Jon Mark Hirshon, MD, MPH, PhD, is a co-author of the article tltled "Hospital Discharge Instructions: Comprehension and Compliance Among Older Adults," which was published in the November 2014 issue of The Journal of General Internal Medicine. By contacting a study group of 650 people aged 65 or older after discharge from the University of Maryland Medical Center, the authors documented noncomprehension rates of 5% for follow-up appointments, 27% regarding medications, 48% for exercise, and 50% for diet. In this mulitidisciplinary study, Dr. Hirshon collaborated with investigators from the Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research in the UM School of Pharmacy and from the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and the Department of Psychiatry in the UM School of Medicine.
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