Course director, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen
Digital Health
Become familiar with new technologies and innovation solutions for health care products.
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Digital health covers a wide range of healthcare products and services, including health and medical websites and platforms, as well as telemedicine and telehealth.
The scientific literature and popular media frequently comment on how digital health offers new and improved ways of delivering health care. Digital solutions include a wide range of health care products and services ranging from AI-based clinical support to telemedicine and telehealth. Digital health technology includes simple apps and scheduling tools as well as digital interventions that completely replace pharmaceuticals or other traditional health care interventions as in the case of insomnia treatment. Despite the promises and prospects of digital solutions there are many challenges and problems to be solved in this new digital health era.
Digital health technology introduces new and innovative solutions for health care at the same time optimizing patient outcomes. It provides the possibility for patients to gain more control over their treatment and become more sovereign in handling their own unique health care situation. Digital tools can change the patient pathways, the choice of interventions and the relationship
between the actors in a treatment situation.
Patients now play a central role in their own health care due to improvements in self-monitoring and self-care made possible by real world data and new digital solutions. This situation requires new methods for measuring the value of digital solutions for regulators, health care providers, patients and payers.
The course will address the following:
- Introduction to Digital Health Care Digital health practices – examples from the real world
- Stakeholders, new players and new business models
- Possibilities for collaboration between Big Tech, decision makers, practitioners and patients
- Impact on patient relevant outcomes
- Ethical concerns and transparency issues
- The regulatory environment for digital tools
- The complexities of reimbursement in digital health
- Big data and what it means for the future of healthcare
- How COVD 19 has changed the trajectory for digital health
For more details about the course, please refer to the course curriculum.
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Learning outcomes
On completion of the course, you will be able to:
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develop a foundational understanding of digital health solutions, including key terminology and challenges
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assess ethical concerns and transparency issues in the development and implementation of digital health solutions
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identify key stakeholders, their interests, and motivations in the digital health landscape
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critically evaluate digital health proposals and communicate relevant issues and solutions with specialists and stakeholders
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collaborate effectively within a multi-disciplinary team to develop and implement digital health initiatives.
Admission criteria
You must meet the following criteria to be admitted to this course:
- Hold a relevant bachelor degree or equivalent.
- Have a minimum 2 years of relevant job experience in drug development.
- Be proficient in English.
Find detailed information in the admission criteria on Master of Industrial Drug Development.
Priority is given to enrolled students
This course is offered as an elective course in the Master of Industrial Drug Development programme. Priority is given to students already enrolled. Once the enrolled students have been admitted to the course, the remaining seats are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Tuition fees
EU/EEA citizens
20,000 DKK
Non-EU/EEA citizens
22,130 DKK
The fee includes lunch and coffee.
More information
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Place
University of Copenhagen
Department of Pharmacy/
Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology
Universitetsparken 2
2100 Copenhagen
Denmark
Contact
Annette Villumsen
Study Administration Officer
master@sund.ku.dk
Tel:+45 35 33 60 66