Health information technology: key committees and agencies race forward with implementation of stimulus mandates relating to health IT

This alert discusses important developments in the implementation of the health information technology (HIT) provisions of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 (ARRA), including inaugural meetings of the HIT Policy and Standards Committees, as well as the release of HIT implementation plans by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).