author:

  • David Chi-Wai Wong, MEng, DPhil
  • Leeds Institute of Health Sciences
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