Barcelona Technology School
Online Master in Digital Healthcare

Online

DEGREE TYPE

Master degree

DURATION

9 months

LANGUAGES

English

PACE

Part time

APPLICATION DEADLINE

EARLIEST START DATE

STUDY FORMAT

On-Campus

Key Summary

About : The Online Master in Digital Healthcare offers a comprehensive curriculum designed to equip students with skills in healthcare technology. The program focuses on data management, telehealth, and health information systems, preparing graduates for a dynamic field. It provides students with the flexibility of online learning, allowing them to balance studies with professional commitments, typically completed in two years.

Career Outcomes : Graduates can explore diverse career paths, including roles such as healthcare IT manager, digital health consultant, and telehealth coordinator. Opportunities exist in hospitals, healthcare startups, and technology firms, where professionals can impact the evolving landscape of digital healthcare.

The introduction of digital disruptions is reshaping healthcare services, improving citizens' quality of life but also optimizing the way in which we manage public and private health ecosystems.

The main aim of our interdisciplinary Online Master's in Digital Healthcare is to build a digital health workforce to bridge the current knowledge gap between health and technology in order to address health-related societal challenges through the development and implementation of evidence-based digital solutions.

Health and social care systems, insurers, service providers, pharmaceutical companies, and the broad range of stakeholders that are part of the health ecosystem need to adapt and embrace emerging disruptive technologies in order to gain competitiveness, create new business models, or simply ensure the sustainability of the system.

What will I learn?

The Online Master in Digital Healthcare will provide me with the necessary tools, methods, legal framework, and technological expertise of the health ecosystem in order to develop and implement patient-centric solutions that address societal needs while developing new business opportunities.

This program of study is aimed at students who have a degree in Health Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences or Mathematics and who would like to develop their professional career in this field.

The program allows participants to continue working full-time while pursuing the degree, and to interact with peers from across the globe.

Program Details

Flex Online
International program
9 Months
English
Starts October 2025

Project-based learning

Health and social care systems

The healthcare ecosystem and value chain
Organization (planning, allocation of resources, provision)
Health and social care models
Care delivery models
Developing Chronic Care and Integrated Care models for people with complex conditions
Quality assessment
Healthcare Centre Management

Public Health

Public health strategy
Health and society
Healthcare reform and public health challenges
Public health research
Epidemiology
Economic appraisal
Grand societal challenges

Health and care information technologies

Fundamental concepts
Legacy systems in healthcare
Information systems in social care
Standards and interoperability
Conceptual framework in medical documentation
Medical devices, wearables, and sensors
Adoption and maturity models
ICT strategic planning and key technologies and architectures
Cybersecurity

Digital Transformation in Healthcare

The context of the 4th Industrial Revolution and the VUCA world
Disruptive technologies
IoT
Artificial Intelligence
Blockchain
Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality
Persuasive technologies and behavior change
- IoT
- Artificial Intelligence
- Blockchain
- Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality
- Persuasive technologies and behavior change
Digital transformation
Digital transformation in the healthcare industry
Digital transformation methodologies

Data-driven healthcare

Harnessing the power of data
Data governance
Secondary usage of data
Business intelligence
AI techniques (predictive modeling, NLP, etc.)
Clinical Decision Support Software
Integrating multiple sources of data

Innovation in digital health

Discovering framework
Ideation & validation processes
Types and levels of innovation
Management of the innovation portfolio
Innovative organizations
Ethical principles in innovation with human subjects
Generating evidence
Publication of results
Evaluation frameworks

Introduction to Implementation Science

Implementation science fundamentals
Theory, methods, and frameworks
Barriers and facilitators of digital health implementation
Design, development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
Cases

Management and leadership

Project management
Project planning, execution, and monitoring
Agile methodologies
Change management
Financial basics
Digital culture
Managing digital talent

Legal Tech

Ethical considerations in health care
Data privacy
Patents and rights
Confidentiality, integrity, and availability
Legal frameworks
App as a medical device
Regulation of Drug Development

Digital Health entrepreneurship

Lean startup
Funding sources
Healthcare business models
Digital health hubs
From an idea to a market
Corporate Venturing

Project

During the program, students have to work on a final project aimed at developing a digital transformation strategy for a healthcare or pharma institution that wants to operate successfully in digital environments.

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