e-Health Technologies and Applications

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Define the concepts: electronic health, medical informatics, telemedicine, telediagnosis, electronic health file and health card,
• Recognize the advantages and usefulness of electronic health services,
• Use e-health applications to support patients and patients,
• Categorize the various eHealth platforms and applications,
• Deal with telediagnosis and teleconsultation problems,
• Adopt eHealth services,
• Know the safety and legal framework of telehealth services.

Indicative Module Content

• IT technologies in Health
• Electronic health service standards and standardization processes
• Online health record
• Applications of Telemedicine
• Wireless health networks – sensor networks
• Smart cards in health
• Safety and legal framework for telehealth services

Module’s Address in eClass

• https://eclass.uth.gr/courses/DS_U_189/