UNIQUE SERIES AKTU Syllabus
KMHC407

Health Care Technologies

L-T-P3-0-0 Credits3 Session2023-24 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

MBA Health Care & Hospital Management · Sem 4 (Core)

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Syllabus

5 units · 40 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1: Introduction of Technologies for Healthcare

8 hrs

Introduction of Bio-Medical Technologies, Problems and Constraints Associated with Healthcare Technology, Present Trends in Healthcare Technology, Dealing with Technological Problems. Healthcare Technology in Developing and Developed Countries. Planning and adopting appropriate Technology in healthcare, Mechanism to ensure the appropriate use of healthcare Technologies.

Unit2

Unit 2: Medical Devices and Telehealth

8 hrs

Overview of Medical devices and their classifications.Innovations in Medical devices: robotics, implants, wearable, etc.Medical device regulation and Quality Assurance.Telemedicine and Remote Healthcare: Definition and scope of telemedicine. Telemedicine Technologies and their applications.Telehealth policies and regulations.Telemedicine's role in improving access to Healthcare.Therapeutic services and Patient support areas.

Unit3

Unit 3: Industry 4.0 and Healhtcare

8 hrs

Understanding the Industry 4.0 framework and its pillars.Overview of digital transformation in the healthcare sector.The role of technology in reshaping hospital management, Utilizing big data for patient insights and predictive healthcare. Data-driven decision-making in hospital management. Data governance and regulatory compliance

Unit4

Unit 4: Virtual Reality and Healhtcare

8 hrs

Virtual Reality(VR), Augmented Reality(AR) Technologies and their Applications for Health and Medicine. AR/VR applications in medical training and education. Enhancing patient experiences through virtual reality in hospitals. Challenges and future prospects of AR/VR in healthcare.

Unit5

Unit 5: Robotics and Healhtcare

8 hrs

Robotics Technologies and Applications for Health and Medicine.Internet of Things technologies and Applications for Health and Medicine.Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Applications for Health and Medicine.Issues and opportunities in the uses of AI in healthcare.

Course Objectives3 points
  • To help students understand the bio-medical technologies in healthcare.
  • Developing competencies to analyze the impacts of healthcare technologies.
  • To understand the uses and impacts of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare.

Suggested Readings

  1. Ray, P., &Wickramasinghe, N. (Eds.). (2014). eHealth in India: Initiatives, Opportunities, and Challenges. Springer.
  2. Christensen, C. M., Grossman, J. H., & Hwang, J. (2009). The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care. McGraw-Hill Education.
  3. Glass, R., & Power, S. (2017). Big Data-Driven Healthcare: How to Use Big Data to Transform Business, Care, and Outcomes. John Wiley & Sons.
  4. Mahmassani, H. S., & McLaughlin, J. C. (2018). Healthcare Technology Management: A Systematic Approach. CRC Pres
  5. Sinha, A. (2021). AI and Healthcare: The Power of Predictive Analytics. Routledge.
  6. Reddy, S., Keshav, S., & Shah, N. (Eds.). (2019). Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Decision Support Systems for Diagnosis and Treatment. Academic Press.
  7. slam, M. A., Derhab, A., &Abuarqoub, A. (Eds.). (2019). Internet of Things (IoT) in Healthcare: Systems, Insights, and Perspectives. Springer.
  8. Dey, N., Ashour, A. S., &Balas, V. E. (Eds.). (2021). Robotics in Healthcare: Designing Autonomous and Cooperative Robotic Systems. Academic Press.

Official AKTU syllabus

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