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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 | 11:06 am | November 03, 2016
Craig Richardville of Carolinas HealthCare and David Higginson of Phoenix Children's were honored. CHIME also gave awards for public policy work and collaboration. 
By Bill Siwicki | 08:37 am | November 03, 2016
Executives who are not present mask their competencies, warmth and trustworthiness, which can lead to problems, Amy Cuddy warned CHIME CIO Forum attendees.
By Bill Siwicki | 12:33 pm | November 01, 2016
The research firm detailed the use and planned use of several security technologies and found that anti-malware, firewall and patch management are the most implemented end-point cybersecurity technologies today. 
By Bill Siwicki | 08:51 am | November 01, 2016
The work has changed from being seen as plumbers to become partners in re-engineering infrastructure.
By Bill Siwicki | 08:09 am | November 01, 2016
Innovations created at the New Jersey hospital include a mobile app that allows patients to self-register and even provides driving directions.
By Bill Siwicki | 08:08 am | November 01, 2016
By leveraging analytics and lean approaches to IT, the Louisiana system has logged wins on sepsis, a total joint program and pneumonia care.
By Bill Siwicki | 10:55 am | October 31, 2016
Approach cybersecurity like war. Then take a defender’s standpoint, share information whenever possible, understand what you really need to accomplish and study history.
By Bill Siwicki | 10:27 am | October 27, 2016
Among all industries, healthcare ranks 15th out of 18 in social engineering for security, suggesting a security awareness problem among healthcare professionals that could be putting millions of patients at risk.
By Bill Siwicki | 07:36 am | October 20, 2016
Healthcare organizations must be proactive about protecting patient data. But that doesn’t mean it’s safe to skip the reactive reporting and linear approach, the COO of a health information exchange explains.
By Bill Siwicki | 02:01 pm | October 18, 2016
IoT devices operating on radio frequency, a.k.a. Internet of Radios, are causing a new breed of security headaches. Tips for protecting against them.