Table 2.
An in-depth look at digital health educational options currently available.
| Institution/program | Program description | Curriculum integration |
|---|---|---|
| Brown Alpert Medical School | Prepare liberal medical education and medical students for an understanding of digital health. Uses student leaders under a faculty advisor with a digital health background. | Course elective in curriculum that students can engage with local experts in the digital health space. |
| Center for Digital Health Innovation (CDHI) at UCSF | CDHI provides expertise in data science, software development, product and project management, EHR integration, and digital health policy development. Works with digital health companies and integrates faculty and students. | No formal integration into curriculum, but offers digital health spot for faculty, staff, and students to be a part of development and innovation strategies. |
| Center for Digital Health at Stanford Medicine | Supports digital health projects and research at Stanford Medicine, along with hosting events and educational seminars. | No formal integration into curriculum. Host multiple elective courses with didactic and interactive sessions with academia and industry personnel providing input. |
| The Center for Digital Health at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Serves as a hub for innovation with clinical researchers, engineers, designers work with academia and industry to create digital health solutions. Focused primarily on research and development with clinical applicability. | No formal integration into curriculum. |
| Center for Digital Health & Data Science at Thomas Jefferson University | Digital health research center focused on design and developing resources for clinical and evaluative digital health research at Thomas Jefferson University, through collaborative work with academics, clinicians, and industry. Aimed at those with a background in health. | No formal integration into curriculum as didactic teaching, but students may work with the center as part of their mandatory scholarly inquiry component for the JeffMD curriculum. Offers 3 certificates, including “digital health design & communication certificate,” “Blockchain for healthcare certificate,” and “digital health entrepreneurship certificate” offered online over the course of 1 year offered through the Institute of Emerging Health Professions at Thomas Jefferson. |
| Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine | Digital health track that trains students in AI, remote monitoring, ethics, informatics, telemedicine, analytics, and entrepreneurship. Available for medical students only. | Curriculum integration as a curricular track that students can elect to enroll on their formal medical education. Due to roll out in 2020. |
| Tufts School of Medicine | Digital Strategies for Health Communication certificate is offered using guest speakers that help learners to manage and evaluate the use of Web, social medial, and mobile technologies for health purposes. Aimed at those with a background in health. | No formal integration into curriculum. Certificate is offered in-person over 1 week during the summer. Limited to 20 students per offering. |
| UC San Diego Extension | Digital health certificate offered in collaboration with their school of medicine. Certificate program is focused on data science, mHealth, AI, regulatory, and ethics. Aimed at those with a background in health. | No formal integration into curriculum. Online program focused on public health, administration, ethics, and business commercialization. Certificate completion takes 12-18 months. |
| UMass Center for Digital Health (CDH) | The CDH is a multicampus partnership across the UMass space. Engages in research, education, and working with industry with a digital health focus. | No formal integration into curriculum. |
Abbreviation: EHR, electronic health record.