KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
      E. WALSH SCHOOL OF FOREIGN SERVICE

 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS PROGRAM
 STIA 443 E-HEALTH: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTHCARE
 (FALL 2002)

R. J. Rodrigues

The course aims at providing the core knowledge required by professionals that will work as international development project officers or scientific advisors with government agencies, and by health professionals involved in public or private international projects.

The course reviews, from an international perspective, the rapidly evolving information and communication technologies as they apply to health practice in a variety of environments.

STIA 443 introduces students to the issues, constraints, and strategies that must be considered in the development, deployment, and management of health sector information systems and projects emphasizing the variety of market and systems policies, deployment, and management issues faced by different countries and models of healthcare organization and practice.

Details on the STIA Program at the following sites:

http://www.georgetown.edu/sfs/programs/stia/

http://www.georgetown.edu/sfs/programs/stia/program/index.htm

http://www.georgetown.edu/sfs/programs/stia/program/requirements.htm

http://www.georgetown.edu/sfs/programs/stia/courses/index.htm

http://www.georgetown.edu/sfs/programs/stia/courses/2002.fall/index.htm