The eHealth enhanced chronic care model: A theory derivation approach

Background: chronic illnesses are significant to individuals and costly to society. when systematically implemented,the well-established and tested chronic care model (ccm) is shown to improve health outcomes for people with chronic conditions. since the development of the original ccm,tremendous information management,communication,and technology advancements have been established. an opportunity exists to improve the time-honored ccm with clinically efficacious ehealth tools. objective: the first goal of this paper was to review research on ehealth tools that support self-management of chronic disease using the ccm. the second goal was to present a revised model,the ehealth enhanced chronic care model (eccm),to show how ehealth tools can be used to increase efficiency of how patients manage their own chronic illnesses. methods: using theory derivation processes,we identified a parent theory