Postgraduate Course: The Business of eHealth (GLHE11040)
Course Outline
| School | School of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Global Health |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This novel course is designed to familiarise students with the commercial environments in which eHealth is playing a part. It considers the emergence and differentiation of the eHealth marketplace, including different types of technology, intended users and settings, suppliers and customers.
It will explore and contrast large-scale infrastructure deployments for healthcare organisations (e.g. electronic health records and decision support systems, emergence of cloud platforms), Telehealth for supporting remote patient care, mHealth innovations for ambulatory support or information, the online marketplace of health products and services, and the emerging market for reusable data assets, as well as the uses of social media in health.
It will also present key considerations for effective business case planning, product design, procurement, project planning and implementation, drawing on management theories while recognising the need for evidence-based eHealth.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Students will be responsible for their computer equipment and internet access. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Flexible, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
04/08/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
98 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Describe the value propositions for eHealth and formulate a business case.
2. Appraise marketing around eHealth solutions and deconstruct marketing hype to determine reasonable deliverables.
3. Describe the key phases involved in procurement and evaluate procurement procedures.
4. Summarize the key principles of user-centered design and effective change management and apply these principles in practice.
5. Generate an effective project implementation plan for an eHealth project.
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Assessment Information
Online forum participation: 10%
Short answer questions: 30%
Essay: 60%
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Special Arrangements
| Delivered via online distance learning |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | eHealth, business, mHealth, Telehealth, EHR, Big Data, Deployment, value, planning. |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Caroline Smith
Tel: (0131 6)50 0269
Email: c.m.smith@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Gayle Fitzpatrick
Tel: (0131 6)50 9236
Email: Gayle.Fitzpatrick@ed.ac.uk |
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