HST.936x | Spring 2020 | Graduate

Global Health Informatics to Improve Quality of Care

Course Description

This course will explore innovations in information systems for health care delivery in developing countries, and focus not only on the importance of technology, but also on broader issues necessary for its success, such as quality improvement, project management, and leadership skills. 

This course is targeted toward …

This course will explore innovations in information systems for health care delivery in developing countries, and focus not only on the importance of technology, but also on broader issues necessary for its success, such as quality improvement, project management, and leadership skills. 

This course is targeted toward individuals interested in designing or implementing a health information and communication technology (ICT) solution in the developing world. Implementing a health information technology project requires multidisciplinary teams. Thus, with this course, we hope to bring together individuals from a variety of disciplines—computer science, medicine, engineering, public health, policy, and business.

What you’ll learn:

  • Global health burden
  • Design thinking
  • Health informatics
  • Software development process
  • Evaluation and monitoring

This course is part of the Open Learning Library, which is free to use. You have the option to sign up and enroll in the course if you want to track your progress, or you can view and use all the materials without enrolling.

Learning Resource Types
Course Introduction
Lecture Videos
An illustration of a mobile phone, surrounded by several small icons of an ambulance, medical cross symbol, medicine, and first aid kit, representing health care apps.
The infrastructure and use of mobile phones and devices in healthcare delivery and communication is also known as mHealth. Learn about eHealth, Global Informatics, and mHealth in Part 2 of this course. (Image from FlyClipart, License CC-BY-NC.)