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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 | 12:44 pm | April 19, 2022
The prolific health system is now able to offer telemedicine appointments to patients for primary care, urgent care and more than 70 specialties. More than 8% of total outpatient visits now are conducted virtually.
By Bill Siwicki | 12:01 pm | April 18, 2022
The health system has kept the time for patients to get their diagnosis, treatment plan and any prescriptions from their provider through the telemedicine system to less than 25 minutes on average.
By Bill Siwicki | 12:55 pm | March 31, 2022
A magnetic resonance expert at Siemens Healthineers discusses steps that need to be taken to expand access to the imaging technology.
By Bill Siwicki | 12:44 pm | March 29, 2022
In the fourth quarter of 2021, there were 4,024 in-person visits and 6,726 telehealth visits, accounting for 62.57% of visits, demonstrating the need for and impact of the program.
By Bill Siwicki | 12:20 pm | March 28, 2022
The retail industry with its e-commerce boom has lessons to teach healthcare, says an innovation leader at Teladoc Health.
By Bill Siwicki | 11:57 am | March 25, 2022
An IT veteran spells out why so many giants have found the healthcare industry harder to crack than they reckoned and describes what Big Tech must do to succeed. He also discusses Oracle's pending acquisition of Cerner.
By Bill Siwicki | 01:06 pm | March 24, 2022
Does that stat catch your attention? Good. Shawn Sefton, RN, talks about the results of a new survey of RNs, the key problems it identified – and how technology can help lessen burnout.
By Bill Siwicki | 12:41 pm | March 23, 2022
Chronic staffing shortages, the need for immutable back-ups, reliance on reactive security technologies – these are big cybersecurity challenges. One expert sees a path forward.
By Bill Siwicki | 12:05 pm | March 22, 2022
Dr. Darin Vercillo, chief medical officer at About Healthcare, discusses these challenges and others – and describes how new technologies are boosting care coordination and enabling quick, efficient transfers.
By Bill Siwicki | 02:26 pm | March 21, 2022
Find out why criminals are targeting patients at home, how criminals are trying to access hospital and health system RPM servers – and what CISOs and IT professionals should be doing to fight back.