Karen DeSalvo stepping down as national coordinator to join HHS full-time

Healthcare IT News: Karen DeSalvo, MD revealed on Thursday that she is resigning as head of the National Coordinator for Health IT. ONC announced that principal deputy director Vindell Washington will replace DeSalvo as the national coordinator. DeSalvo is leaving ONC to concentrate on her other position, Acting Assistant Secretary of Health. HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell recruited her into  this role in October 2014 to help with the Ebola outbreak.

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