Mobile health (mhealth) connects patients, their families and physicians by creating a network with mobile and specialized devices such as wearable sensors, recording health parameters and gathering health data converted and transferred to physicians via medical application interfaces. Apps for people with chronic health conditions have an important role to play in empowering those individuals to become more active in the self- and shared-management of their health. Since rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) have multi-dimensional consequences on health, the increasing availability of apps have an important role to play in enabling people with RMDs to better self-manage their health. This talk provides insights into the most important aspects to be considered for apps designed for people living with RMDs: features, use, safety, and patient”s views and preferences.

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DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-eular.8545