INFORMATICS FOR DIGITAL HEALTH

About this programme

The Master’s Degree in Informatics for Digital Health is open admission and offers courses taught in English to enhance its appeal to international students and to provide all participants with a “vocabulary” aligned with the needs of the (global) job market. The area of education will focus on Digital Health, specifically on methodologies , principles , foundations , and technical skills of Computer Science, considering that data management and processing (to produce information and then knowledge) plays and will play an increasingly significant role in the systematic and systemic transformation of the complex “health value” chain . This chain includes, among others, monitoring , diagnosis , treatment , wellness , care – and research in the biomedical, pharma, wellness/wellbeing, sports, and nutrition sectors. The goal is to train professionals who have a critical understanding, knowledge, and skills (in terms of design, implementation, evaluation, experimentation, prototyping, and valorization) of computer science methodologies and technologies for studying and solving complex and interdisciplinary problems that arise in the field of health , pharma , nutraceuticals , wellness , and sports , with the aim of improving the quality of offerings and services (also in the context of a smart hospital ), the efficiency and effectiveness of the results achieved, focusing on the personalization of care, assistance, monitoring, evaluation, and valorization of the patient, or more generally, of the user of all ages. In this educational context, particular attention is given to offe