Overview[]
The HIT Policy Committee (HITPC) was created by the HITECH Act to make recommendations to the National Coordinator for Health IT on a policy framework for the development and adoption of a nationwide health information infrastructure, including standards for the electronic exchange and use of patient medical information.[1]
Section 3002 of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), as amended by section 4003(e) of the 21st Century Cures Act, replaced the HITPC and HITSC with one committee, the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HIT Advisory Committee or HITAC).