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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 | 12:50 pm | January 28, 2021
Prior to implementation, the medical center was not attesting for the MIPS CMS 2 measure, but after about 10 months had reached an attestation rate of 67%.
By Bill Siwicki | 11:16 am | January 28, 2021
The companies say their program is designed to offer patients direct access to virtual care while reducing administrative costs.
By Bill Siwicki | 01:07 pm | January 27, 2021
COVID-19 pushed the New York behavioral health provider into telehealth. It has since fully embraced the technology, enabling it to provide more services for patients.
By Bill Siwicki | 01:19 pm | January 26, 2021
They include components for patient education, screening and consent, scheduling, appointment reminders, check-in and vaccination, post-appointment follow-up, and next-dose reminders.
Workforce
By Bill Siwicki | 12:13 pm | January 26, 2021
The clinically integrated network uses the technology to help primary care physicians, nurse coordinators and care managers close quality gaps.
By Bill Siwicki | 01:23 pm | January 25, 2021
Providers at the Western Ohio-based health system work with staff at more than 70 schools to keep kids healthy and avoid ER visits using virtual care.
By Bill Siwicki | 02:33 pm | January 22, 2021
"Ensure your tech stack protects delivery, cold chain, workers, administrators, dispatchers and end users, with transparency into exactly when the vaccines will be delivered," says Onfleet CEO.
By Bill Siwicki | 12:28 pm | January 22, 2021
The health system has experienced a 15.2% increase in case volume and a 12.4% increase in prime-time utilization, among other wins.
Workforce
By Bill Siwicki | 12:47 pm | January 21, 2021
It helped eliminate delays for mission-critical applications, improve clinician experience, optimize IT human resources, make disk expansion process 10X faster and reduce time spent managing storage by 75%.
By Bill Siwicki | 10:06 am | January 20, 2021
Bee Busy Wellness Center is using a $183,000 FCC grant to add an array of hardware and infrastructure that will take its telemedicine to the next level.