Implementation and Evaluation of a Smartphone-Based Telemonitoring Program for Patients With Heart Failure: Mixed-Methods Study Protocol

Patrick Ware   ^{1, 2} , MPH ;   Heather J Ross   ^{3, 4, 5} , MHSc, MD, FRCPC ;   Joseph A Cafazzo   ^{1, 2, 6} , PEng, PhD ;   Audrey Laporte   ^{1, 7} , MA, PhD ;   Emily Seto   ^{1, 2} , PEng, PhD

¹ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

² Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, Techna Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

³ Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁵ Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁶ Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁷ Canadian Centre for Health Economics, Toronto, ON, Canada