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 ^{3, 9, 10}, MD; Tamanna Chibber ¹¹, MD; Stephanie Poon ^{3, 7}, MD, MSc, FRCPC

¹ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto , Toronto, ON, CA

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

³ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto , Toronto, ON, CA

⁴ Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, University Health Network , Toronto, ON, CA

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

⁶ Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, BC, CA

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

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

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

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

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

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