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Allscripts, makers of electronic health records for physician practices, will buy healthcare information technology company Eclipsys, which provides technology for hospitals and clinicians. The all-stock deal is valued at $1.3 billion.

For the closing keynote session at the HIMSS Virtual Conference and Expo, Stephen Ondra, senior policy advisor for health affairs in the Department of Veterans Affairs, will provide perspective on the industry's most buzzworthy and troublesome phrase.

Comments accepted til July 26 on proposal to credential workers offering telemedical care across state lines.

Veterans agency sets aside $80 million to find new approaches to telehealth, electronic health records and chronic care.

'Blue button' initiative will give Medicare patients and veterans freedom to use their clinical data as they choose.

CPM Marketing Group, a provider of healthcare customer relationship management (CRM) strategies, announced on Tuesday the first implementation of its Instant CRM system at Edward Hospital & Health Services in Naperville, Ill. The real-time behavioral targeting solution lets the hospital tailor its Web content to current and prospective patients based on individual health needs.

The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to spend $10.9 million to improve HIPAA compliance for VistA, its enterprise-wide electronic health record system.

Clara Maass Medical Center, a 445-bed hospital in Belleville, N.J. will provide emergency medical services at Red Bull Arena, a new 25,000 seat soccer stadium in Harrison, N.J. The medical center will use its emergency department electronic health record on-site to ensure secure exchange of patient information from the arena's medical center to the hospital when needed.

While today's HIMSS Virtual Conference and Expo sessions mainly focus on EHR technology and usability, tomorrow's sessions are mostly concerned with... well, tomorrow.

Would your hospital pass a HIPAA audit? Presenters of a HIMSS Virtual Conference and Expo education session will ask this question on June 9, at 1:00 PM CST.