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STAT6001 Public Health Informatics - Laureate International Universities

Report - Summarising Public Health Informatics (including evaluation)

Learning outcome 1: Synthesise knowledge of public healthinformatics

Learning outcome 2: Analyse the role of ICT in public health management and healthcare access and servicedelivery

Learning outcome 3: Examine global and national legislation and strategies for ICT applications inhealth

Learning outcome 4: Apply critical reasoning skills to assess and reportonthe effectiveness of an ICT project

Learning outcome 5: Evaluate the innovative use of ICT, including mHealth, eHealth and social media strategies for health promotion, disease outbreak and risk communication, emergencies and disasterresponse

Learning outcome 6: Evaluate the ways that systems, infrastructure and resources can constrain the effective applications of ICT

1. Twitter Review:

Follow three public health-related Twitter accounts and summarise what you have learned from following these feeds for 5 weeks (from Week 1 to week 5 of the trimester). Critique on how Twitter as a social media tool, can be utilised for informed public health informatics field. Note that you will need to create a Twitter account. You may pick up accounts from the following list (1500 words)

o @Croakeyblog
o @ehealthpaho
o @equitylist
o @TheMarmotReview
o @RuralMental_Hth
o @DigitalHealth
o @eHealthAus
o @JMedInternetRes
o @Healthypolicies
o @AUMentalHealth
o @telemedicine_Jn

2. Telemedicine in Australia (1000 words)

Summarise the barriers to the uptake of telemedicine in Australia based on articles provided in the learning resources and wider literature (last 5 years). Classify them into ICT issues and management issues and evaluate current methods.

In your opinion, what are the key barriers and how can these be addressed? Provide suggestions and practical recommendations based on evidence.

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Attachment:- Public Health Informatics.rar