Passing the Baton

At 12:00 noon on January 20, 2021, I became the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). At 12:00 noon on January 20, 2025, I will leave my role as the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and National Coordinator for Health Information Technology of HHS. My 4 years in this job – leading a phenomenally talented and dedicated ASTP team, advancing HHS’s technology strategy and policies to keep pace with the modern age, forging broader and deeper collaborations with our private industry partners, working arm-in-arm with our federal and state agency partners to make the best use of technology to advance their missions, opening more ways to securely...