Heart Failure Self-care Mobile Application to Reduce Readmissions Trial

Heart Failure Self-care Mobile Application to Reduce Readmissions Trial

This is a patient-centered comparative effectiveness feasibility pilot designed to examine an intervention to increase heart failure self-care and symptom recognition. The investigators will randomize 100 participants to receive either usual care at the time of discharge after heart failure admission or a smartphone application that enhances self-care.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Inpatient admission for acute decompensated heart failure
• Left ventricular systolic or diastolic heart failure
• Owns a smartphone with a data plan

Exclusion Criteria:

• Hospice or life expectancy less than 6 months
• Palliative inotrope use
• Heart transplant listed, or status post transplant
• Ventricular assist devise present, or awaiting placement
• Not being discharged to home
• Unable to provide consent or comply with the intervention
• Current enrollment in a remote monitoring/ telehealth program