An agreement formed by two health-information connectors represents a major advance for nationwide interoperability, potentially enabling more than 15,000 hospitals, clinics and other health care organizations to share data. This would allow, for example, a Miami physician to access the electronic records of a patient from Seattle who presents at the emergency department while vacationing. Here are five things physicians should understand about what this collaboration will mean for health-data sharing and care delivery.

The lede to my latest story at AMA Wire. The whole shebang.

Some of the U.S. health system’s biggest movers and shakers are starting a nonprofit that will collaborate with mobile health app developers, patient advocates and others to develop best practices aimed at promoting safety and effectiveness. The effort comes on the heels of research showing the nascent field of mHealth has room to improve.

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It is likely that most of your patients who have not yet received an influenza vaccination for the 2016 – 2017 flu season simply have not made the time to do so. But there is another group of patients who seem to have a ready set of explanations for why they ought to skip vaccination each flu season. Here are the rationales these patients might offer up and how you can respond.

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