Lectors: Prof. Dr. Peeter Ross, Dr. Madis Tiik, Priit Kruus, Janek Metsallik

Duration: 4 months

Target group: Higher education institutions, healthcare workers, students interested in the healthcare field

Languages: Estonian and English

Modern healthcare is based on the principles of e-health and telemedicine. Is that actually so? What do these concepts mean and is the society ready to use new models? Doctors and patients, together with health information systems and digital services form the digital health ecosystem. To effectively operate in this environment, it is necessary to understand the digital health ecosystem and the principles of the functioning and structure of health information systems, the terminology of medicine and digital health – concepts that will all be introduced during this workshop.

The workshop will also discuss how the use of telemedicine and e-health can improve health care processes. We will give an overview of the basics of telemedicine, explore the trends and new treatment models in health care. Additionally, the workshop will examine, what characterises novel health centres and technologies, describe the progress from healthcare digitalisation to personalisation and patient empowerment.

We will also focus on explaining who, what and how much should be paid in healthcare? The workshop will give an overview of the financing mechanisms of various healthcare systems, services and interventions, focusing on different levels like the society, insurance provider, service provider and the individual. Additionally, it will explore the evaluation methods used to assess healthcare technologies, programs and information systems with the purpose of making investment decisions and economic evaluations.

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