Overview

Technology alone does not improve healthcare. Successful digital innovation requires an understanding of the interactions among people, organizations, and technology. Within Digital Health, you study how digital innovations can be successfully adopted and implemented in health(care) practice.

Program and courses 

Support healthier lifestyle choices by improving communication between patients, healthcare professionals, and other caregivers. 

• New technologies offer exciting opportunities to improve prevention, treatment, and long-term care, but successful implementation requires more than technology alone. 
• Connect academic research with healthcare practice through guest lectures, practical cases, and collaboration with healthcare organizations and eHealth partners. 
• This track focuses on the human side of digital innovation. Ideal for students who want to work on health-related challenges from an interdisciplinary perspective. Rather than developing technology yourself through programming or engineering, you will learn how to implement digital health solutions through communication, policy, and organizational innovation.
• Develop expertise in the adoption, implementation, and evaluation of digital health applications, such as health chatbots, virtual and augmented reality, smartphone-based applications, wearable devices, biosensors, and other healthcare management apps.