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 09:18 am July 17, 2024
"By relying on the AI technology to convert information into discrete data elements in our Epic EHR, we have significantly reduced the amount of manual entry required by our staff," an inpatient pharmacy operations supervisor reports.
Humberto Farias of Concepta Technologies on AI
By Bill Siwicki 01:31 pm July 16, 2024
Humberto Farias of Concepta Technologies discusses his new Machine Advancement and General Intelligence Center and offers AI advice for healthcare C-suite executives and other health IT decision makers.
By Bill Siwicki 11:49 am July 15, 2024
Erie County Medical Center Corporation's RPM initiative has been successful in "improving health outcomes and reducing the risks associated with hypertension," says its VP of population health.
Yvonne Dooley of Harmony Park Family Medicine on electronic prior authorization
By Bill Siwicki 01:36 pm July 12, 2024
Harmony Park Family Medicine also saw turnaround times decrease significantly, with more than half of monthly determinations requiring no authorization – and 70% of prior auth requests sent to Humana being approved instantly.
Tina Esposito of Advocate Health on data integration
By Bill Siwicki 12:35 pm July 11, 2024
As more health systems merge, making smart and strategic use of datasets drawn from disparate systems is essential to clinical and operational success, says Advocate Health Chief Data Officer Tina Esposito.
Todd Doze of Janus Health on RCM
By Bill Siwicki 10:34 am July 10, 2024
Janus Health CEO Todd Doze dispels three commonly held ideas about how OI technology works and what it can accomplish, explaining why he thinks these assumptions are untrue.
Dr. Will Carracino of Lee Health on generative AI
By Bill Siwicki 12:03 pm July 09, 2024
Nearly 75% of its clinicians now spend less time working outside of work hours, which has improved provider satisfaction. There's also been a reduction in documentation errors.
Howard Wu of Whereby on telehealth and AI
By Bill Siwicki 12:54 pm July 08, 2024
A CEO who specializes in this combination reveals how artificial intelligence has the ability to help analyze and summarize key virtual care consultation points, detect patterns in patient data to deliver more personalized care, and much more.
Carolyn Doyle of Northwell Health and FlexStaff
By Bill Siwicki 10:42 am July 03, 2024
The technology enables end-to-end order and staff pool management, fulfillment, compliance, invoicing and reporting to allow for the management of all flexible labor on one unified platform.
Matthew Robertson of Phoebe Physician Group on AI
By Bill Siwicki 01:25 pm July 02, 2024
From January 2023 to February 2024, the organization saw an average increase of 168 encounters per week with help from automated processes to help reduce missed appointments – amounting to approximately 7,800 additional encounter numbers and $1.4 million in new net patient revenue.

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