Biography and Synopsis

Russell Gann
Surveillance Coordinator and Project Manager
Ministry of Health
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Biography

Dr. Russell Gann is the Surveillance Coordinator and Project Manager for the Ministry of Health in Riyadh. He retired from U.S. federal government service after 10 years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention where he was the Surveillance Coordinator and Program Manager for all projects related to the surveillance and informatics activities in the U.S. He was the lead Informatician and project lead for IT at the CDC's H1N1 pandemic activities in 2010.

Dr. Abdullah Al-Zahranim,
HESN Change Management Stream Leader,
Ministry of Health,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Eng Abdullah Al-Rabiah,
HESN Technical Stream Leader,
Ministry of Health,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Synopsis:

Sunday, 20 May 2012
LS3
12:45-13:15
Grand Ballroom 1
Using HIT to Fight Pandemic Outbreaks on a Massive Scale, Health Electronic Surveillance Network (HESN) and Electronic Health Records Integration

HESN is a comprehensive, integrated public health information system that allows public health professionals to manage chronic and infectious diseases; infection control; outbreaks; immunizations; vaccine inventories; and will integrate with Electronic Health Records.