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Tom Sullivan

Tom Sullivan

Tom Sullivan is the Editor-in-Chief of Healthcare IT News. Sullivan writes the Innovation Pulse column and covers major HIT topics including government policy and emerging technologies. Follow Tom on Twitter @SullyHIT

By Tom Sullivan | 05:47 pm | October 24, 2016
Predictive analytics are not going to be perfect. But that’s okay. Experts explain the sweet spot to target today.  
By Tom Sullivan | 02:10 pm | October 24, 2016
Hospitals that haven't started making data actionable, explainable, trusted and contextualized should start now. Why the urgency? In two or three years, finding talented data scientists and other skilled workers is only going to get more difficult.
By Tom Sullivan | 01:07 pm | October 20, 2016
Trump called the Affordable Care Act bad healthcare at the most expensive price; Clinton said Trump's tax plan would have dire consequences for Medicare.
By Tom Sullivan | 10:58 am | October 19, 2016
IBM's tech-savvy chief has been instrumental in the company's supercomputing work with Watson, the surprising partnership with Apple to create health apps, and she has boldly proclaimed that cognitive computing is the future of healthcare. 
By Tom Sullivan | 07:28 am | October 19, 2016
The industry must move beyond the hype, for starters, but that won’t be easy. Experts discuss the challenges, success stories and technologies of the not-so-distant future.  
By Tom Sullivan | 10:12 am | October 12, 2016
The accidental health app bested other tools in engaging patients who stand to benefit most. But whether Pokémon Go or future apps and devices specifically designed to keep people moving will succeed depends on the very big question of design.
By Tom Sullivan | 11:19 am | October 11, 2016
The companies said they will combine 3M Health Information System's coding, classification and risk-stratification with Verily's algorithms and analytics to create a joint platform to improve clinical and financial performance.
By Tom Sullivan | 08:15 am | October 10, 2016
Don’t wait another day to create a cyberthreat intelligence sharing team. Delve into the web’s dangerous corners, exchange what you find, learn from banking and defense. Just don’t presume cyberthreats won’t happen to you.
Analytics
By Tom Sullivan | 08:06 am | October 10, 2016
A triptych of experts share insights and advice about cyberthreat intelligence sharing, plotting a security strategy and safeguarding data against attacks. 
By Tom Sullivan | 07:34 am | October 03, 2016
A look at how respondents view electronic health records from nine vendors differently than they did last year.