The Health IT Policy Committee will make recommendations to the National Coordinator for Health IT on a policy framework for the development and adoption of a nationwide health information infrastructure, including standards for the exchange of patient medical information. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides that the Health IT Policy Committee shall at least make recommendations on standards, implementation specifications, and certifications criteria in eight specific areas.
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Six HIT Policy Committee workgroups have been formed as sub-committees to the parent FACA. These workgroups meet periodically to discuss their topics, present their findings at HIT Policy Committee meetings, and make recommendations to the HIT Policy Committee.
The HIT Policy Committee workgroups are:
Workgroup meetings are held in public and notices for each meeting appear on the ONC website and in the Federal Register.
The Health IT Policy Committee is comprised of:
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3 individuals chosen by the Secretary of HHS
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13 members appointed by the Acting Comptroller General of the United States
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4 members appointed by the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives
Chair
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David Blumenthal
HHS/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Vice Chair
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Paul Tang
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Members
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David Bates, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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Roger Baker, Department of Veterans Affairs
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Christine Bechtel, National Partnership for Women & Families
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James C. Borland, Social Security Administration
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Neil Calman, The Institute for Family Health
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Richard Chapman, Kindred Healthcare
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Adam Clark, Lance Armstrong Foundation
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Arthur Davidson, Denver Public Health Department
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Connie White Delaney, University of Minnesota/School of Nursing
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Paul Egerman, Businessman/Entrepreneur
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Judith Faulkner, Epic Systems Corporation
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Gayle Harrell, Former Florida State Legislator
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Charles Kennedy, WellPoint, Inc.
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Michael Klag, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health
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David Lansky, Pacific Business Group on Health
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Deven McGraw, Center for Democracy & Technology
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Frank Nemec, Gastroenterology Associates, Inc.
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Marc Probst, Intermountain Healthcare
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Latanya Sweeney, Carnegie Mellon University
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Tony Trenkle, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
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CDR Michael S. Weiner, United States Navy
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Scott White, 1199 SEIU Training and Employment Fund
