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Taha Kass-Hout, M.D., M.S
Director, Division of Informatics Solutions and Operations at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
BioSense 2.0 is the first HHS system to move to a cutting edge and cost effective “cloud environment”. It is also the only surveillance system that uses hospital emergency department data for early detection and assessment of illness related to potential outbreaks and bioterrorism related events. BioSense 2.0, launched in November 2011, provides a secure platform in the cloud for all state, local, tribal and territorial public health departments to send, store, analyze, and share data to signal alerts for potential health problems before they become epidemics. Learn more about BioSense 2.0 here
About the Speaker:
Taha Kass-Hout is the Director for the Division of Informatics Solutions and Operations at CDC. He has over 15 years of experience in health, public health, and informatics. He managed the BioSense Program (2009-2012), which has many features that provide utility to health departments and CDC in public health data collection, standardization, storage, analysis, and collaboration. BioSense is the first Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) program to be hosted completely in the Government cloud, in alignment with the White House cloud initiative.
The talk will be followed by a CDC/IPaT reception in IPaT, in the Centergy building, suite 600, from 4:30 to 6 PM.
