How Wireless Wearables are Optimizing Inpatient Monitoring Hospitals have long relied on traditional inpatient monitoring methods, but these periodic vital checks and manual documentation were designed for a different era. Hospital staff shortages, rising patient volumes, and the clinical cost of gaps between assessments has put pressure on healthcare systems to do more with less. A primary issue emerging from this strain is how we approach patient care, and the flaws inherent in periodic monitoring.