Implementation and Cost-evaluation of a Smartphone-based Telemonitoring and Digital Support in Patients With HF

The Comunicare patient support solution is specifically designed for digital support of HF. It consists of an application for patients and a dashboard for the caregivers. The application is a class 1 certified medical device. It includes different modules for patient education, medication adherence, symptoms tracking, electronic patient-reported outcome (ePRO), appointments, and video consultation. Caregiver dashboard application: this web-based application enables caregivers to administrate the care flow and review all patient-reported data and the alarm generated by the system. Security and Privacy: the application complies with strict security and privacy-related regulations. All data storages are encrypted on the patients' smartphone and a server located in an ISO-certified data center located in Belgium, and all information exchanges are highly secured. A GDPR-compliant privacy notice defines how patient personal data is processed and how data protection principles are applied.

Patients refusing to use Comunicare app will also be asked to complete a quality of life (QOL)-questionnaire at 0, 6 and 12 months which will be answered online.