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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/78893, first published .
Correction: “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”

Correction: “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”

Correction: “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”

Authors of this article:

Sandra Ofori1 Author Orcid Image ;   Michael H McGillion1 Author Orcid Image ;   Flavia K Borges1 Author Orcid Image ;   Carley Ouellette1 Author Orcid Image ;   Ameen Patel1 Author Orcid Image ;   David Conen1 Author Orcid Image ;   Maura Marcucci1 Author Orcid Image ;   Michael Ke Wang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Lily Jaeyoung Park1 Author Orcid Image ;   Conor Bell1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jennifer Lounsbury2 Author Orcid Image ;   Kanae Nagatani2 Author Orcid Image ;   Vikas Tandon1 Author Orcid Image ;   Trevor J Wilkieson1 Author Orcid Image ;   Ahraaz Wyne1 Author Orcid Image ;   Valerie Harvey3 Author Orcid Image ;   Stephanie Harrison3 Author Orcid Image ;   Rahima Nenshi1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jessica Bogach1 Author Orcid Image ;   John Harlock1 Author Orcid Image ;   Margherita Cadeddu1 Author Orcid Image ;   Shawn Forbes1 Author Orcid Image ;   Shariq Haider1 Author Orcid Image ;   Reza D Mirza1 Author Orcid Image ;   Sunita Narang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Clare J Reade1 Author Orcid Image ;   Daniel M Tushinski1 Author Orcid Image ;   Amit Raut1 Author Orcid Image ;   Samir Raza1 Author Orcid Image ;   Ted Scott2 Author Orcid Image ;   Anthony Adili1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jeremy Petch1 Author Orcid Image ;   PJ Devereaux1 Author Orcid Image
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    Corrigenda and Addenda

    1McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    2Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    3Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Corresponding Author:

    Sandra Ofori, MBBS, PhD

    McMaster University

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    Email: oforis@mcmaster.ca


    A substantial proportion of patients require acute hospital care after hospital discharge post surgery, and many regions and countries have surgical backlogs. The Post Discharge After Surgery Virtual Care with Remote Automated Monitoring Technology-3 (PCV-RAM-3) trial tests the hypothesis that informing surgeons and patients of virtual care with remote automated monitoring (VC-RAM) assignment will promote earlier discharge, thereby reducing the index length of hospital stay, and that postdischarge VC-RAM will reduce acute hospital care. The PVC-RAM-3 trial is a randomized controlled trial that compares VC-RAM to standard postdischarge care among 2500 adults undergoing elective noncardiac surgery in 3 Canadian hospitals. Following the randomization of patients prior to surgery, surgeons and patients are immediately notified whether the patient has been allocated to the VC-RAM or control group. Outcome adjudicators remain blinded to each participant’s group assignment. Patients in the intervention arm learn to use a Health Canada–approved cellular modem–enabled tablet computer and Bluetooth-enabled remote automated monitoring technology from Cloud DX to take daily wound photos for 7 days and measure daily vital signs (ie, blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen saturation, temperature, and weight) three times daily on days 1-7 and twice daily on days 8-14 post discharge, along with completing a brief recovery survey. Nurses review these data and conduct scheduled virtual visits (days 1, 3, 7, and 14). Nurses will escalate care to a preassigned and available perioperative care physician if predetermined vital sign thresholds are exceeded, concerning symptoms arise, or a medication error is detected. These physicians manage the issues and add or modify treatments as needed. The standard care group will receive postdischarge care as per the standard of care at the hospital where they undergo surgery. The coprimary outcomes are acute hospital care and the index hospital length of stay within the first 30 days after randomization. Study recruitment and follow-up are completed, and analysis of the study results is underway. This trial will offer insights into the role of VC-RAM in reducing acute hospital care and index length of hospital stay among adults undergoing elective surgery. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05171569; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05171569

    J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e78893

    doi:10.2196/78893


    In “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” (JMIR Res Protoc 2025;14:e72672) the authors made one correction to Figure 1. 

    In the originally published version, the text in Figure 1 appeared as “Patient takes wound photos daily for 7 days, measures vitals every day on days 1-7 and every other day on days 8-14, and complete recovery survey everyday”. The original Figure is available in Multimedia Appendix 1.

    The text in Figure 1 has been corrected to “Patient takes wound photos daily for 7 days, measures vitals thrice daily on days 1-7 and twice daily on days 8-14, and completes a recovery survey every day”.

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    Figure 1. Trial flow diagram. RAM: remote automated monitoring.

    The correction will appear in the online version of the paper on the JMIR Publications website together with the publication of this correction notice. Because this was made after submission to PubMed, PubMed Central, and other full-text repositories, the corrected article has also been resubmitted to those repositories.

    Multimedia Appendix 1

    Originally published version of Figure 1.

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    This is a non–peer-reviewed article. submitted 14.06.25; accepted 16.06.25; published 10.07.25.

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    ©Sandra Ofori, Michael H McGillion, Flavia K Borges, Carley Ouellette, Ameen Patel, David Conen, Maura Marcucci, Michael Ke Wang, Lily Jaeyoung Park, Conor Bell, Jennifer Lounsbury, Kanae Nagatani, Vikas Tandon, Trevor J Wilkieson, Ahraaz Wyne, Valerie Harvey, Stephanie Harrison, Rahima Nenshi, Jessica Bogach, John Harlock, Margherita Cadeddu, Shawn Forbes, Shariq Haider, Reza D Mirza, Sunita Narang, Clare J Reade, Daniel M Tushinski, Amit Raut, Samir Raza, Ted Scott, Anthony Adili, Jeremy Petch, PJ Devereaux. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (https://www.jmir.org), 10.07.2025.

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