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Imperial College London

Introduction to Digital health

This course introduces the field of digital health and the key concepts and definitions in this emerging field. The key topics include Learning Health Systems and Electronic Health Records and various types of digital health technologies to include mobile applications, wearable technologies, health information systems, telehealth, telemedicine, machine learning, artificial intelligence and big data. These technologies are assessed in terms of the key opportunities and challenges to their use and the evidence of their effectiveness in the field of digital health in relation to public health and healthcare globally. The use and application of digital health for COVID-19 forms a case study demonstrating the use of different types of digital health technologies to address key aspects of the response to the virus globally.

Status: Health Informatics
Status: Health Technology
IntermediateCourse31 hours

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PC

5.0Reviewed Jun 30, 2024

Nice course who want to learn about Digital Health

NA

5.0Reviewed Oct 3, 2023

The course introduces you to general knowledge on digital health ,  use of digital technologies for health, and implementing digital health solutions in health care .

LW

5.0Reviewed Nov 4, 2021

Excellent course - a very thorough overview of digital health, with great suggestions for extra reading.

SK

4.0Reviewed Feb 9, 2022

Nice introductory course on digital health interventions.

AP

5.0Reviewed Jun 13, 2023

Thanks to Dr Alex Bottle for a very interesting, well taught- simple and thorough course. A great place to learn R and Public Health Statistics.

HH

4.0Reviewed Jul 23, 2025

The course refers to too many old sources, like 2011, 2015. Today is 2025. Nevertheless, the information is still interesting and useful.

RA

4.0Reviewed Apr 13, 2021

The content was great and the videos are awesome. Great professors. I would have like a little less reading with more focused reading. It is hard to read scientific article from home.

NN

4.0Reviewed Feb 9, 2021

This is an interesting course. I found videos and readings interesting. The completion of quizzes also keeps the motivation up.

MC

4.0Reviewed Apr 29, 2022

Very interesting course, the only thing I suggest is to update some of the readings. I believe there is now more literature to include.

GA

4.0Reviewed Sep 10, 2025

great course! it gave me a comprehensive view of Digital Health topics and its interventions.

PY

5.0Reviewed Dec 30, 2020

Thank you, Doctors Felix, Lisa, Julia, Alpha, and Ibtehal for the wonderful course. I learned a lot from you and the course materials!

JW

4.0Reviewed Mar 26, 2021

There’s a lot of reading but I enjoyed it. It‘s Great that especially at the beginning the COVID pandemic is chosen as an example and some interventions are highlighted.

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