Smart wristwatch prompts ED readmission for pulmonary embolism

AI system

System: Smart wristwatch / personal activity monitor (brand, model and alert type not stated in the abstract)
Model: Not assessed
Release: Not assessed
Application developer: Not stated (the abstract does not name the device's maker)
Role: Not assessed
Configuration: Not assessed
Inputs and outputs: Not assessed
Autonomy: Not assessed
Workflow: A postoperative patient at home wearing a personal activity monitor. The device producing a reading or alert that the patient or family took as a reason to return to hospital. The abstract does not say which. An emergency department that investigated for pulmonary embolism.
Human oversight: Not assessed
Relation to AI: The abstract credits a smart wristwatch with prompting readmission, but does not establish that AI contributed. [1]
AI contribution: Not assessed

Outcome identifiers: Not assessed
Benefit: Toronto Western Hospital orthopedic surgeons report a smart wristwatch prompting ED readmission for postoperative pulmonary embolism investigation and management; details are limited to the abstract.
Category: Improved Physical Health
Status: Not assessed
Beneficiary groups: People.
Beneficiaries: Not assessed
Reach: Not assessed
Distribution and access: Not assessed
Duration: Not assessed
Expected?: Yes
Costs and harms: Not assessed

Participants: Developer: Not stated (the abstract does not name the device's maker).
Jurisdictions: Benefit: Toronto, Canada (authors' institution; the abstract does not state where the case occurred).
Ownership and control: Not assessed
Dependencies: Not assessed
Cross-border connections: Not assessed
Geopolitical implications: Not assessed

Conditions for replication: The physiological change from the embolism is one the watch's sensors register. The wearer acts on the device rather than waiting for scheduled follow-up.
Replication attempts: Not assessed
Later findings: The abstract gives no outcome, device name, or later development. No second account is established.
Availability: Not assessed
Institutional decision: Not assessed
Grounds: Not assessed
Action and result: Not assessed
Success criterion: Not assessed

Source numbers: AIBD-0291-source-0001
Citations: Numbered references below.
Language: Not assessed
Source relationships: Independent
Original evidence: Only the abstract was accessible. It does not identify the watch, explain an AI contribution, or describe the patient’s eventual outcome. [1]
Access and versions: Not assessed
Supported findings: Not assessed
Evidence links: Not assessed
Evidence strength: Not assessed
Missing evidence: Not assessed

Assessed benefits: People.
Depth: People: 4.
Reasons: People: The abstract states that the watch prompted the patient's readmission for postoperative pulmonary embolism investigation and management, a serious condition caught in time. The outcome is not detailed, and details are limited to the abstract.
Observed or intended: Not assessed
Rubric: Not assessed
Assessor and date: Not assessed
Alternative assessments: Not assessed
Fill: Independently studied

Kind: Not assessed
Related entries: Not assessed
Field: Healthcare (orthopedic surgery; postoperative monitoring). Consumer wearables.
Purpose: Consumer activity monitors are built to track heart rate and activity and to alert the wearer. The abstract credits the watch with prompting the readmission but does not say which function did so.
Dates: Source published: 8 June 2021. Updated: 24 October 2026. [1]
Stage: Not assessed
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