HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell has named new members to both the Health Information Technology Standards Committee and the Health Information Technology Policy Committee.
Eight new members will join the standards committee: Rajesh Dash, MD, professor of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine; Kay Eron, general manager, health IT and medical devices for Intel; Peter Johnson, retired chief information officer and technical expertise representative; Kyle Meadors, president of Drummond Group; Terrence O’Malley, MD, geriatrician, Massachusetts General Hospital; Andrey Ostrovsky, MD, CEO and cofounder of Care at Hand; Wanmei Ou, director of product strategy in precision medicine for Oracle; and Larry Wolf, principal of Strategic Health Network.
Aaron Miri, CIO and vice president of Government Relations for Imprivata will join the policy committee.
The HITSC recommends standards, implementation specifications and certification criteria for electronic exchange and use of health data. The HITPC recommends policies for health information technology development and adoption, including health information use and exchange.
Policy committee members are appointed by the HHS Secretary, four are appointed by Congress, 13 by the Comptroller General of the United States and other members are appointed by the President. Standards committee members are appointed by the HHS Secretary, with input from the National Coordinator for Health IT.
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