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Bill Siwicki

Bill Siwicki

Bill Siwicki is Managing Editor of Healthcare IT News. Bill has 36 years of experience in journalism, with more than 25 years experience in healthcare IT.

By Bill Siwicki | 01:56 pm | October 24, 2018
This case study shows how the New York hospital integrated the technology with its EHR, sending vital signs to clinicians directly and avoiding cumbersome manual processes.
Interoperability
By Bill Siwicki | 01:14 pm | October 24, 2018
With help from its integration platform, MedLabs reduced the time it takes to perform an integration to weeks from months, eliminated $33,000 in Medicare reimbursement write-offs and reduced its annual operating expenses.
By Bill Siwicki | 02:44 pm | October 23, 2018
Further, the provider has achieved a 48 percent decrease in issue resolution time and a 45 percent decrease in time to first response.
Cybersecurity
By Bill Siwicki | 01:41 pm | October 23, 2018
KPIs, metrics and other must-haves hospitals should track continuously to protect medical and patient data.
Accountable Care
By Bill Siwicki | 02:07 pm | October 22, 2018
Carilion Clinic has been on a path toward value-based care for more than a decade, but staff realized they needed more support in gaining better insights into their patient population.
Patient Engagement
By Bill Siwicki | 02:11 pm | October 19, 2018
Further, 38 percent of online appointments are booked after hours, which helps with both patient retention and new patient acquisition.
Accountable Care
By Bill Siwicki | 02:17 pm | October 18, 2018
The accountable care organization connected 14 disparate EHR systems to get meaningful analytics, helping with population health and value-based reimbursement.
Workflow
By Bill Siwicki | 01:18 pm | October 17, 2018
The Reaction Data research shows the vendor holds 81 percent market share and details the runners up along with other findings.
Artificial Intelligent
By Bill Siwicki | 02:16 pm | October 16, 2018
Fighting the United States' abysmal maternal and fetal mortality problems, Baylor College of Medicine is applying artificial intelligence to aid physicians at key moments.
Telehealth
By Bill Siwicki | 03:19 pm | October 12, 2018
This case study shows how UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital accomplished that reduction by sending new mothers home with a free blood pressure cuff and access to a remote monitoring portal.