OBJECTIVES: Re-hospitalization in heart failure (HF) patients is often the result of a patient’s inability to adequately self-manage the condition. The objective of this study is to determine if engaging inpatients in their care through technology is a solution to improving patient self-management. METHODS: Two hundred seventy-five patients with HF completed the HF interactive care plan while an inpatient at one of six hospitals throughout the United States. A pretest posttest design was used to evaluate a patient’s activation using the 13-item Patient Activation Measure (PAM-13), a valid and reliable instrument to measure a patient’s knowledge, skill, and confidence to perform self-management of their chronic disease(s). After completing the baseline PAM-13 following admission for a HF diagnosis, all 275 patients completed a self-paced set of interactive, educational modules throughout their inpatient stay. These modules were typically completed 3 or 4 days after admission, and then patients would complete the PAM-13 prior to discharge. The PAM-13 places individuals into activation levels 1 (lowest) through 4 (highest) based on an individual’s responses. RESULTS: A two-tailed t-test between baseline and posttest scores of all participants showed a difference of 0.38 levels of activation (p<.001). Because 168 of the 275 participants were at level 4 on the PAM-13 at baseline, these individuals were removed and secondary analysis was performed on the remaining 107 individuals.  A two-tailed t-test revealed a difference of 1.05 levels of activation (p<0.001) after patients completed the interactive solution. CONCLUSIONS: Providing education through an interactive solution while in the hospital can improve activation scores in HF patients.