Virginia Announces Creation of Health IT Advisory Commission
Announcement from Commonwealth of Virginia on October 13, 2009: “Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced the creation of the Health Information Technology Advisory Commission by Executive Order 95. The Commission, which will be chaired by Secretary of Health and Human Resources Marilyn Tavenner, is charged with ensuring broad stakeholder engagement and providing guidance to the Governor on the most effective use of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds designated for Health Information Technology.”
Department of Health, named as lead Virginia agency for Health IT, is setting up an Office of Health IT. “The Commission will enlist a broad range of (24) stakeholders including physicians, HIE and privacy experts and hospital and insurance executives.”
