Postgraduate Course: The Business of eHealth (GLHE11040)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | 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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| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Students will be responsible for their computer equipment and internet access. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Flexible |
| Course Start Date |
03/08/2015 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| 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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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Online forum participation: 10%
Short answer questions: 30%
Essay: 60%
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| Feedback |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the value propositions for eHealth and formulate a business case.
- Appraise marketing around eHealth solutions and deconstruct marketing hype to determine reasonable deliverables.
- Describe the key phases involved in procurement and evaluate procurement procedures.
- Summarize the key principles of user-centered design and effective change management and apply these principles in practice.
- Generate an effective project implementation plan for an eHealth project.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Special Arrangements |
Delivered via online distance learning |
| 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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