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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.

Privacy & Security
By Bill Siwicki | 01:22 pm | August 14, 2019
An expert in the strategies and technologies surrounding identity and access management walks through today’s challenges and discusses how provider organizations can best secure this key area.
By Bill Siwicki | 02:16 pm | August 13, 2019
A physical therapy group in Arizona offers lessons to other types of health organizations seeking to improve patient satisfaction, give caregivers more time with patients and boost their bottom lines.
By Bill Siwicki | 03:35 pm | August 12, 2019
The Arizona payer’s use of advanced video technology offers lessons for healthcare provider organizations seeking to improve medication adherence and more.
By Bill Siwicki | 12:43 pm | August 09, 2019
Overlake Medical Center & Clinics has, among other things, embedded Washington State prescription monitoring program database access into the EHR, changed the Epic nursing workflow sheet for pain management, and revised the text in the after-visit summary regarding opioid medication.
Privacy & Security
By Bill Siwicki | 02:14 pm | August 08, 2019
With protected health information such a juicy target for cybercriminals, both data theft techniques are on the rise in healthcare.
By Bill Siwicki | 03:34 pm | August 06, 2019
Among Holston Medical Group’s many accomplishments with the help of the HIE: Increased pay-for-value payments by 44%, with more than $13 million in value-based revenue annually; increased fee-for-service payments by 7%; and reduced employee-to-provider ratio by 0.7 FTEs.
By Bill Siwicki | 03:48 pm | August 05, 2019
Four experts in population health management offer wide-ranging technology guidance and best practices for healthcare provider organizations launching pop health initiatives.
By Bill Siwicki | 02:00 pm | August 01, 2019
This is the first major drug development agreement signed by clinical artificial intelligence vendor Sensyne Health since its IPO.
By Bill Siwicki | 01:30 pm | August 01, 2019
The prominent provider organization also has seen average physician response time dropping to 1 day for concurrent queries and 2 days for retrospective queries, which is key as the organization needs to turn these around quickly to ensure it doesn’t slow down final coding and ultimately cash.
By Bill Siwicki | 12:25 pm | July 31, 2019
Pointellis is a fully connected data infrastructure that facilitates handoffs of information between unaffiliated entities such as hospitals, laboratories and logistics centers.