Source: GovCIO
HHS’ newly reorganized policy arm is getting a new digital service division to provide digital and technical expertise across its various operating and staff divisions, Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/National Coordinator for Health IT Micky Tripathi said Thursday at the Health IT Summit in Rockville, Maryland. “We will have teams that will provide digital services and technical assistance to all of our operating and staffing divisions so that they don’t have to worry about going out and hiring teams for that kind of expertise,” said Tripathi, who will oversee the division. “They will be on demand and will help with consulting and the enablement of technologies.” As part of the realignment of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), Tripathi now oversees a division that comprises the CTO, who then oversees the chief AI Officer and the CDO. This reorganization reflects a shift in how HHS approaches technology in areas such as product development, data strategy and AI across the entire agency.