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Tom Sullivan writes the Innovation Pulse column for Healthcare IT News, and covers major HIT topics including mHealth, medical practices, government policy, and emerging technologies. Follow Tom on Twitter @SullyHIT

By Tom Sullivan | 11:39 am | February 01, 2012
The momentum is back in Mitt Romney’s camp today after trumping Newt Gingrich in yesterday’s Florida primaries – a victory that handed Romney all 50 Florida convention delegates.
By Tom Sullivan | 11:56 am | January 30, 2012
Politicians commonly obscure facts about healthcare reform as they battle through election campaigns. Government Health IT Editor Tom Sullivan takes a close look at how these distortions affect Americans' views on reform.
By Tom Sullivan | 11:55 am | January 27, 2012
Florida trails most states on healthcare reform, according to a new report from the Urban Institute.
By Tom Sullivan | 11:38 am | January 25, 2012
As expected, President Obama skirted the issue of healthcare in last night's State of the Union Address.
By Tom Sullivan | 11:28 am | January 19, 2012
Tea Party members make it clear repealing the ACA should be one of the first orders of business if conservative Republicans take the White House.
By Tom Sullivan | 01:46 pm | January 17, 2012
Jon Huntsman, one of the Republican candidates with a background of instituting new healthcare measures, dropped out of the presidential race yesterday.
By Tom Sullivan | 01:15 pm | January 10, 2012
The New Hampshire State Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case that alleges the state is making inadequate Medicaid reimbursements.
By Tom Sullivan | 05:06 pm | January 09, 2012
Social media pundit and Nashua, N.H.-based primary care physician Kevin Pho, MD, regularly shares his views on healthcare issues from the provider perspective. In this Q&A, he takes a look at how healthcare will factor into the presidential election.
By Tom Sullivan | 11:52 am | January 04, 2012
Mitt Romney won in Iowa Tuesday by a slim margin of eight votes over Rick Santorum and a few percentage points over Ron Paul. Although healthcare was not a major topic of debate for GOP candidates, it's a matter of great importance to Iowans.
By Tom Sullivan | 04:15 pm | November 23, 2011
After a political impasse, in which Republicans effectively blocked his Senate confirmation, Donald Berwick, MD, will step down next week as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. President Obama has nominated CMS principal deputy Marilynn Tavenner as Berwick's replacement.