Course Catalog 2009-2010 Basic Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Person responsible

Kari Mäkelä

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 1 : Wednesday 10 - 12, SH304 Per 1, 2 : Tuesday 12 - 14, SH304	3.-n. vuosikurssi DI-Opiskelijat International Students Kandiopiskelijat

Requirements

Project work, seminar presentation and final exam.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Learning outcomes

After completing the course students know the basics of eHealth techniques and how information technologies are applied in health care and medicine.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Definitions and terminology of eHealth, basic concepts.	History of eHealth.
2.	Telemedicine application types (Telemonitoring, Telediagnostics, Teleconstultation)
3.	Home care and home monitoring. Internet health care applications.	Developing technologies in eHealth
4.	Electronic Patient record systems and Hospital software systems.
5.	Safety and ethical issues of eHealth.

Correspondence of content

Additional information

The course replaces the course LTT-4056.

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1

Last modified	29.05.2009
Modifier	Juha Nousiainen