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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 | 01:06 pm | February 20, 2024
With help from a new point-of-care tool, even its lowest-performing clinics for diabetic retinopathy have met their retinal exam percentage completion goal.
Remote Patient Monitoring
By Bill Siwicki | 01:31 pm | February 19, 2024
Cindy Gaines, RN, chief clinical transformation officer at Lumeon, explains why making the home another part of the care continuum is so crucial – and discusses the technologies that can make it happen.
By Bill Siwicki | 01:21 pm | February 16, 2024
When is it time to optimize an EHR? Where is the best place to start? Who should be involved? Peyman Zand, chief strategy officer at consulting firm CereCore and a former provider CIO, has the answers to these questions and many more.
Nursing and IT
By Bill Siwicki | 12:05 pm | February 16, 2024
The healthcare workforce should prepare for a "once-in-a-century revolution," a labor law expert says, with artificial intelligence poised to directly impact the way nurses and other healthcare professionals do their jobs.
AI & ML Intelligence
By Bill Siwicki | 12:27 pm | February 15, 2024
Dr. Alvaro Pascual-Leone, a practicing neurologist and cofounder of Linus Health, offers an in-depth look at his company's digital replacement for a longtime paper test that helps assess risk of dementia and stroke.
By Bill Siwicki | 02:47 pm | February 14, 2024
The health IT giant also will be highlighting its recent success with generative AI and discussing more than 60 other projects in the pipeline using artificial intelligence – with use cases from the exam room to the back office and beyond.
Nursing and IT
By Bill Siwicki | 12:57 pm | February 13, 2024
"With improved monitoring and measurement capabilities, we have been better equipped to understand the dynamics of falls, identify trends and implement targeted interventions," says a nursing leader at the North Carolina health system.
By Bill Siwicki | 12:25 pm | February 12, 2024
A strong therapeutic alliance can be created virtually – most critically, telepsychiatry helps patients feeling the serious effects of a mental health issue get better quickly, notes the CMO of the company behind the peer-reviewed research.
By Bill Siwicki | 11:38 am | February 09, 2024
With customized EHR dashboards, the health system identifies metrics critical for accountable care so it can support all its providers – it's seen 200% growth in the past three years – with a tailored approach to caring for their patients.
AI & ML Intelligence
By Bill Siwicki | 12:12 pm | February 08, 2024
Even the best algorithm could still need months to verify its performance, a healthcare systems expert says. So IT leaders should ensure they budget for the training process whenever they evaluate any artificial intelligence technology.