Mobile health and non-communicable diseases

The management of non-communicable diseases requires long-term monitoring and recording of their parameters. The World Health Organization defines empowerment as “a process through which people gaingreater control over decisions and actions affecting their health” and should be seen as both an individual and a community process. A telemedicine monitoring system could facilitate patient empowerment. As the burden of non-communicable diseases increases, technology needs to keep abreast of the prevention and monitoring of long-term patients. A PubMed and Scopus search was undertaken from January to June 2025 with the keywords “review,” “mobile health,” “telemedicine,” “non-communicable diseases,” and “patient empowerment.” The language was set as English. The results were reviewed and analyzed according to relevance. There was a reduction in the need for emergency room and hospital admissions in the instances when the mobile health application was implemented. More parameters such as weight reduction and increased compliancewere noted. Acceptance by general practitioners was improved.Mobile health applications are efficacious and have a positive impact in reducing hospital admissions and improving overall health. However, the benefits are mostly restricted to patients who are already committed to self management of their conditions. Good communication with health care staff, health literacy and the advent of artificial intelligence have the potential to improve acceptance and aid the management of non communicable conditions.