Empowering patients through digital technologies: the case of mobile health applications

Cristina Trocin; Enrica Croda

doi:10.4018/978-1-6684-2414-8.ch032

Empowering patients through digital technologies: the case of mobile health applications

Cristina Trocin^*, Enrica Croda

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Mobile health initiatives aim to give patients more medical information and to empower them over their medical treatments. However, information overload and lack of digital literacy may hinder patient empowerment. This chapter investigates opportunities and challenges of patient empowerment and mobile health. The authors analyze the different definitions used in the literature to characterize patient empowerment and mobile health, discussing implications for all the care actors involved. Although the adoption rate of mobile technologies is at its infant stage and challenges still outweigh the benefits of patient empowerment, mobile health apps can foster the progress towards patient-centered care.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Research anthology on improving health literacy through patient communication and mass media
Editors	Information Resources Management Association
Publisher	IGI Global Publishing
Pages	588-611
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	9781668424155
ISBN (Print)	9781668424148
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-2414-8.ch032
Publication status	Published - 16 Jul 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Research anthology on improving health literacy through patient communication and mass media. ed. / Information Resources Management Association. IGI Global Publishing, 2021. p. 588-611.

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