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Usability and feasibility assessment of a smartphone application (Suhriday) for heart failure self-care remote monitoring in an Indian tertiary health care setting: a pilot mixed-methods study

Groups and Associations Bhuvana Kolar Bylappa, Deepak Y Kamath, Immaculate Sheela Josephine, Jabraan Shaikh, Anant Kamath, Preethi Rioniz, Shruthi Kulkarni, Kiron Varghese, Denis Xavier
BMJ Open 2022

Background/objectives Remote monitoring as a component of chronic heart failure (CHF) management programmes has demonstrated utility in reducing the risk of rehospitalisation and mortality. There is little evidence on mobile health app facilitated remote monitoring in IndiaCHF. We conducted a pilot usability and feasibility assessment of a smartphone-based application (Suhriday) to remotely monitor patients with CHF