The Health IT Standards Committee (HITSC) meets monthly to make recommendations to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) on a policy framework for the development and adoption of a nationwide health information infrastructure. This summary pertains to the March 26, 2014 meeting involving presentations on the Standards & Interoperability (S&I) Framework, the Voluntary 2015 Edition EHR Certification Criteria (“2015 Edition”), and the Meaningful Use Stage 3 Recommendations. Opening remarks were delivered by Dr. Karen DeSalvo, the new National Coordinator for ONC.

The Health IT Policy Committee meets monthly to make recommendations to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) on a policy framework for the development and adoption of a nationwide health information infrastructure. This summary pertains to the April 8, 2014 meeting involving updates on the ToC /VDT listening sessions, HITPC Workplan change, Accountable Care recommendations, Data from CMS and ONC, and Personal Representative Access recommendations.