Healthcare DIVE June 3, 2025
Emily Olsen

Thomas Keane, who previously worked as a senior advisor to the deputy secretary of the HHS, began the role on Monday.

The agency managing the federal government’s health IT efforts has a new leader, a spokesperson for the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT confirmed Tuesday.

Thomas Keane, a software engineer and interventional radiologist, began his role as national coordinator Monday, the spokesperson said. He previously worked at the ASTP and served as a senior advisor to the deputy secretary of the HHS, according to his biography on the agency’s website.

Keane was also an administrator of the COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund, which offered funds to providers to assist with pandemic-related expenses...

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