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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.

Electronic Health Records
By Bill Siwicki | 02:10 pm | October 09, 2018
Standalone CDS solutions can be hard to integrate with EHRs, the report shows, but better-integrated tools may not offer the most robust functionality.
Electronic Health Records
By Bill Siwicki | 05:50 pm | October 08, 2018
This case study shows how care coordination software is helping Children's National Health System disseminate key discharge documents to the right subacute providers.
Patient Engagement
By Bill Siwicki | 02:35 pm | October 05, 2018
This case study shows how the system connected more than 50,000 vulnerable patients with appointments, with 38 percent of those for the uninsured, by giving patients greater visibility into care options.
Electronic Health Records
By Bill Siwicki | 04:30 pm | October 04, 2018
This case study examines a platform that helped identify 150 percent more sepsis patients, decreased mortality by 30 percent, and correctly identified and treated sepsis, increasing billing income by $70,000 per month.
Patient Engagement
By Bill Siwicki | 02:09 pm | October 03, 2018
This case study shows how the Alliance for Better Health launched a referral network to help providers to ensure patients have access to housing, food, education, transportation and more.
Mobile Health IT
By Bill Siwicki | 11:29 am | October 02, 2018
This case study shows how Hardin Memorial Hospital lowered that rate from 5.6 to 2.2 percent – and improved its HCAHPS scores thanks to better communication between doctors and patients.
HIE
By Bill Siwicki | 09:00 am | October 01, 2018
This case study looks at a health information network that has gone from zero uniquely identified patients to 7.6 million – and nearly all major health systems statewide are set to participate in its Common Key Service.
Accountable Care
By Bill Siwicki | 05:37 pm | September 28, 2018
A case study about how tech helped Princeton reduce inpatient utilization by 5 percent and decrease expenditures in post-acute care by 12 percent since it began with the MSSP program.
HIE
By Bill Siwicki | 02:19 pm | September 26, 2018
The Indiana Health Information Exchange needed to gather more complete and accurate data to reduce unnecessary tests, replace retrospective chart reviews and better manage contract alignment for its customers.
Innovation
By Bill Siwicki | 11:45 am | September 25, 2018
Robert Wood Johnson and NYU Langone tweaked processes to use social determinants, proactive screening and remote patient monitoring to reach goals.