Telemedicine and e-Health

Code:

EBE0194

Acronym:

TES

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Biomedical Engineering

Instance: 2016/2017 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Bioengineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MEB	23	Syllabus	1	-	6	56	162
MIB	7	Syllabus	4	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The objective of the present course is to introduce and provide knowledge in the telemedicine and eHealth area. 

Learning outcomes and competences

Students will learn new concepts on clinical information generation, its transmission inside and out of health institutions and usage in different healthcare scenarios. Furthermore, they will learn to design IT architecture of health information systems based on established standards (HL7, DICOM, etc.) and to implement small projects in telemedicine and e-health.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Introduction

Generarion of clinical information. Clinical information systems.

eHealth, telemedicine, tele-health and tele-care: scope and historic perspective

 

Telemedicine

Usage scenarios and operation modes

Telemedicine systems technologies

Standards and best-practices

Telemedicine in developed and developing countries.

Telemedicine generations in Portugal

Tele-radiology, tele-cardiology and other examples of telemedicine systems in civil, military and aerospace environments.

 

eHealth

Tele-health systems

Generic models and architectures for eHealth

Administrative and medical-administrative HIS

Clinical HIS (Labs, PACS, etc.)

Electronic health records

Health telematics: Regional and national telehealth systems

European eHealth perspectives

Biomedical informatics: eHealth and bioinformatics; examples.

 

Ethical and legal aspects of telemedicine and eHealth

 

Field trips to hospitals and telemedicine and eHealth R&D centers

Mandatory literature

Wootton, R., Craig, J., Patterson, V. ; Introduction to Telemedicine, Royal Soc Medicine Press Ltd, 2006
Shortliffe, E.H., Cimino, J.J. ; Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine. , Springer, 2006

Complementary Bibliography

Maheu, M; E-Health, Telehealth and Telemedicine, Jossey-Bass (Wiley), 2001
Norris, A.; Essentials of Telemedicine and Telecare, Wiley, 2001
Bemmel, J., Muse, M.; Handbook of Medical Informatics, Springer, 1997

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretic concepts presentation; examples

Development of thematic state of the art reports and their presentations to the class;

Reports of visits to the hospitals/R&D centers

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Both components have a minimum grade of 7/20

Calculation formula of final grade

Evaluation: 0.4Tr + 0.6Ex;

Tr- reports;

Ex- exam

Observations

Limited to 20 students/class due to lab equipment limitations in I305