
Yadhagiri Vurinka: NJ-HITEC is the federally designated Regional Extension Center (REC) for New Jersey
established by the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) through a grant from the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator (ONC). NJHITEC is one of 62 RECs throughout the country established through the Health Information
Technology for Economic Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 to improve American
healthcare delivery and patient care through the investment in health information technology.