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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 | 11:03 am | September 27, 2016
The candidates discussed a range of issues, traded insults and evoked former President Ronald Reagan. Here’s what they said about healthcare and technology.
By Tom Sullivan | 08:08 am | September 26, 2016
Interoperability has, well, interoperability problems. Standards are being developed but EHRs are still under-delivering. And once data sharing picks up, more challenges will arise than we can understand today. Multiple tipping points are ahead. 
By Tom Sullivan | 08:03 am | September 23, 2016
athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush, eClinicalWorks Founder Girish Navani and Cerner President Zane Burke talk about expanding their technology platforms and, in so doing, shedding a certain three-letter acronym.
By Tom Sullivan | 04:07 pm | September 20, 2016
The software giant joins rivals IBM and Google in putting supercomputing to work on cancer research and treatment. 
By Tom Sullivan | 08:25 am | September 20, 2016
A guide to the annual event taking place in Washington, DC next week, as well as virtual and live gatherings around the country. Topical and timely themes include precision medicine, telehealth, interoperability and population health. 
By Tom Sullivan | 01:30 pm | September 15, 2016
The second Pop Health Forum 2016 took place in Chicago with expert speakers, panelists and healthcare professionals discussing pressing issues, from analytics to chronic care management to telehealth. Here’s a roundup of what happened. 
By Tom Sullivan | 02:58 pm | September 13, 2016
Experts recommended first identifying barriers, then plugging technology where it fits best. And don’t forget about clinicians when embarking on patient engagement initiatives.  
By Tom Sullivan | 11:11 am | September 13, 2016
Pop Health Forum speakers said that the Triple Aim needs to be expanded to include improving the physician experience and educating consumers or the concept will never markedly reduce costs.
By Tom Sullivan | 02:09 pm | September 12, 2016
Healthcare organizations need tools for analytics, care coordination, telehealth – and patient engagement. And those must be integrated to arm doctors with data and insights they can use to focus on the art of medicine. 
By Tom Sullivan | 01:59 pm | September 12, 2016
Hospitals are collecting mountains of data they can use to advance patient care. But among the thorniest problems they collectively face is being able to put that data to work within existing confines of today’s healthcare systems.