Dr. Thomas Keane has been named Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP) and National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). An engineer and physician, Dr. Keane previously served in ASTP and also as a Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of HHS. 

“The EHR Association congratulates Dr. Thomas Keane on his appointment as Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy at HHS and National Coordinator for Health IT. Dr. Keane brings important expertise in health policy to the role,” says Leigh Burchell (Altera Digital Health), Chair of the EHR Association Executive Committee. “We’re pleased that his selection reflects HHS’ commitment to putting leadership in place that both recognizes the criticality of the ‘coordinator’ responsibilities and understands from prior experience the many complex use cases related to health data interoperability that the agency is tasked with supporting. We look forward to collaborating with Dr. Keane and ASTP to further the digitization of healthcare and explore regulatory refinements.”

Among other duties, Keane was an administrator of the COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund and led the development of the AHRQ National Nursing Home COVID Action Network. Dr. Keane worked as a finite element software developer and enterprise software engineer before training as an interventional radiologist.