abstract:David Blumenthal (born August 31, 1948) is an academic physician and health care policy expert, best known as the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in the period 2009-2011 during early implementation of the HITECH Act (Obamacare) provisions on "meaningful use".David Glendinning, "The White House's HIT man: An interview with David Blumenthal, MD", American Medical News (August 3, 2009)