Reassure Remote Respiration Monitoring in Heart Failure Patients

Heart failure ('HF') presents an increasing social and economic burden, especially with respect to HF related hospitalizations. Some commentators suggest that these costs may double within the next two decades. Respiration patterns are well acknowledged as having diagnostic and prognostic value in HF. In this preliminary study, the investigators assess the usability of remote monitoring of respiration parameters in the routine management of HF patients. Objectives: (primary and important secondary objectives) The primary aims are: 1. Assess usability of the system (primary measurement is % of successful data transmissions from participants' homes, secondary measurement includes scores from the System Usability Scale) 2. Assess quality of life (as measured using the KCCQ) for HF patients monitored with a non-contact respiration monitor which can be used by clinicians to guide standard therapy. Other key secondary objectives include examining trends in healthcare utilization, descriptively assessing any differences in care patterns post hoc between participants. As part of the study plan , the investigators will also analyze respiration and sleeping patterns from the raw data files to assess the prevalence of unusual breathing patterns such as sleep apnea in newly discharged HF patients and how these patterns may be linked to outcomes. These analyses will be executed retrospectively on a population rather than individual participant basis and will not be used to inform individual treatment plans.