A Mobile Phone–Based Telemonitoring Program for Heart Failure Patients After an Incidence of Acute Decompensation (Medly-AID): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Emily Seto   ^{1, 2} , PhD, PEng ;   Heather Ross   ^{3, 4, 5} , MHSc, MD, FRCPC ;   Alana Tibbles   ² , MSc ;   Steven Wong   ^{2, 6} , MSc ;   Patrick Ware   ² , MPH, PhD ;   Edward Etchells   ^{7, 8} , MD, FRCPC, MSc ;   Jeremy Kobulnik   ^{4, 9, 10} , MD ;   Tamanna Chibber   ¹¹ , MD ;   Stephanie Poon   ^{4, 7} , MD, MSc, FRCPC

¹ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, 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 Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁷ Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁸ Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁹ Department of Cardiology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹⁰ Department of Cardiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹¹ Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada