Consumer and Personal Health Informatics

Catalog description

This course is designed to develop intelligent consumers, managers, and researchers of telehealth and personal health/ consumer health informatics systems through guided exploration into the components of such systems. The course is designed to introduce many of the challenges facing designers and managers of telehealth/ mHealth and remote health care delivery networks. The spectrum of activity ranging from research into implications of system design for applications that bridge geographic distance to the development of practical applications to promote patient engagement is considered in both historical context and in case studies. The current status and future trends of this emerging domain are reviewed. It is recommended that students have some exposure to health care or health systems prior to enrolling in this course. NOTE: Non-majors need permission from the department.