IT in Tele-Medicine and E-health
Winter semester 2007/08
Seminar - Description
This seminar will provide an introduction and overview of the various aspects of tele-medicine and e-health, including technologies, applications and organization. The following topics will be discussed:
- 08.11. Medical information systems
- 15.11. Tele-medicine: introduction, main applications and benefits
- 22.11. Healthcare interoperability
- 29.11. The German healthcare initiative
- 06.12. Process and workflow management in healthcare
- 13.12. Web 2.0 and SOA in Healthcare
- 10.01. Importance and implementation of policies in the healthcare sector
- 17.01. Protecting the privacy and confidentiality of the patients (security in healthcare)
- 24.01. Mobile Healthcare
Tutors for the seminar:
- Iva Glamocanin
- Dirk Cordel
Seminar dates: every Thursday 9:15- 10:45, room A-1.2 (first presentation on November 8th)
Organisation of the seminar:
The seminar starts on October 18th. Every week a presentation (in English) will be given by the tutors, the students or a guest lecturer. The presentation will be followed by a discussion. During the semester the students have to:
- prepare a preliminary outline for the presentation one week in advance,
- make a presentation (in English),
- prepare a written report (10-15 pages, in English or in German) two weeks later and
- another two weeks later prepare a review (in English or in German) for the performed work (presentation and written report) for another participant.
For the review a special form will be given.
The evaluation will be based on several criteria:
- Content
- Background: Research for standards, implementations
- Contribution: Structuring, ideas, findings, value of the work
- Presentation of the topic
- Presentation: Preparation, presentation style, focus on the
key points - Written report: Clarity of the text, structure, readability
- Participation
- Discussion: Good preparation as a listener through the preliminary outline, helpful questions and contribution to the discussion
- Review
Templates for the written report:
The students can choose form the following templates for their written report:
- http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates
- http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/authors/transjnl/index.html
Literature:
- several books and articles for each of the topics will be given directly to the participants
- important links for search of scientific papers:
