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A physician in Rhode Island is being fined $500 after posting patient information on Facebook that "inadvertently violated confidentiality," according to a consent order given by the State of Rhode Island Department of Health Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline. The board has found Alexandra Thran, MD, a 48 year-old Emergency Medicine physician, guilty of "unprofessional conduct" by "revealing personal identifiable information to third parties."

Independent healthcare provider Care UK will roll out IMS MAXIMS at its three specialist diagnostic centers. The patient management solution is expected to help Care UK deliver streamlined diagnostic services.Operating GP practices, out-of-hours services, NHS walk-in centers and Clinical Assessment and Treatment Services (CATS), Care UK provides accessible healthcare services. As commissioned by NHS, Care UK's diagnostic centers offer X-ray, ultrasound, ECG and MRI.

In the past, doctors relied on what they'd memorized in medical school to treat patients. But in today's fast-paced, tech-heavy society, they'd do much better in knowing how - and where - to access information.And with more than 90 percent of all physicians using a smartphone these days, the answer just might lie in mHealth.