Impact of Virtual Care With Remote Automated Monitoring on the Rate of Acute Hospital Care Post Discharge and Index Length of Hospital Stay: Protocol for the Post Discharge After Surgery Virtual Care With Remote Automated Monitoring Technology 3 (PVC-RAM-3) Trial

Sandra Ofori   ¹ , MBBS, PhD ;   Michael H McGillion   ¹ , RN, PhD ;   Flavia K Borges   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Carley Ouellette   ¹ , RN, MSc ;   Ameen Patel   ¹ , MD ;   David Conen   ¹ , MD, MPH ;   Maura Marcucci   ¹ , MSc, MD ;   Michael Ke Wang   ¹ , MD ;   Lily Jaeyoung Park   ¹ , MSc, MD ;   Conor Bell   ¹ , BA, MBBCh ;   Jennifer Lounsbury   ² , RN ;   Kanae Nagatani   ² , RN ;   Vikas Tandon   ¹ , MD ;   Trevor J Wilkieson   ¹ , MSc, MD ;   Ahraaz Wyne   ¹ , MD ;   Valerie Harvey   ³ , BSc ;   Stephanie Harrison   ³ , BHA ;   Rahima Nenshi   ¹ , MD ;   Jessica Bogach   ¹ , MD ;   John Harlock   ¹ , MSc, MD ;   Margherita Cadeddu   ¹ , MD ;   Shawn Forbes   ¹ , MSc, MD ;   Shariq Haider   ¹ , MD ;   Reza D Mirza   ¹ , MSc, MD ;   Sunita Narang   ¹ , MD, MPH ;   Clare J Reade   ¹ , MSc, MD ;   Daniel M Tushinski   ¹ , MSc, MD ;   Amit Raut   ¹ , MDCM ;   Samir Raza   ¹ , MD ;   Ted Scott   ² , PhD ;   Anthony Adili   ¹ , MD ;   Jeremy Petch   ¹ , PhD ;   PJ Devereaux   ¹ , MD, PhD

¹ McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

² Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada

³ Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, ON, Canada