Bill Siwicki

Bill Siwicki is Managing Editor of Healthcare IT News. Bill has 35 years of experience in journalism, with nearly 25 years experience in healthcare IT.

Cheryl Cheng of Vive Collective on AI
By Bill Siwicki 12:00 pm November 16, 2023
An expert who works in the digital health and technology investment field points to where activity in these three areas may be hot in the year ahead.
Kim Perry of emtelligent on AI
By Bill Siwicki 02:25 pm November 15, 2023
An expert in natural language processing discusses the need for generative AI systems that can understand an entire chart or EHR system – and describes how clinical LLMs can improve patient outcomes and prevent clinician burnout.
Dr. George N. Pavlou of Gastroenterology Associates of New Jersey on telehealth
By Bill Siwicki 12:16 pm November 14, 2023
Hybrid collaboration enables multidisciplinary care, standardized outcome measurement and more streamlined care delivery, its CEO says.
David A. Higginson of Phoenix Children's Hospital on telemedicine
By Bill Siwicki 03:59 pm November 13, 2023
The chief innovation officer at Phoenix Children’s lived up to his title when he enabled inexpensive, ubiquitous, hands-free virtual care using devices meant for the home in his 750 exam rooms – with no new FTEs to support them.
By Bill Siwicki 01:42 pm November 10, 2023
The New York health system also successfully migrated, consolidated and shut down data centers and servers, achieving monetary savings and remediating security risks.
Stethoscope on iPad for podcast
By Bill Siwicki 10:48 am November 10, 2023
What’s needed during big EHR and other system changes to protect cash flow, improve data integrity, and drive better system adoption and satisfaction? Rich Amelio, VP of healthcare IT operations and consulting at consulting firm e4health, has answers.
Dr. Carney Taylor of Eastern Nephrology Associates on EHRs
By Bill Siwicki 12:44 pm November 09, 2023
The practice's optimal start rate – when a patient begins dialysis at home, receives a preemptive transplant or begins in-center hemodialysis – had been 40%. With the new electronic health record, it's now 90%.
Covenant Health on philanthropic aid
By Bill Siwicki 02:45 pm November 08, 2023
Its use of a special tool to connect patients with aid is an "excellent example of applying technology to value creation," says the health system's CFO. "Trying to access such programs manually, or not at all, is suboptimal for providers and patients alike."
Lynn Carroll of HSBlox on AI
By Bill Siwicki 02:09 pm November 07, 2023
Moving into 2024, there will be a greater commitment to accountable care models – and the technologies that support nontraditional care scenarios – as healthcare organizations aim to improve patient outcomes, reduce health inequities and control costs.
Dave Segal of the MAVEN Project on telehealth
By Bill Siwicki 02:53 pm November 06, 2023
The average wait time for a specialist appointment across healthcare can be well over three months, but volunteers on this FQHC-focused initiative usually respond in less than 10 hours. Timely access to specialty care impacts health outcomes.

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