Application of Digital Health

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:6.00

Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:30:48

Study Course Information
Course Code:		VVDG_029		LQF level:		Level 7
Credit Points:		8.00		ECTS:		12.00
Branch of Science:		Management; Public Management		Target Audience:		Health Management; Medicine
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Didzis Rūtītis
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Faculty of Social Sciences
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfrsu[pnkts]lv
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		23	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		46
Classes (count)		25	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		50
Total Contact Hours								96
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Basic knowledge of digital health tools.
Objective:
The aim of the course is to provide knowledge and understanding of the implementation of digital transformation in the healthcare.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Current conceptual approaches to health care organization			Lectures		4.00	auditorium
				Classes		4.00	auditorium
2	Future trends in healthcare services			Lectures		4.00	auditorium
				Classes		3.00	auditorium
3	Change management in the healthcare industry			Lectures		4.00	auditorium
				Classes		4.00	auditorium
4	Implementation of IT systems, strategies, opportunities and challenges			Lectures		2.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
5	Architecture of digital health information systems			Lectures		2.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
6	Digital Healthcare Innovation Development Model (CIMIT)			Lectures		3.00	auditorium
				Classes		3.00	auditorium
7	Digital Health Innovation Laboratory			Lectures		2.00	auditorium
				Classes		8.00	auditorium
8	Summary of principles on digital healthcare application			Lectures		2.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
- Studying the materials posted in e-studies (video lectures, articles, publications, databases), self-test tasks. - Development of independent work: development of a detailed change implementation strategy for a solution to a health problem by introducing or changing a digital health tool or technology. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal.
Assessment Criteria:
Passed successfully: 1) independent work; 2) test.
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Exam
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		- Familiarize yourself with current health care implementation concepts and their implementation tools. - To understand the need and rationale for implementing digital transformation in the field of health. - Understand and describe the purpose, main steps and tasks of the change management process. - Know the Digital Healthcare Innovation Development Model (CIMIT).
Skills:		- Determine change management goals based on current health care conceptual models. - Describe and analyze the processes, tasks and events related to the implementation of digital transformation in the field of health. - Recognize and characterize the significant challenges and obstacles to the implementation of digital transformation. - Apply the Digital Healthcare Innovation Development Model (CIMIT). - Develop a change management and implementation strategy.
Competencies:		Develop a detailed change management strategy for digital transformation by implementing innovative healthcare digital tools and technologies.
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	Bhavnani, Sanjeev P.; Narula, Jagat; Sengupta, Partho P. (2016). "Mobile technology and the digitization of healthcare". European Heart Journal. 37 (18): 1428–38.
2	Miedany, Yasser El. (2017). "Telehealth and telemedicine: how the digital era is changing standard health care". Smart Homecare Technology and TeleHealth. 4: 43–52.
3	Merians, Alma S.; Jack, David; Boian, Rares; Tremaine, Marilyn; et.al. (2002). "Virtual reality--augmented rehabilitation for patients following stroke. (Case Report)". Physical Therapy. 82 (9): 898–916. (akceptējams izdevums)
4	Rivas, Homero; Wac, Katarzyna. (2018). Digital Health: Scaling Healthcare to the World (Health Informatics) 1st edition. Springer.
5	Marx, Edward, W.; Padmanabhan, Paddy. (2021). Healthcare Digital Transformation: How Consumerism, Technology and Pandemic are Accelerating the Future, 1st edition. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
6	Dumas, Marlon; La Rosa, Marcello; Mendling, Jan; Reijers, Hajo A. (2018). “Fundamentals of Business Process Management”. 2nd edition, Springer, Berlin.
7	Ozcan, Y. A. (2017). Analytics and Decision Support in Health Care Operations Management. 3rd edition, San Francisco.
Additional Reading
1	Widmer, R. Jay; Collins, Nerissa M.; Collins, C. Scott; et.al. (2015). "Digital Health Interventions for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis". Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 90 (4): 469–80
2	Amft, O. (2018). "How Wearable Computing Is Shaping Digital Health". IEEE Pervasive Computing. 17 (1): 92–98
3	Monaghesh, Elham; Hajizadeh, Alireza. (2020). "The role of telehealth during COVID-19 outbreak: a systematic review based on current evidence". BMC Public Health. 20 (1): 1193.
Other Information Sources
1	Institute of Digital Healthcare - University of Warwick.
2	ZHAW Digital Health Lab.
3	Digital Health Center of Excellence.
4	Guidance and Impact Tracking System (GAITS) Platform Portal.