This course offers advanced tools for the project management of healthcare IT processes. It introduces methods for process description and decomposition, tools for assessing cybersecurity, the use of data in research, and the management of associated databases. The course concludes with a practical application of these concepts in the design of a smart-health program.
General topics of the course:
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Process modeling in medicine: a. The concept of a process and modeling methodology b. Monitoring and evaluating processes
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Principles of data confidentiality and security: a. General definitions b. Security, confidentiality, and cybersecurity c. Cybersecurity risk assessment in medical software: modeling through DataFlow Diagrams, trust boundaries, STRIDE analysis
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Natural Language Processing: a. Definitions: workflow, corpora
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Mobile Health (mHealth), Internet of Things, and Telemedicine: a. Definition, applications, and types b. Risks and expectations c. Quality of medical apps d. mHealth and home care: the relationship between mHealth apps, PHR, and EHR e. Internet of Things: definition and integration with mobile health f. Fundamentals of telemedicine g. Evaluation of telemedicine services
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Mobile app programming for medicine: a. Programming principles b. Flutter and Dart c. Implementation of a simple mHealth application