Digital Health arises from the intersection of health and care services, information technology and mobile technology, and encompasses digital products and systems that can monitor, analyse, educate and improve health and care (Deloitte 2015). This one-year Master’s degree (also available part-time over 24 months) is the perfect conversion pathway for recent graduates looking to move into the health and care sector. It's also ideal for existing health and social care practitioners looking to up-skill in digital innovation. Ways our course is unique: it's delivered by a broad range of world experts in computing science, information science, clinical psychology, and health services research it's relevant to real world practice by being co-designed with the Scottish Government, their innovation centre (the Digital Health & Care Institute) the National Health Service, and health and care SMEs and third sector organisations unlike many other courses ours takes a multifaceted whole systems approach involving people, technology, practice and policy You'll learn about state-of-the-art devices (eg sensors, wearables, apps), systems (eg electronic health records, remote monitoring) and methods (eg co-design, machine learning and data analytics).

Digital health is the fastest growing economic sector worldwide. It is creating jobs twice as fast as any other economic sector in Scotland and globally (Financial Times 2018). Graduates will enjoy a broad range of exciting career opportunities from a wide range of employers. IT professionals is one of the fastest growing professions within health and care organisations. Private and public health and care services world-wide are also expanding their digital health workforce and hardware and software companies are all seeking expertise in the health and wellness sector. Future career options include: Health Systems & Service Designers: designing new technology enabled services Data Analyst: analysing data and producing insights for informing health and care decision making Application & System Developer: producing state of the art software fit for healthcare management and delivery Information Governance Manager: creating and realising actionable data management plans for health and social care data and services Clinical Information Manager: Creating systems for structuring and organising health and care information to support clinical decision making Planning & Performance Manager: Business analysis for the healthcare sector