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 the areas in which standards, implementation specifications, and certifications criteria are needed in eight specific areas. 

Meetings

Workgroups

Eleven 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:

• Certification/Adoption
• Enrollment
• Governance
• Information Exchange
• Meaningful Use
• Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN)
• PCAST Report
• Privacy & Security Tiger Team
• Quality Measures
• Strategic Plan
  
  

Workgroup meetings are held in public and notices for each meeting appear on the ONC website and in the Federal Register.

Membership

The Health IT Policy Committee is comprised of:

• 3 individuals appointed 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
• Additional Federal members appointed by the President

Chair

• Farzad Mostashari   
  HHS/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Vice Chair

• Paul Tang    
  Palo Alto Medical Foundation

Members

• Madhulika Agarwal, Veterans Administration
• David Bates, Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Christine Bechtel, National Partnership for Women & Families
• Christopher Boone, American Heart Association
• Neil Calman, The Institute for Family Health 
• Richard Chapman, Kindred Healthcare
• Patrick Conway, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Arthur Davidson, Denver Public Health Department
• Connie White Delaney, University of Minnesota/School of Nursing
• Paul Egerman, Businessman/Entrepreneur
• Judith Faulkner, Epic Systems Corporation
• Thomas Greig, Director, Clinical Informatics, Department of Defense
• Gayle Harrell, Florida State Legislator
• Charles Kennedy, Aetna
• David Lansky, Pacific Business Group on Health
• Deven McGraw, Center for Democracy & Technology
• Frank Nemec, Gastroenterology Associates, Inc.
• Marc Probst, Intermountain Healthcare
• Joshua M. Sharfstein, Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, Maryland
• Latanya Sweeney, Harvard University
• Robert Tagalicod, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Scott White, 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East

Recommendations

View the Health IT Policy Committee's recommendations to the National Coordinator for Health IT.