Phone app aims to keep heart patients out of hospital

NCT ID NCT03358303

First seen Jun 27, 2026 ยท Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests a smartphone app called Medly that helps heart failure patients monitor their health after a hospital stay. The app reminds patients to check their weight and symptoms, and sends the information to their care team. The goal is to see if using the app improves patients' quality of life and reduces the chance of being readmitted to the hospital within 30 days.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

heart failure

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Mount Sinai Hospital

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X5, Canada

  • North York General Hospital

    North York, Ontario, M2K 1E1, Canada

  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

    Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada