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2016/2017  KAN-CIHCV1601U  Digital Services in Innovation in Health Care

English Title
Digital Services in Innovation in Health Care

Course information

Language English
Course ECTS 15 ECTS
Type Elective
Level Full Degree Master
Duration One Semester
Start time of the course First Quarter, Second Quarter, Second Quarter
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Min. participants 15
Max. participants 50
Study board
Study Board for MSc in Business Administration and Innovation in Health Care
Course coordinator
  • Michel Avital - Department of IT Management (ITM)
Main academic disciplines
  • Innovation
Last updated on 18-08-2016
Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors:
  • 1. Identify and explain the theories, models, and techniques that were presented in the course, including their key terminology, underlying assumptions, and how the theories relate to one another.
  • 2. Explain how the theories models, and techniques that were presented in the course were (or could have been) applied in the process of developing digital services.
  • 3. Identify and present the requirements of digital services that can address challenges in the healthcare sector.
  • 4. Apply user-centered design principles and methods as well as domain-specific knowledge to develop innovative digital services and tangible prototypes that illustrates it.
  • 5. Develop and evaluate business models for digital services
  • 6. Reflect on the process of developing a prescribed digital service through critical assessment and evaluate the results including how to mitigate the prevailing challenges as well as how to move ahead its commercialization.
Course prerequisites
Elective Track 1 "Digital Innovation in Healthcare".
Examination
Digital Services in Innovation in Health Care:
Exam ECTS 15
Examination form Oral exam based on written product

In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and the individual oral performance.
Individual or group exam Individual oral exam based on written group product
Number of people in the group 3-5
Size of written product Max. 30 pages
Assignment type Project
Duration
Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
20 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade, and informing plus explaining the grade
Preparation time No preparation
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) Internal examiner and second internal examiner
Exam period Winter and Winter
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Course content and structure

"Digital Services Innovation in Healthcare” is a capstone course that aims to integrate the specialization courses and to provide students a theoretical framework and practical skills in developing innovative digital healthcare services. Subsequently, the course is focused on the entire process of digital innovation from idea generation and prototyping to funding and new business development. Furthermore, the course emphasizes services that have high potential for generating enduring societal impact let alone economic value. Building on the relationships between theories and work practices from design, entrepreneurship, and information systems, the course provides the tools for generating new business models, translating them into lean innovations, and turning them into thriving business ventures. The course provides the students with an insight into the vibrant digital economy with an emphasis on healthcare innovation derivatives.

Teaching methods
Group work and class
Student workload
teaching 136 hours
exam 50 hours
Last updated on 18-08-2016