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Discover How Digital Transformation Is Revolutionizing the SUS, Driving Innovation and Efficiency, and Creating New Opportunities for Health Professionals to Adapt to Technologies That Are Reshaping the Future of Care and Public Services in Brazil.
In a scenario where technology constantly redefines public health paradigms, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), in partnership with the Ministry of Health, launched the free online course “Introduction to Digital Health”.
The training aims to empower health professionals and students to understand and ethically and efficiently apply digital technologies in the context of the Unified Health System (SUS).
Digital Transformation in the SUS: An Urgent Need
The digitalization of health services is an unavoidable reality.
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With the implementation of the Digital SUS Program, the Ministry of Health seeks to modernize the system, expanding the population’s access to services and information, promoting comprehensiveness and resolubility of care.
The initiative aims to connect citizens to the SUS with equity, innovation, and efficiency, according to information available on the Fiocruz Virtual Campus portal.
Course Covers Fundamentals and Innovations in Digital Health
With a workload of 45 hours and a self-instructional format, the course “Introduction to Digital Health” addresses essential content such as the fundamentals of digital health, health information technology, information systems, electronic data management, information security, and personal data protection.
Additionally, it explores innovations in digital health, considering the challenges and possibilities of this field.
Strategic Partnership Between Fiocruz and the Ministry of Health
The course is a partnership between the Fiocruz Virtual Campus (CVF) and the Institute of Communication and Information Scientific and Technological in Health (Icict), integrating the Training Program in Data Science and Information in Health for the SUS.
The initiative involves various units of Fiocruz and the Ministry of Health, through the Department of Information and Informatics of the SUS (DataSUS) and the General Coordination of Innovation and Health Informatics of the Department of Information and Digital Health (Seidigi/MS).
Innovative Methodology Using xAPI
To enhance the learning experience, the course uses the xAPI (Experience API) protocol, which allows detailed tracking of students’ educational interactions, regardless of the platform used.
This approach enables a more comprehensive view of users’ learning journeys, facilitating decision-making and the improvement of educational strategies.
Content Structured in Four Modules
The course is organized into four modules:
- Fundamentals of Digital Health and Health Information Technology
- Introduction to Digital Health: Concepts and Applications
- Digital Transformation in Health and the SUS
- Digital Health, Telehealth, and Telemedicine
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence in Health
- Health Information Systems and Management of Electronic Data
- Information Systems for the SUS
- Data and Information Quality
- Standards in Health Informatics and Interoperability
- Digital Health Interventions: Digital Solutions
- Monitoring and Evaluation of Digital Health Interventions
- Information Security and Personal Data Protection
- Introduction to Information Security
- Personal Data Protection in Digital Health
- Ethics, Security, and Data Privacy
- Innovation in Digital Health
- Challenges in Public and Private Health
- Innovation Ecosystems in Digital Health
- Methods and Processes of Innovation in Digital Health
- Guide to Innovation in Digital Health
Enrollment Open for Those Interested in Digital Health
The course is aimed at health professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, and others interested in the topic of digital health.
Enrollment is open and can be done through the portal of the Fiocruz Virtual Campus.
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