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Like Policy Committee, Health IT Standards Committee Reorganizing

Healthcare Informatics: On April 14, the federal Health IT Policy Committee (HITPC) discussed its new work plan that would reorganize the committee into four new workgroups. On April 24, the Health IT Standards Committee (HITSC) discussed the evolution of its workgroup structure, in part to facilitate more cross-pollination with the Policy Committee. National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, M.D., led off the meeting by announcing that Jonathan Perlin, M.D., is stepping down as chair of the committee. (Besides his role as chief medical officer at Hospital Corporation of America, Perlin was recently named the next chair of the American Hospital Association.) ONC’s Jacob Reider, M.D., who last year served as interim national coordinator, will become the committee chair, and John Halamka, M.D., will remain vice chair.

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