Heart Failure Self-Management Using a Mobile Web-Based Telemonitoring System- Impact on Hospital Readmissions and Quality of Life SELF-e HF

60 patients will be recruited for this study. After signing the consent form, participant will be randomized to receive usual care (i.e. they will get the current standard care for patients with heart failure) or usual care and participation in the iGetBetter program. Participant will complete a questionnaire in the hospital about their quality of life. iGetBetter group will be given a Bluetooth-equipped scale, blood pressure cuff, and a tablet with a data plan. Participant will check their weight and blood pressure at home daily, using the equipment provided. This information will be sent via the internet to iGetBetter's web server, where the data will be temporarily stored. The data will be monitored by the physician researcher. If their blood pressure is high (e.g. greater than or equal to 140/90 for two days in a row) or they gain a significant amount of weight (e.g. 2 pounds in two days), the study team will be automatically notified. A member of the study team will alert participant cardiologist and the cardiologist will have the option to make any recommendations, such as contacting the subject to schedule an office visit.

Total participation in this study will last 45 days after patient is discharged from the hospital.

Regardless of the assigned group, participant will be asked to complete two questionnaires after 45 days. A member of the research team will contact participant by phone to complete these questionnaires. One of these questionnaires will investigate their quality of life; the other will assess how participant feel the care they have received has affected their health. Patients assigned to the iGetBetter group will also complete a third survey about their satisfaction with the program.