Chronic Heart Failure Follow-up Management Based on Agent Technology

verity and deterioration of their status, CHF patients receive different types of health services from easy to advanced ther-apy [1]. CHF is a costly disease in most countries. For ex-ample, in the United States, the total cost of this disease was estimated to be $39.2 billion in 2010. A large portion of the costs are allocated to hospitalization and re-admission. CHF has high morbidity and mortality rates due to exacerba tions of patient status [2]. Heart failure impairs the quality of life, and it imposes a considerable economic cost and social burden on society; therefore, the prevention of this chronic disease and appro-priate health activity management are very important [3]. A follow-up plan and disease management for CHF patients have a significant role in reducing health care utilization, de-creasing rates of re-hospitalization, and improving outcomes. Due to advances in medical sciences and technology, the use of modern technology to improve follow-up management programs is inevitable [4]. Monitoring heart failure patients through continuou