Home-based palliative care(HBPC) is one of the service modes of palliative care. As an emerging information technology, smart health care provides a new opportunity for the quality development of HBPC. At present, studies in China and abroad have reported satisfactory results of applying smart health care to HBPC. This article reviews the concept of smart health care and the forms application, effects, dilemmas and countermeasures of its application in HBPC, aiming to provide a reference for medical professionals to further the model in HBPC in China.