Programme summary for MSc e-Health

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The general aim of the programme is to provide the opportunity for students to develop specialized expertise in the area of e-Health. The programme is designed to meet the demand within the health sector industry for IT specialists, which will draw upon content based on practices within the NHS.

MSc e-Health at UEL

e-Health is one of the fastest growing areas within the health sector. The scope of e-Health can be taken to be ‘the knowledge, skills and tools, which enable information to be collected, managed, used and shared to support the delivery of healthcare and to promote health’ (UK Council for Health Informatics Professions). Potential for growth in the e-health area is significant, as the health sector in general is expected to grow rapidly over the next decade, which will demand an increase in the number of qualified postgraduates who have state-of-the-art knowledge of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) within the health sector.

The programme at UEL brings together expertise from our Schools of Architecture, Computing and Engineering (ACE) and Health, Sport and Bioscience (HSB) to ensure that you receive expert tuition from both a systems designer and an end user perspective. Expert guest lecturers who are active practitioners in the field will supplement teaching on this programme.