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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The Health IT Policy Committee is comprised of:

• 3 individuals chosen by the Secretary of HHS
• 13 members appointed by the Acting Comptroller General of the United States
• 4 members appointed by the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives

Chair

• David Blumenthal    
  HHS/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Vice Chair

• Paul Tang    
  Palo Alto Medical Foundation

Members

• David Bates, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
• Christine Bechtel, National Partnership for Women & Families
• Neil Calman, The Institute for Family Health 
• Richard Chapman, Kindred Healthcare
• Adam Clark, Lance Armstrong Foundation
• Arthur Davidson, Denver Public Health Department
• Connie White Delaney, University of Minnesota/School of Nursing
• Paul Egerman, Businessman/Entrepreneur
• Judith Faulkner, Epic Systems Corporation
• Gayle Harrell, Former Florida State Legislator
• Charles Kennedy, WellPoint, Inc.
• Michael Klag, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health
• David Lansky, Pacific Business Group on Health
• Deven McGraw, Center for Democracy & Technology
• Frank Nemec, Gastroenterology Associates, Inc.
• Marc Probst, Intermountain Healthcare
• Latanya Sweeney, Carnegie Mellon University
• Scott White, 1199 SEIU Training and Employment Fund
• Roger Baker, Department of Veterans Affairs
• CDR Michael S. Weiner, United States Navy
• Tony Trenkle, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
• James C. Borland, Social Security Administration