eHealth

Legal basics of sanitary law, professional groups in healthcare, legal relationships: doctor /hospital/ patient, basics of medical device law, pharmaceutical law

Bismarck and Beveridge systems, introduction to healthcare in Austria, structure and processes in healthcare, mangaged care models, HMOs, healthcare in GB and the US among others

Communicating in a global world, working with other cultures, job profiles in healthcare, recruiting and job applications in healthcare.

Descriptive statistics, basics of probability calculation, inferential statistics, spot check / sampling problems, analyisis of categorial features, survey design

Vector spaces and their basic properties, linear transformation, orthogonal projection, linear forms and dual space, linear equation, Gauss elimination, affine spaces, determinants, polynomes, structure of complex linear functions, (diagonal method, Jordan normal form)

Hospital and GP information systems (KIS, LIS, RIS, PACS, APS etc.), basics of data and communication standards in medicine (HL7, UCUM, DICOM, IHE), interoperability, archiving systems, RFID and barcode systems

Duty to document, principles of data protection, Austrian law of EHR, patient act, methods and applications of classification systems (SNOMED, LOINC, ICD-10, MESH etc.), catalogues (MEL, Austria-Codex, ATC etc.) GDA Index, OIDs

Selected topics of physics: nuclear physics, mechanics, optics, acoustics; basics in chemistry: periodic tables, nutritional chemistry; insights into bio-physical views of medicine on the basis of selected topics; principles of physics and their application on the basis of practical exercises

Basics of human communication, verbal, non-verbal communication, models of human communication: sender and recipient, 5 rules of communciation according to Watzlawick, congruent communication, meaning of communciation in the work place, factors fostering and hindering communciaiton, fostering behaviors in counseling situations, motivation, presentation, the work environment in health care, feedback.

Advanced object-oriented concepts on the basis of JAVA, assessing the quality of data structures and algorithms, object-oriented design and implementation, models of software engineering, UML

Data bases as representation of reality, ER diagrams, data base design, types of data, querries via SQL, JOINS & Views

A range of topics connected to the area of study: international healthcare systems, hospital wards and hospital layouts in connection with processes among others. Additional focus on languaeg relevant issues like fluency and register.

HL7-v2 messages in detail, HL/-CDA in detail (including RIM), IHE profiles, epSOS

Basics of Network Technologies, network architectures in large institutions, medical centres and docto's surgeries, planning of networks, tendering: which materials, tools and network adjustments are to be used? WLANs, basic protocols, basics of data transmission, transmission of digital data, OSI and TPC /IP as a reference model for modern network technology, application protocols for transmission via e-mail, FTP, Web etc.

Strucure and different kinds of processes, process documentation and analysis, process modeling, alternative process paths, evaluation and comparison of different processes, circle of the learning and improvement process

Basic terms, ways of organising projects, standards, students are prepared to apply the methods acquired to all phases of project management

Algorithm as a term, programming pardigms, simple data structures (graphs), abstract types of data, correctness and complexity of algorithms, construction of algorithms

Table design via SQL, completing and changing of tables, simple scripts and triggers, indexes, data base security, introduction to XML, Xpath and native XML data bases, parallel processing, introduction to data warehousing

Basic laws, use of data and data security, legal protection, patient rights, electronic health records, international and penal aspects, connections with social insurance, cryptography

Basic terms of business administration, personnel and materials management, basics of accounting, basics of balance sheet, annual reports, cash flow analysis, sales and marketing, business administration as relevant for the healthcare sector, corporate law, cost accounting in hospitals, performance accounting, investment budgeting

A range of topics connected to the area of study: Dignostic tools and techniques, aspects of AAL, telemedicine, the pharmaceutical industry, electronic patient records. Additional focus on the professional use of language on the basis of ESP materials.

Relevant signals in the area of eHealth, their function, measuring signals and quality, analogue -digital transformation and its limitations, connecting biosignals to digital networks. Imaging systems and examination procedures as an important part of medical technology. Continuous development in the area of medical technology, digital signal- and image processing, representation, saving and archiving

Project management, projetc portfolio management, program management

Concepts and methods of developing mobile applications on various operating systems (Android, iOS)

Methods and tools of process management by the example of key processes like diagnosing, therapy, nursing etc. with special focus on analysis, visualisation, documentation, EDP- supported tools, workflow systems, process optimisation in both intra- and extramural care

Roles and tasks in medical and social professions, professional responsibilities, interdisciplinary cooperation, demands on work with patients with special regard of process and outcome surveillance

Basics of scientific theory, science as a term, competent structuring of scientific work, literary research in scientific data bases, LATEX

Basics of diagnostic imaging (CT,MR)

Introduction to ethical thinking on the basis of case studies at the crossroads of medicine, technology and ethics

Baiscs of QM, definition of quality according to Danebedian, QM systems (ISO9000, EFQM, KTQ, Joint Commission), quality indicators, patient safety, undesired events, CIRS, quality planning according to the Austrian law, legal requirements, risk evaluation, interfaces with environmental management, work safety

Important sensors in ehealth (pulse, heart frequency, oxygen saturation, body temperature etc.). Processing of bio signals on the basis of CDA

Programming of an individual application among others with use of sensors (Serious Games, Location Based Services etc.), Virtual Augmented Reality, interactive 3D applications for visualisation and simulation

Independent organisation and execution of a project in a group, final presentation in English

Focus on ethical aspects in the area of health and social care, surveillance of various parameters in health professions (signal sources), patient and client support as social challenge (acute and chronic patient), prevention and health promotion, Public Health

Communications server (e.g. Mirth), processing of large amounts of data, architecture and implementation of the Austrian EHR ELGA (discharge letter, laboratory results, diagnostic imaging results), implementation of IHE profiles

High availability systems, failure safety, reliability and redundancy, basic technologies , back-up and recovery, operating systems, system monitorning, network technology

Support processes in hospitals: technical and logistical management (through ICT based tools for maintenance of complex technical equipment, logistic processes in the field of catering and disposal as well as accounting, availability, safety and hygiene), use of CAIFM systems. Management processes: planning, budgeting, controlling, quality management.

Independent organisation and execution of a project in a group, final presentation in English

Guest lectures by experts on topics of current interest

Support in finding an adequate internship placement, application, getting acquainted with work environment, collecting work experience

Students choose a compulsory elective subject comprising 5 ECTS

Completion of a final thesis on an eHealth related topic preferrably connected to internship activities

Progress reports to the supervisor on a regular basis

Completion of a final thesis on an eHealth related topic preferrably connected to internship activities

Progress reports to the supervisor on a regular basis