Remote Care in People With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Patients in the conventional/usual care arm will be treated according to current conventional follow-up regimen with PROs, blood tests, and face-to-face visits with an experienced nurse or a rheumatologist every 6 months. They can contact the hospital if they are experience worsening of their disease.

"The patients in the remote monitoring arm will use a web-app (Youwell) for self-reporting patient reported outcomes (PROs) and CRP/ESR, displaying results for PROs over time, and for synchronous (video) or asynchronous (chat) communication with healthcare providers. The patients will receive a SMS reminder for tasks (e.g., self-reporting PROs or registering results from blood tests) every month.~A study coordinator/nurse will monitor the PROs and blood test (CRP/ESR) results, and respond to chat messages. Based on the algorithm, a triaging functionality in the Youwell platform will aid healthcare providers in highlighting which patients needs attention."