Healthcare Innovation and Technology: Industry Trends, Challenges and Opportunities

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This introductory course offers a multidisciplinary overview of innovation and technology in healthcare delivery and industry. Students will develop foundational knowledge of how different stakeholders and industries are operating and engaging with one another in this rapidly growing sector, as well as learning to identify and capitalize on diverse and growing business and career opportunities. This fusion of business, technology, and healthcare gives rise to new concepts, products, services and care delivery models. Students will explore these innovations, including but not limited to: telemedicine; telehealth; consumer electronics centered on self-managed care and wellness; electronic health records; and medical devices. Pioneering and key industry players will also feature in this analysis, with a focus on the telecommunications industry’s expansion into health technology and care delivery sectors. In addition to examination of these business, technical and strategic developments and issues, this course will assess related legal, regulatory, and public policy concerns. In particular, students will be introduced to patient data privacy and security issues and the relevant regulatory authorities that shape these considerations. To ensure successful application and understanding of the course concepts, students will engage in hands-on group projects on innovative development and deployment of health IT and care delivery models or products. This will enable students to have a grounding of the healthcare innovation process, from end to end, and to identify and overcome the myriad of operational, technical and legal issues surrounding this process.