Bill Siwicki

Bill Siwicki is Features Editor of Healthcare IT News. Bill has 32 years of experience in journalism, with nearly 20 years in healthcare IT and healthcare finance, along with extensive expertise in mobile technology.

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Mobile apps emerging as essential population health tools

By Bill Siwicki 03:23 pm March 15, 2016

While mobile apps are new enough on the care delivery scene that many providers have only begun dabbling, consumers are sending a strong message that forward-thinking hospital executives can translate into an opportunity for improving population health management programs.

Healthcare providers driving population health with data, mobile apps, telehealth tools

By Bill Siwicki 02:17 pm March 15, 2016

As 67 percent of healthcare organizations have population health management programs in place, experts say information technology is key in making them work.

Minnesota-based Essentia Health-Virginia is a Level IV Trauma Center.

Essentia Health slashes readmissions with population health initiative, telehealth

By Bill Siwicki 01:30 pm March 15, 2016

First-mover health systems are already using telehealth services to successfully manage patient populations and lower healthcare costs. Take Essentia Health, for instance.

Epic Systems and InterSystems earned the highest performance scores in the field of health information exchange and interoperability in the latest study from independent research firm KLAS.

Epic, InterSystems take top spots for HIE and interoperability in new KLAS rankings

By Bill Siwicki 10:54 am March 15, 2016

A new report based on customer scores found that the two companies outperformed other EHR-dependent and EHR-independent vendors.

Commvault unveils new clinical data sharing technology

By Bill Siwicki 09:50 am March 07, 2016

LAS VEGAS – Commvault, an enterprise data protection and information management technology provider, launched at HIMSS16 its Commvault Clinical Archive, a system designed to modernize the way healthcare organizations manage, migrate and share clinical data.

CPSI debuts new EHR financing program for hospitals, skilled nursing facilities

By Bill Siwicki 09:25 am March 07, 2016

LAS VEGAS – Newly expanded health IT vendor CPSI has introduced nTrust, a program designed to help community hospitals and skilled nursing facilities improve financial operations while moving into an electronic health records system with no upfront costs, CPSI said.

ZeOmega has launched Jiva for Performance Management, a software-as-a-service system that enables healthcare organizations to quickly manage the clinical and financial performance of their pay-for-performance and readmission reduction programs.

ZeOmega launches value-based care performance management system

By Bill Siwicki 09:12 am March 07, 2016

LAS VEGAS – Population health management technology vendor ZeOmega has launched Jiva for Performance Management, a software-as-a-service system that enables healthcare organizations to quickly manage the clinical and financial performance of their pay-for-performance and readmission

UnitedHealthcare, Qualcomm collaborate on wellness mobile app powered by wearables

By Bill Siwicki 09:07 am March 07, 2016

LAS VEGAS – UnitedHealthcare and Qualcomm are collaborating on a new mobile health program dubbed UnitedHealthcare Motion that aims to boost wellness by linking financial incentives with the use of wearable devices.

American HealthTech and Medtelligent partner for senior care technology

By Bill Siwicki 02:09 pm March 04, 2016

LAS VEGAS – American HealthTech has partnered with Medtelligent to offer owners and managers of senior care facilities a new care and management system.