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e-Health can provide innovative solutions addressing problems in ageing societies, as increasing numbers of citizens live with chronic diseases while health budgets are under pressure and health professionals are in shortage. Arguably, e-Health could also support the strong political drive to move care closer to the patient’s home1 and to empower patients, giving them control and shared responsibility to manage their disease.

Both e-Health and m-Health are already used (or have a potential for application) in practically every aspect of cardiac care such as prevention, diagnosis, risk assessment, monitoring, education, counselling and treatment. For these reasons, interest in e-Health and m-Heath is rapidly increasing. It is estimated that in 2017 50% of smartphone users will have at least one m-Health app.2 The use of such innovative solutions will hopefully restrain the escalating costs of healthcare. e-Health and m-Health are considered not only the first-line but sometimes the only chance for a large number of patients to access professional medical help, particularly in countries with large rural areas and few doctors or nurses.