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Bill Siwicki

Bill Siwicki

Bill Siwicki is Managing Editor of Healthcare IT News. Bill has 36 years of experience in journalism, with more than 25 years experience in healthcare IT.

Kevin Olson of Jupiter Medical Center on EHR optimization
By Bill Siwicki | 12:32 pm | April 25, 2025
Kevin Olson, who strives to make his Epic electronic health record meet the needs of his hospital staff, talks about training, physician alignment, usability testing and other best practices.
stethoscope on iPad
AI & ML Intelligence
By Bill Siwicki | 11:00 am | April 25, 2025
Integrating data and AI to improve decision-making and the patient experience; training staff to lead AI adoption; creating trustworthy AI; and much more, presented by Accenture's Global Health Technology Lead Andy Truscott.
Dr. Bernard Schayes of New York City on AI
AI & ML Intelligence
By Bill Siwicki | 10:42 am | April 24, 2025
Dr. Bernard Schayes, a New York City-based physician in private practice, successfully deployed artificial intelligence-powered care coordination technology, saving him hours of tedious typing and data entry, among other gains.
Anika Gardenhire, RN, of Ardent Health on CDIO
Nursing and IT
By Bill Siwicki | 11:31 am | April 23, 2025
Anika Gardenhire, RN, chief digital and information officer at the 30-hospital health system, is working to improve the provider and patient experience with ambient listening, augmented intelligence and more.
TriHealth on post-acute care collaboration system
Success Stories & ROI
By Bill Siwicki | 12:53 pm | April 22, 2025
The Ohio health system has so far used the technology to reduce its readmission rate from 25% to 18% and its average length of stay from 25 days to 18.
Dr. Chris Mosunic of Calm on telepsychiatry
By Bill Siwicki | 12:14 pm | April 21, 2025
Telehealth and other clinical digital tools can shift the burden from overburdened psychiatrists by performing some specialized tasks such as collecting symptoms or giving basic guidance to patients.
Rush University Medical Center on genAI
AI & ML Intelligence
By Bill Siwicki | 11:28 am | April 16, 2025
In the test, 74% of clinicians said the ambient and genAI technology reduced their levels of burnout and 95% wanted to continue using the technology. Further, clinicians used 25 non-English languages.
Sameer Sethi of Hackensack Meridian Health on AI
AI & ML Intelligence
By Bill Siwicki | 01:15 pm | April 15, 2025
The CAIO should not just understand both of those disciplines, but intuit what AI is good and bad, what's scalable and whether it's the right fit, says Sameer Sethi, the New Jersey health system's chief AI and insights officer.
Dr. Ateev Mehrotra of Brown University School of Public Health on telehealth policy
By Bill Siwicki | 12:39 pm | April 14, 2025
Dr. Ateev Mehrotra, chair of the school's department of health services, policy and practice, discusses the frustrations and promise of telehealth reimbursement and regulation – and describes how the current situation is stifling virtual care innovation.
Mouneer Odeh of Cedars-Sinai on Chief AI Officers
AI & ML Intelligence
By Bill Siwicki | 10:33 am | April 11, 2025
Chief Data and AI Officer Mouneer Odeh says work on artificial intelligence is like a snowball going downhill – over the next five to 10 years it will build and build until the scale of the impact meets what healthcare requires.