With>165,000 mobile health apps available on iTunes and Google Play mHealth is a rapidly growing
field, which generated high expectations for the improvement of our health care. We identify two uses
for mHealth in the field of rheumatology: A) aiding patient care and B) the systematic collection of data
for scientific research. Currently, there is still a lack of evidence that mHealth will live
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promises. In this review we discuss the pros and cons of mHealth and the research that is needed to
develop and validate mHealth to ensure high quality apps.