MedCity News May 20, 2025
The law that created ASTP as a formal federal agency gave it duties such as supporting a more effective marketplace and greater competition. Stephen Konya, ASTP’s chief, innovation and strategic partnerships, explained how the agency carries out its mission.
The federal government has a role in fostering scientific innovation in the United States. It’s in the law. Actually, it’s the product of several laws that created and then shaped the mission of a tiny agency with an unwieldy government name.
The Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (usually referred to as more simply as ASTP) develops and oversees policies regarding data from the Department of Health and Human Services. ASTP is a small...







