EHR Intelligence December 20, 2023
GAO added five new health IT leaders to the committee, including Lee Fleisher, MD, former chief medical officer of CMS and director of CMS’s Center for Clinical Standards and Quality.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has appointed five new members to the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC).
“Widespread access, exchange, and use of electronic health information has great potential, but has been challenging to achieve,” Gene L. Dodaro, comptroller general of the United States and head of GAO, said in a press release.
“I am confident these new appointees will make valuable contributions to the committee as it continues to advise the federal government on how to best implement the great potential of electronic health information,” Dodaro added.
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