This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows:

To assess the effects of mobile phone telemedicine for facilitating self management of long‐term illnesses, on: health outcomes; patients' and healthcare providers' evaluation of the intervention; changes in self management (such as changes to lifestyle, or in understanding and self‐esteem); and costs. Secondary objectives include assessment of possible risks and harms associated with the intervention.