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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.

Patient Engagement
By Bill Siwicki | 01:44 pm | May 22, 2017
The Congressional Budget Office says the two bills will cost less than $1 million combined over the next 5 years.
By Bill Siwicki | 01:35 pm | May 19, 2017
Healthcare providers, life science companies and technology vendors view artificial intelligence as important to competitiveness, Tata Consultancy Services reports.
Analytics
By Bill Siwicki | 01:46 pm | May 17, 2017
While healthcare is not applying the same kind of data understanding that other service rely on, precision medicine will bring that to the fore, expert says.
Precision Medicine
By Bill Siwicki | 01:22 pm | May 17, 2017
CRISPR has sparked considerable excitement for precision medicine, but patient safety, enzyme delivery and today’s level of disease understanding are limiting mainstream adoption.
Privacy & Security
By Bill Siwicki | 03:27 pm | May 16, 2017
Just demanding two-factor authentication doesn’t go far enough, expert says.
Privacy & Security
By Bill Siwicki | 03:52 pm | May 11, 2017
Former NSA officer’s advice? Close ports that don’t need to be opened, make sure access points are open only to those who need the access.
Connected Health
By Bill Siwicki | 10:48 am | May 11, 2017
Accenture finds 73 percent of healthcare execs say the Internet of Things is poised to upend industry, but only 49 percent think their organization’s leaders understand what it could mean.
By Bill Siwicki | 03:11 pm | May 09, 2017
Jeff Gordon & Sohn Precision Medicine Fund at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is funded by a $200,000 grant to combat cancer in children.
By Bill Siwicki | 01:42 pm | May 09, 2017
Cause of  Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center breach tied to misconfigured rsync backup that was managed by iHealth Innovations.
By Bill Siwicki | 11:47 am | May 09, 2017
Barracuda survey finds the bulk of users are relying on third parties to safeguard their files.