Digital Health and Mobile Applications in Medication Management

Digital health technologies have fundamentally transformed healthcare delivery by improving communication, monitoring, and patient-centered care. Patients who are on traditional medication management methods have often struggled due to medication errors, poor adherence, and lack of continuous monitoring, which poses a serious threat to treatment success and patient safety.The widespread growth of smartphones and mobile technologies has led to the development of mobile health (mHealth) applications. These serve as an effective tool for patients and healthcare professionals in managing medications more efficiently. These applications offer a diverse range of functionalities, from automated dosing reminders and prescription tracking to drug information databases and adherence-monitoring systems. They help patients stay on track with their medications, facilitate patient education, enable clinicians to monitor progress, and strengthen communication between patients and healthcare providers. Although these mobile health applications offer many advantages, they also present limitations, including data privacy and security risks, variable accuracy, regulatory complexities, and accessibility issues. Overcoming these limitations is required to unlock the full potential of digital health technologies. This review highlights the growth of digital health and mobile applications in medication management and confirms that continued advancements will further enhance patient care and medication outcomes. In this paper, we discuss conventional approaches to medication management before exploring how digital health applications are transforming the field by improving patient adherence, reducing medication errors, and making remote monitoring a practical and accessible reality.