Digital Health Privacy and Security Issues

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  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

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About University of Tasmania

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-2023 - Graduate Certificate in Digital Health
• TAS-HIM-MAS-2023 - 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-E-Health Privacy and Security Issues (no longer available)

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - 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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