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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.

Nursing and IT
By Bill Siwicki | 01:23 pm | January 29, 2024
The nursing-oriented remote patient monitoring approach also prevents more than 500 falls each month at the Minnesota health system. And it's improved staffing ratios – sometimes dramatically, depending on patient acuity.
Success Stories & ROI
By Bill Siwicki | 01:20 pm | January 26, 2024
It's also helped decrease the amount of time spent documenting care by about two hours per provider each day, the health system's medical director reports.
By Bill Siwicki | 12:48 pm | January 25, 2024
Lisa Jarrett, an artificial intelligence expert at PointClickCare, previews her HIMSS24 session that will dive into AI topics including transparency, fairness, explainability and transparency.
Success Stories & ROI
By Bill Siwicki | 01:51 pm | January 24, 2024
The provider group acquired a practice with a different electronic health record. Today, everyone "speaks the same language," staff satisfaction is way up, operational costs are down – and it's launching new services such as self-check-in.
Remote Patient Monitoring
By Bill Siwicki | 01:40 pm | January 23, 2024
The FDA-cleared tool can help at-risk provider organizations reduce costs while improving patient outcomes through earlier lifestyle and treatment interventions, its inventors say.
AI & ML Intelligence
By Bill Siwicki | 01:01 pm | January 22, 2024
Dr. Renee Dua, founder of Together by Renee, a healthcare assistant app that uses generative artificial intelligence, also offers an in-depth look at how the AI in her app can help patients and their caregivers.
By Bill Siwicki | 12:59 pm | January 19, 2024
The IT vendor's chief technology and innovation officer gives a detailed look at the company-wide innovation project, and describes the products and features that resulted – including a support ticketing system that uses generative AI.
By Bill Siwicki | 12:43 pm | January 18, 2024
Alexandra Hunter, virtual care consultant at Henry Ford Health, previews her HIMSS24 session, where she will explore ways in which Henry Ford and other health systems have addressed equity gaps and overcome barriers.
Nursing and IT
By Bill Siwicki | 01:39 pm | January 17, 2024
"From a patient safety perspective, this was a very important milestone for us to achieve to ensure that we are providing the highest level of care to one of our most vulnerable patient populations," the health system's chief nurse executive says.
Success Stories & ROI
By Bill Siwicki | 12:56 pm | January 16, 2024
The health system's behavioral health team is measuring a 40% order-to-enrollment rate, with many patients using the digital tools for more than two hours.