San Francisco — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Healthline Media today announced the launch of a new application, RA Healthline, providing a community for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) to connect with others to share compassion, support and knowledge – right from their smartphones.

Available immediately in the iOS and Android app stores, RA Healthline is the sixth release in the Healthline Together app portfolio and the third chronic condition app launched by Healthline Media this year.

RA Healthline is a platform for accessing the latest curated, evidence-based and medically-vetted RA information from Healthline Media. The platform provides members an online destination to connect with others who have RA, to network, and to share information and support.

RA Healthline includes popular social features required by chronic condition audiences, including a news feed, credible and vetted content, groups, new member matches, messaging, and influencer live chats. Human guides and member ambassadors make the RA Healthline experience even more positive and thoughtful, and the mobile apps are designed to cater to everyone.

Unlike chronic condition groups that can be found on major social media platforms, RA Healthline provides anonymity, security and a professionally-moderated environment that delivers a safe, trusted space that helps people address social isolation – a common yet unmet need that is often associated with chronic medical conditions.

Healthline Media’s other apps also enable users to keep abreast of the latest in trusted wellness information for their specific condition, including articles, podcasts, blogs, and other resources such as condition-specific groups and associations.

Push notifications keep users up to date in nearly real time, while one-to-one messaging, user matching, live chat, and member search empower users to stay connected as much or as little as they would like. Healthline privacy features also ensure maximum control, and users can choose to remain anonymous if they wish.

Healthline has launched six chronic condition apps since 2016, including the recently-announced Migraine Healthline, as well as T2D Healthline for Type 2 Diabetes. More than 64,000 people are members of Healthline Together apps, use them nearly 12 times each month, and interact with their Healthline apps for an average of 36 minutes per month, placing Healthline among the highest-engagement apps in the health and wellness sector. The Healthline Together app portfolio also includes:

  • Breast Cancer Healthline – the #2 ranked app for breast cancer, launched in 2018 and rated 4.7 stars
  • IBD Healthline – the #1 ranked app for irritable bowel disease, the #3 ranked app for colitis, and the #4 ranked app for Crohn’s disease, launched in 2019
  • MS Buddy – the #2 ranked app for multiple sclerosis, launched in 2016 and rated 4.5 stars

San Francisco-based Healthline Media is one of the world’s fastest growing health information brands, with online properties Healthline.com, MedicalNewsToday.com and Greatist.com. Healthline Media is the top ranked health publisher and number 39 on Comscore’s Top 100 Property rankings through January 2020. Across all of its properties, Healthline Media publishes articles authored by more than 120 writers and reviewed by more than 100 doctors, clinicians, dietitians, and other experts. The company’s repository contains more than 70,000 articles, each updated with current protocol.

Contacts

Stacey Grimsrud
Bospar for Healthline
Stacey@Bospar.com