Course: eHealth and Telemedicine

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Course title eHealth and Telemedicine
Course code KKO/P8TEL
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Néma Jiří, Ing. Bc.
  • Schvach Hynek, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Telemedicine, computerization of health and healthcare, historical development. Goals of health informatics, sources, and forms of information storage. The e-Health legislative environment. Information and Expert Systems in Healthcare. National Health Information System. Healthcare data standards. Applied telemedicine in clinical subspecialities. Data processing automation and cybersecurity. Sources of information, research, and code of ethics. Data, information, storage, and exchange infrastructure. Legal responsibilities and conditions for the provision of e-Health services. IT technologies for telemedicine support. Telemedicine diagnostics and therapy. Technology trends, applications, and threats.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide a comprehensive set of knowledge and basic concepts in the field of computerization of healthcare (e-Health), to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for the successful use of information and communication systems. It also provides an introduction to the conditions of transmission and storage of electronic health information and the introduction of new technologies in health care providers leading to an improvement in the quality of health care.
Students apply new technologies, information and communication systems and use them to improve the quality of health care.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Compulsory attendance at lectures and seminars. Passing an oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • Národní plán rozvoje eHealth.
  • Národní strategie elektronického zdravotnictví ČR 2016-2020.
  • Návrh věcného zÁměru zákona o elektronizaci zdravotnictví. Elektronická knihovna Úřadu vlády ČR.
  • STŘEDA, L.; HÁNA, K. eHealth a telemedicína. Praha: Grada, 2016. ISBN 978-80-247-5764-3.
  • ZVÁROVÁ, J., LHOTSKÁ, L. Biomedicínská informatika IV. Data a znalosti v biomedicíně a zdravotnictví. Praha: Karolinum, 2010. ISBN 978-80-246-1805-0.


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