Digital Health and Informatics

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  By the end of this 12-week subject, you'll be able to:

  1. Critically analyse digital health and informatics applications in the Australian context.
  2. Classify the innovative use of ICT (including eHealth, telehealth, mHealth, IoT and social media) for population health and contextualise them in disease surveillance, risk communication, disaster management and emergency response.
  3. Investigate and compare legal frameworks and global guidelines for digital health applications in Australia with insights into social equity principles and diversity.
  4. Investigate the effectiveness of an ICT intervention in digital health.
  5. Critically analyse the role of public, private and government partnerships in digital health and informatics.
  6. Demonstrate inter and intra-professional collaboration and communication while reflecting on Australian digital health practices. 

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Torrens University Australia

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

• TUA-PHE-GCE-2026 - Graduate Certificate of Public Health
• TUA-CBA-GCE-2026 - Graduate Certificate of Business Administration

Prior study

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

• TUA-PUBH6000-Social, Behavioural and Cultural Factors in Public Health

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.