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Bill Siwicki

Bill Siwicki

Bill Siwicki is Managing Editor of Healthcare IT News. Bill has nearly 40 years of experience in journalism, with more than 25 years experience in healthcare IT.

By Bill Siwicki | 01:34 pm | November 14, 2019
Two healthcare cybersecurity experts who will be speaking at the upcoming HIMSS Healthcare Security Forum offer comprehensive advice on everything from breach containment to security operations centers.
Patient Engagement
By Bill Siwicki | 01:42 pm | November 13, 2019
Calls to the administrators on duty decreased from 274 before electronic notifications to 149 since implementation at Catawba Valley Medical Center.
Patient Engagement
By Bill Siwicki | 02:11 pm | November 12, 2019
The University of Tennessee Medical Center’s cath lab uses secure clinical communication technology to cut follow-up appointment scheduling wait times – from as long as a day to less than 30 minutes.
By Bill Siwicki | 02:45 pm | November 11, 2019
Sharing of threat information across stakeholders helps create situational awareness – not just for individual organizations but for the healthcare industry as a whole, says one expert.
By Bill Siwicki | 01:21 pm | November 08, 2019
Six healthcare artificial intelligence experts offer best practice suggestions for CIOs and other health IT leaders seeking to fine-tune their AI systems.
Patient Engagement
By Bill Siwicki | 01:31 pm | November 07, 2019
The integration of the two technologies helps with the Medicare Chronic Care Management efforts of Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital’s rural providers.
By Bill Siwicki | 01:29 pm | November 06, 2019
The new technology connects on the first attempt 96% of the time, compared with 73% for the previous telemedicine carts; with enhanced monitoring and support, tele-neonatology availability is 99%.
By Bill Siwicki | 03:18 pm | November 05, 2019
The network-based cybersecurity technology acts as an early warning system, giving the CISO and his team a high degree of visibility into network activity.
By Bill Siwicki | 01:46 pm | November 04, 2019
The California health system is projecting an annualized net income of more than $75,000 from using the technology. This could increase to more than $260,000.
By Bill Siwicki | 02:03 pm | November 01, 2019
In this special feature story, three analytics experts offer healthcare CIOs and other IT leaders some best practices for getting analytics to work.