Improving outpatient care for heart failure through digital innovation: a feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Heart failure (HF) affects over 26 million people worldwide. Multidisciplinary management strategies that include symptom monitoring and patient self-care support reduce HF hospitalization and mortality rates. Ideally, HF follow-up and self-care support includes lifestyle-change recommendations and remote monitoring of weight and HF symptoms. Providing these via a digital solution may be ideal for improving HF disease outcomes and reducing the burden on providers and healthcare systems. This study's main objective was to assess the feasibility of a digital solution including remote monitoring, lifestyle-change, and self-care support for HF outpatients in Iceland.

Methods

Twenty HF patients (mean age 57.5 years, 80% males) participated in an 8-week study. They were

SUBMITTER: Arnar DO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9709356 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature