Bill Siwicki
Bill Siwicki is Managing Editor of Healthcare IT News. Bill has nearly 30 years of experience in journalism, with more than 15 years in healthcare IT and healthcare finance along with extensive expertise in mobile technology.
Republic County Hospital in Belleville, Kansas. Credit: Google Maps
12:27 pm
August 14, 2018
Republic County Hospital in Kansas freed itself from buying new equipment every few years and improved the software’s ease of use for clinicians.
07:16 am
August 13, 2018
The technology alone won’t fix patient ID issues but it can bring some of the data accessibility, interoperability, integrity and security hospitals need.
Flagler Hospital in Saint Augustine, Florida
06:51 am
August 13, 2018
A pneumonia pathway saved $1,356 per patient, lowered length of stay by two days and significantly reduced readmission rates.
Qliq secure texting app. Credit: YouTube
03:35 pm
August 09, 2018
A new communication process in the emergency department helped the hospital reduce the time it took a patient to get to their new unit by almost half an hour.
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03:15 pm
August 09, 2018
Wanting to reduce its hospital-acquired infections, Denver Health Medical Center implemented an electronic hand hygiene monitoring system – and improved its adherence rate from 40 percent to 70 percent.
03:56 pm
August 07, 2018
Active training via simulated phishing, progressive disciplinary measures, disabling hyperlinks and document execution from emails are among the suggestions.
02:19 pm
August 03, 2018
The health system is ahead of the curve in routinely working genetics into primary care, and patient-shared genomic data has found a home in its EHR for physicians to reference.
Medical Offices of Manhattan
02:19 pm
August 02, 2018
Offices using the technology from his company, LabFinder.com, report receiving 64 percent fewer phone tag calls, and say office staff feel less overwhelmed.
02:42 pm
August 01, 2018
A proof of concept on one IT vendor's approach matched 87 percent of duplicate records.
10:22 am
August 01, 2018
Don’t leave it up to tech vendors to drive the next phase of integrated data that gets channeled between doctors, payers, providers and patients.
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Republic County Hospital in Belleville, Kansas. Credit: Google Maps
AHRQ Director Gopal Khanna speaking at Blue Button 2.0 Developer Conference at the White House on Tuesday.
Venture capitalist John Doerr speaking at a panel discussion at the Blue Button 2.0 Developer Conference at the White House.
CMS Administrator Seema Verma speaking at the White House Blue Button 2.0 Developer Conference on Monday. Credit: Twitter
Sobeys pharmacy in Windsor, Nova Scotia. Credit: Google Maps
Intersystems booth at HIMSS18.
