Some agencies, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). are developing informational apps to deliver their content to mobile devices (www.cdc.gow/mobile/mobileapp.html) The available content ranges form general health topics to more specific information on disease management and standards of care The mobile apps provided by agencies such as the CDC allow the content to be viewed anywhere in the world where there is a mobile device or Internet connection. Such application have far-ranging implications; access to up-to-date medical data is no longer limiter to the United States or even the developed world. Virtually any country that is working to improve the health of their population and that has smartphone infrastructure, even sporadically, can now access the best information literally at their fingertips.