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on the Standards Committee and a complete list of the Standards Committee
members is available at www.healthit.hhs.gov.
The HITECH Act also made provisions to foster “meaningful public input” in
the development of a national HIT infrastructure. Both the Policy Committee and
the Standards Committee hold public meetings and anyone interested in this
process can participate. A schedule of meetings, committee agendas, and the tran-
scripts of past meeting are posted at www.healthit.hhs.gov.
The National Coordinator has several duties. He or she decides whether to en-
dorse the ...