Table 3.

Summary of the role of digital health technologies in promoting patient engagement and empowerment.

Role	Description
Access to health information	Patients can have access to their health information, including medical records, test results, and self-management tools, via digital health technologies. This information empowers patients to make relevant informed decisions more actively together with their healthcare providers.
Improved communication	Digital health technologies facilitate communication between patients and healthcare providers, enabling patients to ask questions, provide feedback, and receive advice and guidance apart from face-to-face consultation sessions. This increased communication may encourage patients to be more aware of their own daily health condition, and have greater satisfaction.
Personalized care	Healthcare providers may deliver personalized care with tailored treatment plans according to the health metrics collected via digital health technologies such as wearables. The personalized approach may improve patient engagement and adherence, and increase treatment efficacy.
Remote monitoring	Wearables and remote monitoring systems enable patients to monitor their health at home and share data with their healthcare providers. Healthcare providers can therefore detect and address health issues more pre-emptively, leading to better prognosis and reduced treatment costs.
Self-management	Digital health technologies are tools and resources for patients to manage their health more independently, such as medication reminders, exercise trackers, and nutrition apps. They can increase patient engagement and self-efficacy, leading to improved health outcomes.

The table is based on Lupton (59).