Telemedicine and e-health

Code:

OPT73

Acronym:

TeS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2017/2018 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master in Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIMED	16	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina- Plano oficial 2013 (Reforma Curricular)	4	-	1,5	14	40,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This unit aims to empower students with the necessary knowledge and skills: to evaluate the benefits and limitations of the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to remotely support healthcare delivery; to efficiently use tools for remote access to information and learning; to identify the main technologies used in the remote communication between health information systems; to structure, design and evaluate telemedicine and e-health systems.

Learning outcomes and competences

This unit aims to empower students with the necessary knowledge and skills:

- to evaluate the benefits and limitations of the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to remotely support healthcare delivery;

- to identify the main technologies used in the remote communication between health information systems;

- to structure, design and evaluate telemedicine and e-health systems.

Working method

Presencial

Program

ICT infrastructures – clinical data warehouses, distributed systems, communication standards, real-time solutions, store & foreward solutions and security systems.

Structuring medical data – data acquisition, the small-window effect, different applications of telemedicine and e-health.

Organizational issues in the use of telemedicine – planning, implementation, setup, maintenance, legal issues and technology assessment, legal cover to telemedicine.

New trends – patient empowerment through e-health, the influence of Web 2.0 in medicine.

Business models applied to telemedicine and e-health.

Mandatory literature

Hoyt, R. E., Bailey, N., & Yoshihashi, A. (Eds.) ; Practical Guide For Healthcare And Information Technology Professionals (5thEdition), Lulu , 2012. ISBN: ISBN: 1105437558, 2012
Tan, J. ; E-Health Care Information Systems: An Introduction for Students and Professionals, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005
Cimino, J. J. & Shortliffe, E. H. (Eds) ; Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine (3rd edition) , New York: Springer-Verlag,, 2013

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical lectures (6T) and theoretical-practical lessons (8TP), with topic discussion, individual and group exercises, and hands-on training on medical scenarios, with proper software.

Evaluation will be based on a project to be presented.The project allows the students to explore the application of new technologies of telemedicine to health topics of the students interest, and have contact to eventual problems that may emerge in the implementation.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	100,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Project pitch- 100%