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Digital Health and Information Systems


Dozent/in Dr. med. Torsten Schmitz
Veranstaltungsart Vorlesung
Code FS251154
Semester Frühjahrssemester 2025
Durchführender Fachbereich Gesundheitswissenschaften
Studienstufe Bachelor
Termin/e Fr, 21.02.2025, 12:30 - 16:00 Uhr, 3.B48
Fr, 28.02.2025, 12:30 - 16:00 Uhr, 3.B48
Fr, 14.03.2025, 12:30 - 16:00 Uhr, 4.B55
Fr, 28.03.2025, 12:30 - 16:00 Uhr, 4.A05
Fr, 04.04.2025, 12:30 - 16:00 Uhr, 3.B48
Fr, 16.05.2025, 12:30 - 16:00 Uhr, 4.B55
Fr, 23.05.2025, 12:30 - 16:00 Uhr, 3.A05
Umfang 2 Semesterwochenstunden
Inhalt
1. Introduction to Digital Health
- Defining digital health, including the WHO classification of digital health interventions
- Introduction to AI in digital health
- Potential benefits and harms of digital health interventions
- Key factors for positive impact and sustainability of digital interventions, including an introduction to the Principles for Digital Development
2. Exploring examples of digital health interventions I
- Digital interventions to support remote monitoring and self-management
- Electronic medical records and clinical decision support systems
3. Exploring examples of digital health interventions II - data for decision making 
- Civil registration and vital statistics
- Health information systems & disease surveillance
4. Developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating digital health interventions
5. Key technological considerations:
- Infrastructure
- Open source, open data and open innovation
- Standards & interoperability
- Data privacy and security
6. Strategy, governance and regulation in digital health, and introduction to assignment
Schlagworte Nachhaltigkeit
Lernziele Digital Health –the application of information and communication technology to health– has a major role in strengthening health systems around the world, including in low and middle income countries. Governments, non-governmental organisations and donors are increasingly investing in digital health to improve access and quality of health information, enhance healthcare processes, achieve better quality of care and improve health outcomes.
As health systems become increasingly dependent on digital health interventions, it is crucial that decision-makers in the health domain have a comprehensive understanding of digital health – what it is, what are its implications, benefits or barriers, what are the best practices – so that interventions can make the best use of such technologies to improve the health status of individuals and populations.
Despite its potential, the many facets of digital health (from the clinical, regulatory, technological or social points of view, to name a few) often contribute to making initiatives in this domain complex and challenging endeavors. Key factors in the design and implementation of digital health interventions contribute to the degree to which they are acceptable and usable to users and the extent to which they support (or do not support) intended improvements in health and health systems. But critical gaps in the evidence-base for digital health pose challenges to informed decision-making on digital health interventions.
This module aims to provide students with an overview of digital health, and the landscape of key digital health interventions, with practical examples from Switzerland and around the world. In addition, it will cover priority topics relating to the Principles for Digital Development to provide students with a strong foundation in the design and implementation of digital health interventions.
Voraussetzungen By the end of the course, students are expected to be able to:
• Explain key concepts related to digital health interventions
• Critically evaluate the strengths and limitations of different digital tools used within health systems
• Analyse real-world challenges in the implementation of digital health solutions, and identify appropriate approaches to monitoring and evaluation
• Demonstrate understanding of key technological considerations relevant to digital health
• Apply knowledge to real-world case studies, identifying factors to mitigate challenges and maximise impact and sustainability
Sprache Englisch
Anmeldung https://elearning.hsm-unilu.ch/course/view.php?id=821
Prüfung Group presentation

IMPORTANT: In order to earn credits and participate at the exam registration via Uni Portal within the exam registration period is MANDATORY. Further information: https://www.unilu.ch/en/study/courses-exams-regulations/health-sciences-and-medicine/exams/
Abschlussform / Credits Group presentation / 3 Credits
Hinweise Lehr- und Lernformate
Introductory lectures
Group work
Self-directed learning (pre-reading)
Hörer-/innen Nein
Kontakt torsten.schmitz@swisstph.ch
Literatur

·         Classification of digital health interventions: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240081949

·         Principles for Digital Development:
https://digitalprinciples.org/about/

·          “Textbook of Digital Health”

https://textbookofdigitalhealth.com

·         Health workers’ perceptions and experiences of using mHealth technologies to deliver primary healthcare services: a qualitative evidence synthesis

https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD011942.pub2/full#CD011942-sec-0061

·         Digital health: a path to validation

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-019-0111-3

Monitoring & evaluating digital health interventions

https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241511766