KEY PLAYERS:

Nancy-Anne DeParle

Counselor to the President and Director, White House Office of Health Reform

Charged with helping to shape a new health care system for the nation that will broaden access and rein in costs.

David Blumenthal, MD, MPP

National Coordinator for Health Information Technology ONC/HHS

Charged with spearheading the implementation of a nationwide interoperable, privacy-protected health information technology infrastructure as called for in the ARRA.

LaTanya Sweeney, PhD

Director, Data Privacy Lab, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Technology and Policy Carnegie Mellon University

An expert in health information privacy and security and one of 13 thought-leaders appointed to the Health Information Technology Policy Committee, a new advisory body established by the ARRA.