We know that the prevalence of chronic disease is on the rise globally and is a burden on the healthcare system.Review this article: del Ro-Lanza, A.-B., Surez-Vzquez, A., Surez-lvarez, L., & Iglesias-Argelles, V. (2020).Mobile health (mhealth): facilitators and barriers of the intention of use in patients with chronic illnessesLinks to an external site..Journal of Communication in Healthcare,13(2), 138-146.https://doi.org/10.1080/17538068.2020.1777513

• discuss the benefits of implementing an mHealth service to manage chronically ill patients.
• discuss the challenges in adopting mHealth in the management of patients with chronic disease.
• Discuss the ways that the Electronic Health Record (EHR) can be leveraged to empower and support patients in their healthcare and disease outcomes.
• discuss what is needed to motivate both patients and healthcare providers to adopt and use these technologies.
• Discuss how social media could support these efforts.