Dennis Tsilimingras, assistant professor at the Florida State University College of Medicine, and the Tallahassee Memorial Hospitalist Group will monitor approximately 600 patients — half of them rural — for three weeks after they are discharged. The study has three specific aims:
1. Identify adverse events and determine which ones could be prevented or at least be less severe.
2. Identify the causes of adverse events.
3. Examine other factors that could play a role, such as whether the patient didn’t have a primary care physician.
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