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.

By Bill Siwicki 10:40 am January 19, 2016
Cyber-criminals continue to pose major threats to healthcare information technology departments, and experts say it’s the lure of electronic protected health information that keeps them coming.
Smartphone
By Bill Siwicki 01:59 pm January 13, 2016
A new report shows 84 percent of U.S. FDA-approved health apps tested by IT security vendor Arxan Technologies did not adequately address at least two of the Open Web Application Security Project top 10 risks. 
Busy hospital
By Bill Siwicki 01:17 pm January 11, 2016
The American Medical Association has invested $15 million to become founding partner of Health2047, a high-tech incubator that will explore innovative solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing the nation's 1.1 million physicians and their patients.
Duke’s director of mobile technology strategy Ricky Bloomfield.
By Bill Siwicki 09:58 am January 08, 2016
Duke Medicine claims to be the first Epic-based health system to implement the Fast Health Information Resources application programming interface in conjunction with Apple's HealthKit within a live environment.
Linda Hogan, director of faculty development at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
By Bill Siwicki 11:02 am January 07, 2016
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is already achieving big results with point-of-care apps, saving time and money for both doctors and patients.
By Bill Siwicki 07:37 pm January 06, 2016
While 66 of the 100 largest hospitals in the United States offer consumers mobile health apps, only 2 percent of patients are using them, according to a new report published on Wednesday by Accenture that also found that failure to focus apps on services consumers want most could cost eac
By Bill Siwicki 12:34 pm January 05, 2016
New college graduates entering the lucrative mobile app economy earn about $99,000 per year on average, more than double the average salary that a typical new grad earns, according to a new report from ACT/The App Association.

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