Patient Perspectives on Innovative Telemonitoring Enhanced Care Program for Chronic Heart Failure (ITEC-CHF): Usability Study

Sheau Huey Chen   ^{1 *} , BSc, PGCert ;   Iain Edwards   ² , MBA ;   Rajiv Jayasena   ³ , PhD ;   Hang Ding   ^{4, 5, 6 *} , PhD ;   Mohanraj Karunanithi   ⁵ , PhD ;   Alison Dowling   ² , MPH ;   Jamie Layland   ^{7, 8} , MBChB, MD, PhD ;   Andrew Maiorana   ^{1, 9} , PhD

¹ School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

² Department of Community Health, Peninsula Health, Melbourne, Australia

³ The Australian e-Health Research Centre, Health and Biosecurity Unit, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne, Australia

⁴ RECOVER Injury Research Centre, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

⁵ The Australian e-Health Research Centre, Health and Biosecurity Unit, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, Australia

⁶ PCH-Northside Clinical Unit School, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

⁷ Department of Cardiology, Peninsula Health, Melbourne, Australia

⁸ Peninsula Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

⁹ Allied Health Department and Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Service, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Australia

*these authors contributed equally