
With more than 10 years of experience in healthcare, Dr. Martin joins SJU from the telecommunications and healthcare IT industries. He has lived and worked overseas in Australia, traveling extensively in Asia Pacific for business. Dr. Martin began his journey in healthcare working at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He has served as project lead for numerous IT implementations and mobile app developments and is a former director with Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), a global, cause-based, not-for-profit organization focused on better health through information technology (IT).
Dr. Martin is the author of articles, book chapters, and thought leadership pieces on the role of Connected Health technologies and the use of Cost Benefit Analysis in healthcare. He completed his dissertation titled Applications of Contingent Valuation and Conjoint Analysis in mHealth: Understanding the Willingness to Pay for Healthcare Smartphone Applications at the University of Delaware. He also holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the same institution. Dr. Martin’s research interests include the application of cost benefit analysis, comparative effectiveness, and other economic valuations within the healthcare setting, specifically telehealth, remote patient monitoring, and connected health/mHealth. He has held academic appointments with Temple University and Georgetown University.
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- Ph.D. University of Delaware, Public Policy (Advisor: Paul Solano, Ph.D.)
Dissertation Title: Applications of Contingent and Conjoint Analysis in mHealth: Understanding the Willingness to Pay for Healthcare Smartphone Applications - M.B.A. University of Delaware
Specialization in Health Administration and Policy - B.S. Cleveland State University, Biology
- A.S. Community College of Allegheny County, Nuclear Medicine
- Ph.D. University of Delaware, Public Policy (Advisor: Paul Solano, Ph.D.)
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- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2014-2016
Director - Mobile and Telehealth - Sprint, Reston, Virginia 2013-2014
Business Development Manager for Mobile and Digital Health - Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2011-2013
Manager mHIMSS- Mobile initiative focused on the use of technology in Healthcare - University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 2008 - 2011
Graduate Student School of Public Policy and Administration
Graduate Assistant Office of Economic and Intellectual Property Internship - Siemens Medical, Malvern, Pennsylvania 2005 - 2008
Account Manager, Southeast Regional IT Manager - Siemens Australia Ltd, Bayswater Victoria, Australia
Interim Business Development Manager - Siemens Australia Ltd, Bayswater Victoria, Australia
Molecular Imaging Product Specialist
- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2014-2016
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- Martin, Thomas R, Hamlet Gasoyan, and David J. Wierz. “Error by Omission: A Lack of Integration across Implementation and Use in Structuring Health Information Technology Contracts.” Health Informatics Journal, (January 2020). doi:10.1177/1460458219898095.
- Thomas R. Martin, Hamlet Gasoyan & David J. Wierz. (2019) A Framework for Contracted Health IT Performance Assessments, Hospital Topics, DOI: 10.1080/00185868.2018.1556371
- Thomas R. Martin. The impact of net neutrality on digital health. mHealth 2018;4:36. 10.21037/mhealth.2018.08.03
- R. Hoyt, A. Yoshihashi, T. Martin. Health Informatics: Practical Guide for Healthcare and Information Technology Professionals published by Informatics Education, Chapter 18:416-439.
- R. Krohn, D. Metcalf, P. Sabler, T. Martin. Health-e Everything: Wearables and the Internet of Things. Chronic Care Management: Policy Meets Practices published by DM2 Research and Design, Inc.
- Tieche, Maggie, FitzGerald, Brendan, Martin, Thomas. “2014 Imaging Technology Study.” HIMSS Analytics. Nov 2014.
- Thomas R. Martin. Assessing mHealth: Opportunities and barriers to patient engagement. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 23(3): 935-941.