Taha Kass-Hout, Chief Health Informatics Officer, FDA

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Taha Kass-Hout, Chief Health Informatics Officer, FDA

The Food and Drug Administration has launched openFDA. It's a new data initiative making for easier access to large public health datasets. OpenFDA is in line with...

Federal News Network Staff

June 3, 2014 6:57 pm

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The Food and Drug Administration has launched openFDA. It’s a new data initiative making for easier access to large public health datasets. OpenFDA is in line with the President’s open data executive order and the Health and Human Service Department’s Health Data Initiative. Taha Kass-Hout is chief health informatics officer at the FDA. He explains the main focus of the project to Tom and Emily on the Federal Drive.