Health and Digital Transformation

The healthcare sector faces complex challenges, such as rising costs and a shortage of skilled workers. Health expenditures are increasing due to an ageing population, morbidity, and changes in patients’ expectations towards healthcare delivery.

Digital and data-driven solutions can offer a solution to these challenges and make healthcare more affordable, more accessible and of a better quality. There is a lot of attention to new technologies, such as e-health, artificial intelligence, automation, robotics and smart home services. However, the transition to a more digital care process is not self-evident. Technical and digital applications do not always get off the ground or disappear after a while. Additionally, developers lack an understanding of the needs and experiences of end-users in healthcare.

The digital transformation requires bridge builders who understand both the domain of data science and the domain of healthcare. This programme equips you with the knowledge and tools to facilitate the digital transformation in healthcare. You learn how to collaborate and communicate with different stakeholders and how to initiate and lead organisational change.

The digital transformation of healthcare

The digital transformation of healthcare is necessary to ensure that healthcare is innovative, sustainable, and affordable. This requires a change in the interaction between technology and health professionals. Digital technology is often developed without involving end-users such as patients and caregivers. It is therefore important to understand the problems and wishes of the end-users to develop innovations that are useful and easy to use. As a student, you gain in-depth knowledge of data science and information technology. Additionally, you gain an understanding of digital technologies in healthcare and learn how to design, implement and evaluate digital technology and AI in healthcare.

Building bridges between technology and healthcare

Health and Digital Transformation educates bridge builders. Healthcare professionals who are eager to make the connection between IT specialists and data scientists and who ensure the adoption of new technologies in daily healthcare practices. Bringing about sustainable change requires knowledge of change management, organisational development and management issues, all of which are covered in this programme. You learn to communicate and collaborate, bringing various stakeholders together, such as consumers, businesses, and policymakers. Moreover, it is important to be ethically responsible when using (personal) data, and you learn how to handle and store data based on the responsibility framework.

Blend of theory and practice

Health and Digital Transformation is a unique programme with one overarching, interdisciplinary project. In a team of 4 to 5 students, you will be working on one project throughout the year. In collaboration with a healthcare institute, research institute or the industry you tackle a real-life problem. In each course, the acquired theoretical knowledge is immediately applied in this overarching project. This enhances your capabilities to effectively communicate with different stakeholders and work in multidisciplinary teams, preparing you for your career as a bridge builder. During the project, you are guided by a personal mentor and receive regular, formative feedback.

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