ehealth career guides

The experiential learning component of MSc ehealth and MHI is arguably the most prized part of each program. Students studying their degrees, often without prior ehealth / digital health field experience, yearn for an opportunity to get their foot in the door to work in a digital health informatics setting. For

Path Description Blood pressure monitors, health information systems, virtual care software, are all examples of ehealth products. Each product has a set of defined features based on the needs of its intended user.

Path Description Every patient interaction with our healthcare system produces data useful for things ranging from care coordination to health system planning.

Path Description Implementation of a new ehealth technology within a healthcare organization usually results in some form of change – it can be a change in roles and responsibilities of staff, change in a standard operating procedure, change in the layout of a workstation, etc.

Path Description When it comes to choosing the right technology, the ehealth team relies on the expertise of the information technology team member.

Path Description Record keeping in a healthcare facility has traditionally been in the form of filing cabinets locked in secure rooms for paper charts. Digital record keeping techniques are needed for ehealth systems.

Path Description Health information system development endeavors require the team to keep track of timelines, amount of work, and budget.

Path Description This category of roles is similar to Clinical & Health Services, except broader in scope.

Path Description Clinical professionals such as physicians and nurses often are not sharp when it comes to computers – conversely, technology folks who work on ehealth projects often are not strong clinically. On an ehealth team, the Clinical & Health Services category of roles is responsible for liaising clinical professionals with technical