Thomas Keane has been appointed assistant secretary for technology policy and national coordinator for health IT, according to a LinkedIn post shared Tuesday by ASTP.
As the second ASTP and ninth national coordinator, Keane is tasked with leading the Department of Health and Human Services offices’ health IT initiatives. The executive will also play an instrumental role in developing and implementing the technology strategy of HHS.
Keane’s Career Achievements
Before his new dual role, Keane served in the ASTP as a senior adviser to the HHS deputy secretary. A trained interventional radiologist, he was named the COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund administrator during the pandemic. He also spearheaded the creation of the National Nursing Home COVID Action Network of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or AHRQ.
Earlier in his career, Keane was employed as a finite element software developer and enterprise software engineer.
