Current digital solutions in rheumatology support patients in terms of information and communication. E-diagnosis and symptom checker potentially reduce the delay of diagnosis. Patient reported outcome is increasingly used to monitor disease activity. In future, motion tracker and other types of sensors e.g. in smartphones might provide further information in order to predict disease flares. Artificial intelligence will likely be used for disease stratification, prediction and treatment choice. Together a « digital cycle » including diagnosis, surveillance and treat-ment decision is going to be established. The role of the rheuma-tologists within this cycle needs to be defined.