NQF Forms HIT Advisory Committee

To guide its work in healthcare information technology, the National Quality Forum announced it has formed a new Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC), according to a news release.

The group's goals include developing a strategic plan and providing guidance for NQF's HIT activities, offering input on various HIT projects, reviewing electronic specifications for NQF-endorsed and candidate standards and making recommendations on the endorsement of HIT-related consensus standards, according to the release.

The advisory committee will have members representing consumers, providers, clinicians, purchasers, suppliers and public and community healthcare organizations, according to the release.

The NQF is a nonprofit healthcare quality organization that sets performance improvement goals and endorses consensus standards for measuring and reporting performance.

Read the NQF news release on its new Health Information Technology Advisory Committee.