Engaging chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients to actively engage in self-management has proven difficult. Digital health technology (DHT) promises to expedite a patient-centred care model for the management of COPD by empowering patients to self-manage adequately. The emerging approaches included digital-technology-enabled homecare programs, electronic records, big data analytics, and environment-monitoring applications. The digital health approaches of telemonitoring, telehealth and mHealth support the self-management, post-discharge care, and hospital-at-home strategy, with eventual effects on reducing acute COPD exacerbations and hospitalizations.