[Uro mHealth: health apps in urology]

The use of readily available mHealth apps on smartphones and tablets is increasing worldwide, including the field of urology. Access to knowledge, data collection and communication are thus simplified and accelerated. A wide range of health apps exists for the public, patients, health professionals and medical education. In particular, in the field of urology, several high quality mHealth contents have been created in recent years. Nevertheless, there is still need for improvement and development.The ubiquity of health apps might also bring particular risks. Healthcare professionals can use their private electronic devices when dealing with patients or patient data, and thus risk violations of patient and data protection rights.There are no universal quality standards or legal certification requirements for mHealth apps. Private (mostly commercial) app developers and providers possess quasi-proprietary rights concerning user data. Politics, scientific funding agencies and medical societies are therefore urgently needed to set standards and to promote and fund open-source key projects providing quality benchmarks within the field.