Can a virtual ward get you home from the hospital faster?
NCT ID NCT06936891
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study checks if it's possible to send some hospital patients home early and monitor them remotely using a smartphone app and vital sign tracking. Researchers want to see if at least 30% of eligible patients can safely use this virtual ward. The goal is to reduce hospital stays while keeping care quality high.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 306 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients (≥18 years old). * Currently hospitalized and eligible for early discharge according to clinical judgment. * Ability to provide written informed consent. * Access to a smartphone or tablet with internet connection. * Patient is capable of using the Digizorg app or has support from a caregiver who can assist. * Suitable home situation for Virtual Ward care (e.g., safe environment, necessary utilities available). * Enrollment in one of the predefined Virtual Ward care pathways Exclusion Criteria: * Patients requiring continuous hospital-based monitoring or interventions that cannot be safely delivered at home. * Patients who are hemodynamically unstable or require oxygen therapy \>5 liters/minute at the time of discharge. * Patients unable or unwilling to comply with home monitoring procedures. * Patients with significant cognitive impairment without adequate caregiver support. * Patients with a life expectancy less than 30 days, as assessed by the treating physician. * Patients participating in another interventional clinical trial that could interfere with the Virtual Ward protocol. * Any other condition that, in the opinion of the treating physician, would make participation unsafe or infeasible.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Erasmus Medical Center
RECRUITINGRotterdam, Netherlands
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