Practical Application of Health Informatics; HESN

By: Weam Banjar, BDS., MS Clinical researcherAssisstant deputy for preventive health officeSubsecretary office for public healthMinistry of Health

Outline:

•What is HESN?

•HESN components

•Opportunities and challenges

•What is next?

What is HESN?

Health Electronic Surveillance Network

Health Electronic Surveillance Network

Share

Analyze

Collect

Health Electronic Surveillance Network

Share

Analyze

Collect

Monitoring

Early detection

Management

Response

Improve public health outcomes

Identify and set public health priorities

Allow for implementation of timely, appropriate, informed evidence-based public health decisions

Improve quality of public health data

Outline:

•What is HESN?

•HESN components

•Opportunities and challenges

•What is next?

HESN Components

investigation

outbreak

Notification

Immunization

Inventory management

Business process

Reporting

EpiAlert (Hajj system)

investigation

outbreak

Notification

Immunization

Inventory management

Business process

Reporting

EpiAlert (Hajj system)

investigation

outbreak

Notification

Immunization

Inventory management

Business process

Reporting

EpiAlert (Hajj system)

investigation

outbreak

Notification

Immunization

Inventory management

Business process

Reporting

EpiAlert (Hajj system)

investigation

outbreak

Notification

Immunization

Inventory management

Business process

Reporting

EpiAlert (Hajj system)

investigation

outbreak

Notification

Immunization

Inventory management

Business process

Reporting

EpiAlert (Hajj system)

investigation

outbreak

Notification

Immunization

Inventory management

Business process

Reporting

EpiAlert (Hajj system)

investigation

outbreak

Notification

Immunization

Inventory management

Business process

Reporting

EpiAlert (Hajj system)

investigation

outbreak

Notification

Immunization

Inventory management

Business process

Reporting

EpiAlert (Hajj system)

Outline:

•What is HESN?

•HESN components

•Opportunities and challenges

•What is next?

Opportunities and Challenges

Opportunities

• Standardization

•Real-time

•Accuracy

•Reliability and validity

• Trend and patterns

• Integration with partners

Challenges

•Human resource

•Resistance

•Budget

• Logistics

•Reliability and validity

• remote areas

Opportunities

• Standardization

•Real-time

•Accuracy

•Reliability and validity

• Trend and patterns

• Integration with partners

Challenges

•Human resource

•Resistance

•Budget

• Logistics

•Reliability and validity

• remote areas

Outline:

•What is HESN?

•HESN components

•Opportunities and challenges

•What is next?

What is Next?

Active surveillance

Infection prevention and control

Occupational health

Environmental health

Decision support system

Epidemic alert system