About this app

My Arthritis is an app created to help people living with arthritis self-manage their condition and improve their overall health and wellbeing.


This app has been developed by Ampersand Health, in collaboration with leading specialists at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS).


Through the My Arthritis app, you will be able to learn more about your condition through useful and engaging tools and resources, all of which will help you to stay on-top of your condition and live a happier, healthier life.


This app is designed to support those living with the following conditions:
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Psoriatic Arthritis
• Enteropathic Arthritis
• Ankylosing Spondylitis
• Osteoarthritis
• Osteoporosis
• Undifferentiated Arthritis
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
• Sjogren’s syndrome
• Vasculitis
• Scleroderma
• Behcet’s syndrome
• Sarcoidosis.
• Gout
• Reactive arthritis


JOIN FOR FREE & GAIN SUPPORT IN THE SELF-MANAGEMENT OF YOUR CONDITION:


Expert-led Courses: Build better habits with arthritis specific courses relating to sleep, medication, wellbeing, physical activity and life in lockdown. Try single day activities or courses up to 28 days in length!


Personal health record: Maintain a record of your health, operations and tests to share with your clinical team.


Reminders for medications and appointments: Schedule notifications to keep on top of your care.


Newsfeed: Access trustworthy and relevant news relating to the arthritis community.


Library: Learn more about living with arthritis from NRAS (National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society) and more.


Message your hospital team: You can receive and send messages with your hospital team if your hospital is signed up! If your hospital is not yet signed up, let your clinical team know that you would like My Arthritis to be implemented in your hospital.


Link your Apple Health or Google Fit: You can choose to link your data from the Apple Health app or Google Fit to share with your clinical team for read-only access. This will help you develop insights into how your lifestyle impacts your condition.


Track your symptoms: Keep track of your symptoms and flares so that you can discover patterns in your health and habits. Doing so will help you to prolong periods of remission and reduce instances of relapse.


You can also track your:
Diet
Exercise
Pain
Sleep
Mood
Stress


MORE ABOUT OUR FREE EXPERT-LED COURSES


Join inflammatory arthritis specific courses led by leading experts and consultants to boost your wellbeing and establish long-term lifestyle habits that will help you manage your symptoms better. All of our courses include a variety of videos, guided audio and expert advice, so that you can fully learn and benefit from them.


OUR MESSAGE TO YOU:


We know that living with arthritis can sometimes be difficult, lonely or tiring. It’s not always easy to manage symptoms during flare ups or know what steps to take to build a stronger wellbeing when you’re in remission.


We’re a social-impact focused company, founded by patients and clinicians who are committed to improving the health and wellbeing of those with long-term inflammatory conditions. We believe that each individual deserves proper and accessible care to support their journey.


We aim to provide you with practical tools and advice that can help you better track, manage and improve your health and wellbeing in the long-term. We hope that by joining our community, you gain more confidence in the self-management of your condition, alongside your regular clinical care.


To find out more about Ampersand Health, visit us on our:
Website: www.ampersandhealth.co.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ampersandhealthfb
Instagram: www.instagram.com/ampersand_health
Twitter: www.twitter.com/myamphealth


Have a question or feedback for us?
Let us know by emailing us at info@ampersandhealth.co.uk and we would be happy to chat with you!

New features

Minor improvements and bugfixes

App Permissions

Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to call killBackgroundProcesses(String].
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows an app to use fingerprint hardware.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state.
Allows an application to modify global audio settings.
Allows an application to record audio.
Permission an application must hold in order to use ACTION_REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS.
Allows an application to read the low-level system log files.
Allows an application to collect battery statistics