The wait is over! The Supreme Court launched its oral argument marathon on Monday to hear the case on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

Since agreeing in November 2011 to consider several constitutionality issues relating to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments March 26-28 on cases against the legislation. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation released a report in January explaining the issues raised by the cases pending before the Supreme Court and considered the potential effects of the courts decisions.

Source: RadiologyTomosynthesis has been shown to detect more abnormal bony spurs and subchondral cysts than conventional x-ray, demonstrating that tomosynthesis may be more beneficial in diagnosing knee osteoarthritis, according to a study published in the April issue of Radiology.

Members of the KPMG Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Institute, based in Atlanta, discussed the top 10 compliance challenges for meaningful use Stage 1 during a March 21 webinar.

Quality improvement and patient-centered caretwo concepts essential to the health reform effortwill require health IT. Current and future physicians must master the minimal competencies required to use health IT if the healthcare system is to reach its quality and cost containment goals, according to an article in the March edition of Health Affairs.

The Cal eConnect board of directors announced that Ted Kremer has decided to withdraw as CEO and remain at the helm of a local regional health information organization in Rochester, N.Y.  This announcement comes only two weeks after teh board announced Kremer's appointment.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.A panel of CIOs from various Northeastern provider settings discussed their organizations IT initiatives and their future IT needs during the inaugural eHealth Innovation Conference March 15.

To avoid payment adjustments, eligible hospitals in their first year of demonstrating meaningful use (MU) in the year immediately preceding any payment adjustment must ensure that the 90-day EHR reporting period ends at least three months before the end of the fiscal year, said Patricia B. Wise, RN, MS, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), vice president, health information systems, during a virtual briefing hosted by HIMSS.