Problem Overview

The persistent high rates of rehospitalization due to chronic heart failure have remained a growing concern in health care. Millions of patients are affected every year and often find themselves having to be readmitted to the hospital due to unexpected episodes of heart failure. Although there are a plethora of current technologies that strive to alleviate the burden of high rates of hospitalization, most of these solutions have been ineffective in their endeavors due to their high costs, inconvenience of use, and lack of scalability.