HOPR 853 - Telemedicine and e-Health

Cr Hrs: 3 (48-0-0)
This course will provide the students with opportunities to discuss and analyze the key issues, principles and approaches, in telemedicine. The course will have three sections. Emphasis on the first section of the course will be on theoretical, clinical, technical and pragmatic issues. The second section will address issues related to telemedicine such as design and development, standards, privacy and security issues, evaluation of telemedicine services and legal issues. Specific healthcare outcomes and the influence that they have on policy formulation will be examined and analyzed. The third section - a major focus of this course, will be practical application of telemedicine through the case study analyses. The strategies and skills healthcare professionals will need to practice and manage telemedicine effectively will be detailed. Strategic initiatives of various offices will be presented and discussed.This is a hybrid course, ie, it has On-line modules as well as Face-to- Face classes. This course is open to graduate students and has no prerequisites.

Grade Mode: Standard
Mode of Delivery (Online or Hybrid): Hybrid
Instructional Method: Lecture

Term offered: Fall

Fall - Instructor of Record: Sajeesh Kumar Kamala Raghavan