Schedule for the Assessment of HIT Policy Committee Recommendations

The Health Information Technology Standards Committee has created three workgroups or subcommittees to analyze the areas of clinical quality, clinical operations, and privacy and security. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology will establish priority areas based in part of recommendations received from the HIT Policy Committee regarding health information technology standards, implementation specifications, and/or certification criteria. Once the HIT Standards Committee is informed of those priority areas, it will direct the appropriate subcommittee to develop a report for the HIT Standards Committee, to the extent possible, within 90 days. Upon receipt of a subcommittee report, the HIT Standards Committee will review the recommendations and advise the National Coordinator.