Article provides clues on views of new HIT coordinator

In late March the Obama administration named David Blementhal, physician and director of the Institute for Health Policy at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Partners Healthcare System as the national coordinator for health information technology (HIT). This new post was included in the recently enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

In his new role, Blumenthal will be responsible for determing how almost $20 billion in new funding will be disbursed over the next few years.