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E-Health
Postgraduate | TAS-CRH602 | 2020
Course information for 2020 intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- -
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E-Health
About this subject
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Define the scope of e-health
- Analyse the drivers and challenges influencing the emergence and success of telemedicine, telehealth and other applications
- Link e-health to strategic directions of health care systems
- Discuss e-health services from the perspective of different stakeholders
- Analyse changes in the consumer/health professional relationship
- Discuss relevant standards for e-health applications
- Demonstrate an understanding of technical aspects of e-health applications
- Develop a project plan for an e-health program
- Describe some evaluation strategies for an e-health projects
- Familiarisation
- The scope of e-health
- Drivers of e-health
- Challenges for development of e-health
- E-health: impact on service structures and relationships
- Network technologies
- Standards for e-health systems
- Security, privacy and confidentiality
- Accessibility and usability
- Planning and implementing an e-health project
- Evaluation of e-health
This unit explores the changes occurring in the structure and delivery of health services because of technologies such as the Internet and telehealth. The unit considers the impact of such technology on consumers, communities, health professionals and health services.
- Proposal for an e-health project (30%)
- Expanded proposal or case study (40%)
- Project plan / evaluation (30%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Prior study
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Additional requirements
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Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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