Healthcare IT News January 24, 2025
While the president’s pick for Health and Human Services Secretary awaits his nomination hearing, acting director Dr. Dorothy Fink issued a “pause on issuing documents and public communications,” including social media, to all department heads.
Dr. Dorothy Fink, named acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this week, issued a five-step memorandum to all HHS heads of operating division and staff divisions to curtail outgoing communications through February 1.
Fink, the deputy assistant secretary for women’s health and director of the Office on Women’s Health, will head the top federal health agency as Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., awaits his confirmation hearing, which is planned for next week.
Board-certified in endocrinology, internal medicine and pediatrics, Fink...