Ehealth: System Implementation and Service Innovation
The course provides knowledge about project work for the implementation of e-health and healthcare technology in the health sector. The course provides theoretical insight into organisational and change management theory. The course emphasises a specific approach that includes a project as a method of system implementation in the health sector. The course provides a basis for innovation and innovative thinking, and in-depth insight into subjects, client involvement and ethics.
The course is part of the Master’s programme in Health Sciences. It can also be taken as an independent course, or as part of a 30 credit further education programme (E-health and Welfare Technology).
Introduction to the course
This course is for students who wish to learn how e-health solutions can be implemented and used in the health services. This course provides students with the opportunity to learn through critical analysis, a practical project approach and organisational theory topics that focus on how e-health solutions can be introduced at different levels in the health sector.
Knowledge:
- has advanced knowledge about organisational factors and change management in relation to the implementation e-health solutions
- has specialised knowledge about innovation related to e-health
- can apply knowledge about project management and project models in the implementation of e-health solutions
- can analyse client involvement and professional aspects regarding the implementation of e-health in organisations
Skills
- can analyse key issues regarding the use of e-health solutions at individual and organisational levels
- can critically apply project management tools or models when implementing e-health solutions
- can plan, carry out and evaluate the implementation of a delimited academic project related to welfare or healthcare technology, or other relevant e-health solutions
General competence
- Can contribute to innovative thinking and in innovation processes related to the use of e-health solutions
- Can contribute to digital professional development in the health services
- Can communicate about the use and benefit of e-health solutions in professional and public forums
The course involves one piece of group coursework (AK). Grading: Approved/ not approved. Coursework must be approved before the final course grade can be given.
The examination is an individual assignment (OP). This is in the form of a project that takes place during the teaching period. Grading: A-F