Pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the Comptroller General has appointed 13 members to the HIT Policy Committee.  An additional seven members will be appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Majority and Minority leaders of the Senate, and the Speaker and Minority leader of the House of Representatives. The President can appoint other members as representatives of relevant federal agencies.

Those appointed thus far:

Christine Bechtel, vice president, National Partnership for Woman and Families

Arthur Davidson, director, Public Health Informatics, Denver Public Health Department; director, Denver Center for Public Health Preparedness; medical epidemiologist; director, HIV/AIDS Surveillance, City and County of Denver

Adam Clark, research and policy director, Lance Armstrong Foundation

Marc Probst, chief information officer, Intermountain Healthcare

Paul Tang, vice president and chief medical information officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation

Scott White, assistant director, technology project director, 1199 SEIU Training and Employment Fund

LaTanya Sweeney, director, Data Privacy Lab, Carnegie Mellon University

Neil Calman, president and chief executive officer, Institute for Family Health

Connie Delaney, dean, University of Minnesota School of Nursing

Charles Kennedy, vice president, Health Information Technology, Wellpoint

Judith Faulkner, founder, CEO, president and chairman of board, Epic Systems

David Lansky, president and CEO, Pacific Business Group on Health

David Bates, medical director for clinical and quality analysis, Partners HealthCare/Brigham and Women’s Hospital