Table 1.

Summary of features of patient and medical professional empowerment.

Feature	Patient	Medical professional
Electronic	Uses digital technologies in their disease or health management	Uses digital technologies in their practice with ease
Equipped	Has digital health technologies at their disposal	Has digital health technologies at their disposal
Enabled	Enabled by their newly acquired access to information	Enabled by regulations and guidelines
Empowered	Empowered by the loss of the ivory tower	Empowered by technologies that support their job and e-patients
Engaged	Taking an active part in their care	Needs compassion and empathy to understand the feelings and points of view of patients, involving them throughout the whole healing process
Expert	Expert in the use of technologies in their care or health management	Expert in the use of technologies in their practice