eHealth: Aims and Applications

Aim

The overall purpose of the course is to analyse the concept of eHealth based on its interdisciplinary nature. The goal is for students to be able to integrate knowledge from the different parts of the course and critically appraise existing eHealth applications. Through joint teaching between faculties, the course also creates a foundation for interprofessional learning.

After completing the course, students are expected to be able to

• describe the healthcare system with respect to work procedures, structure, management, and development over time
• explain the concept of eHealth from different points of view
• explain how the individual, organisation, and society can contribute to the development of eHealth
• describe how eHealth can influence health together with quality, attitudes, and work procedures within health and social care
• reflect upon their role in an interdisciplinary work group.

Content

• The concept of health and factors influencing health for individuals, groups, and society
• Healthcare actors: management and organisation, obligations and responsibilities, processes and interaction, development over time
• Primary aims, benefits, costs, visions, and driving forces of eHealth
• Perspectives on eHealth: definitions and extensions, technological possibilities and limitations, infrastructure and applications, visions and challenges
• eHealth state of the art: electronic health interventions, applications, and enabling technologies such as image analysis, robotics, machine learning, and sensor systems
• Technological constraints for eHealth, their capacity and limitations
• Standardisation for interoperability, national service platforms and contracts
• Implementation and change in work procedures, professions, and leadership
• Ethical and legal aspects of medical information processing
• Human-technology interaction, end-user participation in technology and product development and service design, accessibility and involvement from an intersectional perspective
• Measuring quality, evidence-based eHealth, knowledge sources and resources