Digitalization in Health and Medicine
3-Day Certified Course
21 - 23 May 2026
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Course Overview
The Digitalization in Health and Medicine course is a three-day online program introducing key concepts, technologies, and challenges of digital health. It offers a broad, interdisciplinary perspective on the digital transformation of healthcare systems. Expert speakers from academia, healthcare, industry, and policy will join the course through live online talks. The course is fully online, interactive, and accessible to participants from diverse professional backgrounds.
Target Audience
The course addresses a broad and interdisciplinary audience interested in digitalization in health and medicine:
- BSc-level education or comparable professional experience required
- Healthcare professionals (medicine, nursing, public health)
- Professionals from the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors
- Health system managers, administrators, and policy professionals
- IT, data science, engineering, and life science professionals in health-related contexts
- Early-career researchers, doctoral students and PhD candidates
- Professionals seeking continuing education or upskilling in digital health
Course Pre-requisites
Course language is English. Both native and non-native English speaking participants are welcome. No software needed.
Course Topics
Foundations of Digital Health
- Digital health technologies, and electronic health records (EHRs)
- Patient-centered information systems and
- Data-driven approaches to healthcare
Frontier Technologies in Healthcare
- Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and predictive analytics for clinical decision-making
- Wearables, sensor-based monitoring, robotics, augmented & virtual reality in healthcare applications
- Digital therapeutics and the future of medicine
- Personalized and precision medicine enabled by digital tools
- Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of AI-based health and clinical decision tools
Connected Care Ecosystems
- eHealth and mHealth: definitions, standards, and applications in practice
- Cloud and mobile devices for integrated and mobile-first health solutions
- Interoperability challenges and opportunities across health information systems
- Integration of digital health technologies into primary care and hospital workflows
Digital Transformation of Health Systems
- Situation analysis and key drivers of digitalization in healthcare
- Transformation of care models (telemedicine, hybrid care, digital-first clinics)
- Different interests and perspectives of healthcare system players (patients, providers, policymakers, industry)
Governance, Ethics, and Challenges
- Challenges of digital health: implementation, scalability, and regulation
- Cybersecurity, data protection, and responsible innovation
- Global and national regulatory frameworks in digital health
- Equity, access, and trust in technology-driven health systems
Future Directions
- Emerging concepts: digital twins, genomics, and big data for healthcare innovation
- Sustainability and resilience of digital health systems
- Preparing healthcare for next-generation challenges through digital innovation
Course Documentation
Certificates will be provided to all participants after the course. Students will be accredited 5 ECTS for successfully completing Assignment as well as their attendance and active participation during the attendance time of the course.