Modern Healthcare January 13, 2018
At long last, the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee will hold its first meeting, setting in motion a key requirement of the 21st Century Cures Act.
The new committee, established more than a year ago, is slated to gather on Jan. 18. Lawmakers tasked the group with advising the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on how to build a national infrastructure that better supports using health information electronically.
“Given the lead time prior to the committee’s first meeting, now more than a year after the signing of Cures, it may be challenging for the committee, the ONC, and the secretary of HHS to meet all of the legislative requirements,” said Dr. Steven Lane, a member of...