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Innovations in Chronic Diseases Care and eHealth
Course Title | Innovations in Chronic Diseases Care and eHealth |
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Course code | HSRM 562 |
Teaching/learning methods | Lectures Discussions Group work Site-visits |
Assessment methods | Written exams Group presentations Class participations |
Credit points | 3 |
Semester (1 / 2) | 2 |
Course objectives/ Learning outcomes:
The course will promote creativity, entrepreneurship and the establishment of innovative patient centred solutions for an effective implementation of eHealth and mHealth interventions in integrated care. Approaches to involving patients and caregivers in the development, implementation and evaluation of integrated care programmes will be presented and discussed. Beside of the present utilization, future digital communication forms in an integrated healthcare system will be discussed (e.g. the electronic patient record, telemonitoring), the economic characteristics of the eHealth market as well as the legal framework, data-security, privacy, and integrity will be assessed. The students will become familiar with the current and future use of IT systems, with a special focus on the elements and structures required for health-related usage of mobile devices (mHealth) and the discourse regarding future challenges and potentials at the interface of technology, health and social care. Various examples from the industry and group-homework will strengthen the gained knowledge. Guided by the frameworks, students will be able to develop integrated care solutions using innovative technologies such as mHealth in collaboration with relevant stakeholders and start-ups.
Length of course | Block course for 2 weeks |
Start | 8th April 2019 |
End | 19th April 2019 |
Venue | Combined lecture room |
Lecturer(s) | Daniel Opoku, Verena Struckmann, Victor Stephani |
Course coordinator | Daniel Opoku, Rose Adjei |
Content:
The course comprises three emerging public health fields – integrated care, eHealth and chronic diseases. The first part of the course will provide insight into the rise of chronic diseases and the challenge it constitutes in health and social care organisation. The various definitions and concepts of integrated care and digital health will be introduced. A framework for integrated care for persons with chronic diseases will be introduced to understand key factors such as leadership & governance, financing and the role of information and communication technologies for implementing integrated care. The course focuses on explaining the need for more integrated systems of care delivery and the opportunity provided by ICT applications, as they can play an important role in making integrated care becoming a reality.
Exams
Mid-term exams (written + presentation, 30%)
End-of-semester exams (written, 70%)
Grading system
Fail = below 50% | Grade C = 50% – 59% | Grade B = 60% – 69% | Grade A = 70% and above |
Lecture/topics/subjects/academic catalogue:
Date | Subject (Time) |
08.04.2019 | General Introduction + get together |
09.04.2019 | Introduction to chronic diseases (1) Introduction to chronic diseases (2) + Group work: Getting to know the disease |
10.04.2019 | General introduction to integrated care (brainstorming with the students) Framework + international examples + evaluation of integrated care |
11.04.2019 | Introduction to eHealth Applications of eHealth in the context of chronic diseases; evaluation of eHealth Introduction to group work |
12.04.2019 | Visit to a clinic (HIV at south hospital, KATH / Diabetes centre, KATH / Telemedicine hub, KATH) |
15.04.2019 | Presentation of results from Friday research |
16.04.2019 | mHealth in general and its utilization in developing countries Framework I: Service delivery + Leadership & Governance; application of eHealth + supervised group work |
17.04.2019 | Framework II: workforce + Financing; application of eHealth + supervised group work |
18.04.2019 | Framework III: Technologies/Medical Products; EMR, telematic-infrastructure; + supervised group work Framework IV: Information/Research; IT Security/data protection; + supervised group work Guest lecture (developers perspective) |
19.04.2019 | Presentation/discussion of the group works Midterm exam |
2nd Semester – Week 1 | ||||||||
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |||
08:00 - 10:00 | | Introduction to chronic diseases (1) | | Introduction to eHealth | Visit to a clinic (HIV at south hospital, KATH / Diabetes centre, KATH / Telemedicine hub, KATH) | |||
10:30 - 12:30 | | | General introduction to integrated care (brainstorming with the students) | Applications of eHealth in the context of chronic diseases; evaluation of eHealth | ||||
13:00 - 15:00 | | Introduction to chronic diseases (2) + Group work: Getting to know the disease | | Introduction to group work | ||||
15:30 - 17:30 | General Introduction + get together | Framework + international examples + evaluation of integrated care | | |||||
2nd Semester – Week 2 | | |||||||
2W2 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | | ||
08:00 - 10:00 | | mHealth in general and its utilization in developing countries | | Framework III: Technologies/Medical Products; EMR, telematic-infrastructure; + supervised group work | Presentation/discussion of the group works | | ||
10:30 - 12:30 | | | Framework II: workforce & Financing; application of eHealth + supervised group work | Framework IV: Information/Research; IT Security/data protection; + supervised group work | Midterm exam | | ||
13:00 - 15:00 | | Framework I: Service delivery + Leadership & Governance; application of eHealth + supervised group work | | Guest lecture (developers perspective) | | | ||
15:30 - 17:30 | Presentation of results from Friday research | Optional supervised group work / Mentoring | | Optional supervised group work / Mentoring | |
Literature (required/additional readings)
- Leijten FRM*, Struckmann V*, van Ginneken E,Czypionka T, Kraus M, Reiss M, Tsiachristas A, Boland M, de Bont A, Bal R, Busse R, Rutten van Mölken M; SELFIE consortium. * shared first authorship. (2017). The SELFIE Framework for Integrated Care for Multi-Morbidity: development and description. Health Policy; DOI: 10.1016
- Struckmann V, Quentin W, Busse R, van Ginneken E. How to strengthen financing mechanisms to promote care for people with multimorbidity in Europe? Policy Brief 24. European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 2017.
- Struckmann V, Barbabella F, Dimova A, van Ginneken E (2017). Integrated Diabetes care delivered by patients- a case study from Bulgaria. International Journal of Integrated Care, 17(1): 6, pp. 1–6, DOI: doi.org/10.5334/ijic.2475
- Opoku, D., Stephani, V., & Quentin, W. (2017). A realist review of mobile phone-based health interventions for non-communicable disease management in sub-Saharan Africa. BMC medicine, 15(1), 24. doi: 10.1186/s12916-017-0782-z
- Stephani, V., Opoku, D., & Quentin, W. (2016). A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of mHealth interventions against non-communicable diseases in developing countries. BMC Public Health, 16(1), 572. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3226-3
- Opoku D, Scott P, Quentin W (2015): Healthcare Professionals' Perceptions of the Benefits and Challenges of a Teleconsultation Service in the Amansie-West District of Ghana. Telemed J E Health; 21(9):748-55. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2014.0210.