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Postgraduate | TAS-BAA548 | 2024

Digital Health Privacy and Security Issues

Previously TAS-CRH503

Course information for 2024 intake

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Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Start dates
22 July 2024,
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
14 weeks

Price from

$2,648

Upfront cost

$0

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Digital Health Privacy and Security Issues

About this subject

  • Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:

    1. Discuss concepts and terms relevant to privacy and security
    2. Critically review the Australian legal framework as it applies to the use of health information confidentiality, integrity, and availability
    3. Analyse stakeholder perspectives and challenges on the use of health information
    4. Justify the recommendation of appropriate information security measures to manage identified risks
    5. Consider the contribution of ethical frameworks for guiding health informatics professionals

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

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

Core

  • TAS-EHL-GCE-2024 - Graduate Certificate in Digital Health
  • TAS-HIM-MAS-2024 - Master of Health Information Management

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

  • TAS-CRH503 (Not currently available)

Additional requirements

  • Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Online tutorial 1 hr x 6 times per semester. Independent learning approx 10 hrs weekly.

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.

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Related degrees

Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses

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PostgraduateTAS-EHL-GCE

Graduate Certificate in Digital Health

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PostgraduateTAS-HIM-MAS

Master of Health Information Management