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