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Introduction to Digital health
  • Level Professional
  • المدة 31 ساعات hours
  • الطبع بواسطة Imperial College London
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This course introduces the field of digital health and the key concepts and definitions in this emerging field. The key topics include Learning Health Systems and Electronic Health Records and various types of digital health technologies to include mobile applications, wearable technologies, health information systems, telehealth, telemedicine, machine learning, artificial intelligence and big data. These technologies are assessed in terms of the key opportunities and challenges to their use and the evidence of their effectiveness in the field of digital health in relation to public health and healthcare globally. The use and application of digital health for COVID-19 forms a case study demonstrating the use of different types of digital health technologies to address key aspects of the response to the virus globally.

الوحدات

Welcome to Imperial College London

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    • 1 Discussion
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  • Nice to meet you!

5 Readings

  • About Imperial College London
  • About the digital health team
  • How to be successful in this course?
  • Grading Policy
  • Glossary

Introduction to Digital Health

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    • 1 Discussion
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  • What does Digital Health mean to you?

2 Readings

  • Digital Health: Definitions in the literature
  • Your key concepts from the literature

Growth in Digital Health and Personalised vs. Population Health

    • 2 Videos
    • 3 Readings
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2 Videos

  • Growth in Digital Health Technologies
  • Personalised and Population Digital Health Approaches

3 Readings

  • The Mobile Economy 2020
  • Reflections: The Mobile Economy 2020
  • Grand challenges in Digital Health

Examples of Digital Health

    • 2 Videos
    • 6 Readings
    • 2 Discussion
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1 Assignment

  • Reflection: The impact of Digital Health on the quality and safety of health care

2 Discussions

  • Examples of Digital Health
  • Digital Health: successful and unsuccessful projects

2 Videos

  • Doing Digital Health Badly
  • The Digital Healthcare System in Estonia: Interview

6 Readings

  • Why Digital Health projects succeed or fail
  • Reaction to the Failed UK NPfIT
  • Reflections: Reaction to the UK's failed NPfIT
  • Estonia’s Digital Health system
  • Reflections: Estonia’s Digital Health system
  • The impact of Digital Health on the quality and safety of health care

Summative quiz

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1 Assignment

  • Introduction to Digital Health - knowledge check

Introduction to Electronic Health Records

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 2 Assignment
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2 Assignment

  • Reflection: Electronic Health Records in Use: Supporting Population Health
  • Reflection: Electronic Health Records in Use: Delivering Benefits During the COVID-19 Pandemic

1 Videos

  • Introduction to Electronic Health Records

2 Readings

  • Electronic Health Records in Use: Supporting Population Health
  • Electronic Health Records in Use: Delivering Benefits During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Learning Health Systems

    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Reflection: The Science of Learning Health Systems

1 Discussions

  • Learning Health Systems in Context

3 Readings

  • Learning Health Systems — An Introduction
  • The Science of Learning Health Systems
  • Optional Readings

Definitions and debates in Digital Health

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Reflection: complexities of Learning Health Systems

1 Discussions

  • Health Systems quality and safety issues

1 Videos

  • Interview with Professor Alex Bottle

3 Readings

  • Complexities of Learning Health Systems
  • Optional Readings
  • Examples and illustrations of how Health Systems learn

Summative quiz

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  • Knowledge check: Electronic Health Records and Learning Health Systems

Introduction to Types of Digital Health Technologies

    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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  • Digital Technologies commonly used in your country

2 Readings

  • Classification of Digital Health Interventions
  • Introduction to the types of technologies

Mobile Applications and Wearable Technologies

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Assignment

  • mHealth systematic review

2 Videos

  • Mobile Applications and Wearable Technologies
  • Apps and Wearables and the Healthcare System

1 Readings

  • Evidence on the effectiveness of mHealth interventions

Practical applications of mHealth: Ebola contact tracing and beyond

    • 2 Videos
    • 3 Readings
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2 Videos

  • Introduction to the Ebola Contact Tracing Study
  • Practical examples of the use of mHealth applications in India and Sierra Leone

3 Readings

  • Optional: Contact tracing in Guinea using an app
  • Digital health and epidemic preparedness and response
  • Optional readings

Health Information Systems and Digital Tools for Data Collection

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Podcast: The Use of Digital Tools for Data Collection for public health

3 Readings

  • Health Information Systems
  • Essential features of a Health Information System
  • The use of digital tools for data collection for public health

Knowledge Check

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1 Assignment

  • Introduction to Digital Health Technologies

Telehealth and telemedicine

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Telehealth and Telemedicine

2 Readings

  • The State of Telehealth
  • Optional readings

Social Media, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

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    • 3 Readings
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  • Artificial Intelligence

3 Readings

  • Introduction to the use of social media in healthcare
  • The use of social media in public health
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Gamification and Behavioural Sciences

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2 Videos

  • Gamification
  • Behavioural science

1 Readings

  • Gamification and Behavioural sciences in relation to Digital Health

Big Data

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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  • Reflection on big data

1 Videos

  • Big data

1 Readings

  • Optional reading: Big Data and the real world

Final quiz

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  • Final Summative Quiz

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Explore the emerging field of digital health with Coursera's "Introduction to Digital Health" course. Delve into key concepts such as Learning Health Systems, Electronic Health Records, and various digital health technologies including mobile apps, wearables, telehealth, AI, and big data. Assess their opportunities, challenges, and effectiveness globally, with a special case study on COVID-19. Perfect for health and fitness professionals, this 1860-minute course offers Starter and Professional subscription options. Join and enhance your understanding of digital health’s impact on public health and healthcare.

Ana Luisa Neves
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Ana Luisa Neves