Digital Health

​Learn about the evolving Digital Healthare industry
The Digital Health certificate program represents a collaboration between UCSD, the UCSD School of Medicine and expert indusrtry practitioners.  The new curriculum explores the current innovation ecosystem incorporates expertise in data science, UX design, mHealth, IoMT, AI, genomics, behavioral medicine, and ethical aspects related to the acceleration of Digital Health.  Courses examine emerging technologies in healthcare and medicine which are designed to improve delivery, patient outcomes and health behavior.  Learners will dive into recent case studies highlighing entirely new therapeutic modalities that use new digital technologies to replace, complement or augment innovative medical treatments. 

Improve Your Entrepreneurial Focus
Medical practitioners, serial entrepreneurs, investors and industry executives will gain insight into the evolving business of digital health in a way that is actionable. This includes examining how to create a business that adds value to the industry, strategies to incentivize different stakeholders, navigation of regulatory hurdles, differentiating yourself in the market, and how to get funded.  Through examination of industry successes and failures, learn how emerging business models will drive new behaviors, and how emerging technologies can facilitate these behaviors. 

​Apply yourself as an innovator in Digital Health
The courses engage in both theoretical and applied activities to provide the background knowledge necessary to effectively understand the intricacies of the digital health landscape and to identify meaningful opportunities to generate new value for both consumers and organizations.  The certificate program consists of six total courses presented 100% online and a primarily asynchronous format.   Gain foundational skills to implement and support digital health initiatives, apply data science tools, and identify ethical and regulatory considerations for digital health products and services.

​Who is the the Digital Health program intended for?
Those with a multi-disciplinary backgrounds including healthcare providers, behavioral scientists, technologists, UX/UI designers, engineers, data scientists, and public health officials will benefit.  The program serves to augment medical school training and providing supplimental digital healthcare education and experience. Learners build relevant skills to remain competitive, understand different modalities and business models that can solve healthcare challenges both within and outside their own institutions.  Hands-on learning approach taught by a faculty of experienced industry leaders and academic thought leaders.

Program Highlights

• Networking opportunities with faculty of industry leaders and students of multidisciplinary backgrounds through interactive discussions, workshops, and CEO/Founder roundtables.
• Explore new research areas such as smart algorithms, connected health, digital therapeutics, AI, data science, behavioral change, blockchain and other frontier technologies.
• Examine how the coronavirus pandemic has drastically altered digital health and how healthcare operations will need to adjust moving forward. 
• Flexible educational experience for those working in healthcare technology roles, research, entrepreneurial, and regulatory entities in the healthcare space.