Attendance

Introduction to digital healthcare. Impact of new technologies and European healthcare systems. New technologies and training needs for healthcare professionals. Applications and objectives of mHealth. Scientific and technological evolution in healthcare. European Union public health policies. Principles of health informatics. Data, information, knowledge. Information integrity. Main data types and characteristics. Information processing cycle. Structured and organized information. Databases (data structuring and management). Meta-information, big data, big data analytics, artificial intelligence in health sciences. Decision support systems. Electronic health records (structural and infrastructural aspects). Digital healthcare standards. Protection and confidentiality of healthcare data. GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). Information flow of healthcare records (SDO, ICD, and DRG).

Handouts and study material will be communicated by the teacher during the course and made available to students on the platform www.informaticamedica.matam.it.