Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC)

Health Information Technology Advisory
Committee (HITAC) History & Highlights [417 KB]

The Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) was established in the 21st Century Cures Act (P.L. 114-255) and is governed by the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), P.L. 92-463, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, which sets forth standards for the formation and use of federal advisory committees. The Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) will recommend to the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, policies, standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria, relating to the implementation of a health information technology infrastructure, nationally and locally, that advances the electronic access, exchange, and use of health information. HITAC unifies the roles of, and replaces, the Health Information Technology Policy Committee and the Health Information Technology Standards Committee, as in existence before the date of the enactment of the 21st Century Cures Act.

Task Forces

Recommendations

Click here to view the HITAC’s recommendations to the National Coordinator for Health IT.

Member List

Carolyn Petersen, Co-Chair, Individual^
Robert Wah, Co-Chair, Individual°
Michael Adcock, Member, Magnolia Health^
Christina Caraballo, Member, Audacious Inquiry^
Tina Esposito, Member, Advocate Aurora Health^
Cynthia A. Fisher, Member, PatientRightsAdvocate.org*
Valerie Grey, Member, New York eHealth Collaborative*
Anil K. Jain, Member, IBM Watson Health*
Jim Jirjis, Member, Clinical Services Group of Hospital Corporation of America (HCA)*
John Kansky, Member, Indiana Health Information Exchange^
Kensaku Kawamoto, Member, University of Utah Health^
Steven Lane, Member, Sutter Health*
Leslie Lenert, Member, Medical University of South Carolina°
Arien Malec, Member, Change Healthcare*
Clem McDonald, Member, National Library of Medicine°
Aaron Miri, Member, The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School and UT Health Austin*
Brett Oliver, Member, Baptist Health^
Terrence O’Malley, Member, Individual^
James Pantelas, Member, Individual^
Raj Ratwani, Member, MedStar Health^
Steve L. Ready, Member, Norton Healthcare*
Abby Sears, Member, OCHIN^
Alexis Snyder, Member, Individual^
Sasha TerMaat, Member, Epic^
Andrew Truscott, Member, Accenture^
Sheryl Turney, Member, Anthem, Inc.^
Denise Webb, Member, Individual^
Amy Abernethy, Federal Representative, Food and Drug Administration
James Ellzy, Federal Representative, Defense Health Agency, Department of Defense
Adi V. Gundlapalli, Federal Representative, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jonathan Nebeker, Federal Representative, Department of Veterans Health Affairs
Michelle Schreiber, Federal Representative, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Ram Sriram, Federal Representative, National Institute of Standards and Technology

*Appointed by Congress

^Appointed by the Government Accountability Office

°Appointed by HHS

Membership

The Health IT Advisory Committee is comprised of:

No fewer than 2 members are advocates for patients or consumers of health information technology;
3 members are appointed by the HHS Secretary,
- 1 of whom shall be appointed to represent the Department of Health and Human Services
- 1 of whom shall be a public health official
2 members are appointed by the majority leader of the Senate;
2 members are appointed by the minority leader of the Senate;
2 members are appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
2 members are appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives;
Other members are appointed by the Comptroller General of the United States.

The work of the previous Health IT Policy Committee and Health IT Standards Committee can be found here:

Open Survey

Content last reviewed on December 14, 2020