Specialization Digital Health

This specialization introduces students to the emerging interdisciplinary field of digital health and the role and application of digital health technologies, including mobile applications, wearable technologies, health information systems, telehealth, telemedicine, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and big data. These digital health technologies are assessed for their potential and challenges to address real-world public health and health systems challenges with the goal of improving the quality, safety, and effectiveness of these services. The goal of this specialization is to prepare students for the new era of digitalization in public health and healthcare on a global scale. The digital health intervention design and implementation aspect of this specialization covers topics such as design thinking, normative approaches, ethical considerations, technology adoption, implementation, and strategy as they relate to digital health. The evaluation component of this course focuses on data in digital health, data management, and evaluation of digital health interventions with a focus on experimental and quasi-experimental evaluation approaches, as well as economic evaluation of digital health interventions. Applied learning project Students will be able to apply and evaluate their knowledge through interactive quizzes and peer-reviewed projects to critique innovative digital health interventions for social isolation for COVID-19 and to develop an evaluation plan for a hospital wanting to pilot and implement a digital sepsis monitoring alert system.