Certificate: Digital Health Systems & Telemedicine
Build and lead telemedicine and digital health systems in low-resource settings. Up to 15 CPD points.
About this course
Move scarce expertise to where patients are. Learn to pick the right telemedicine model and mHealth channel (SMS, USSD, voice, or app), design for offline and low-bandwidth realities, govern remote care, and finance services beyond the donor cliff. For clinicians, managers, and service designers building care that reaches.
What you will learn
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Select the right telemedicine model for each clinical problem
- Match mHealth channels (SMS, USSD, voice, app) to real users
- Design offline-first services for low-bandwidth settings
- Establish clinical governance and referral integration for remote care
- Build financing that outlives donor funding
Who can apply
For practising health professionals, managers, and officers with relevant experience. Admission is by application: selection weighs your role, your experience, and your ability to complete the mentored, in-country project.
What's inside the course
5 modules · 12 lessons · Delivered in the ADHA learning platform after admission
01Module 1: Foundations: The Reach Technologies and the Platform Beneath Them2 lessons · 120 min
- 1.1Telemedicine, Telehealth, mHealth: A Precise Vocabulary60 minLocked
- 1.2The Platform Beneath: Why Reach Technologies Need Infostructure60 minLocked
02Module 2: Telemedicine in Operation: Four Models and Their Economics2 lessons · 145 min
- 2.1Synchronous Consultation and Asynchronous Tele-Expertise75 minLocked
- 2.2Remote Patient Monitoring and Tele-Education70 minLocked
03Module 3: mHealth at Scale: Channels, Design, and National Exemplars3 lessons · 210 min
- 3.1Choosing the Channel: SMS, USSD, IVR, and Smartphone Apps70 minLocked
- 3.2MomConnect and the Architecture of Durability70 minLocked
- 3.3Low-Bandwidth Design and the Principles for Digital Development70 minLocked
04Module 4: Clinical Governance, Referral Integration, and Safe Practice2 lessons · 140 min
- 4.1Clinical Governance for Remote Care70 minLocked
- 4.2Referral Integration: Closing the Loop70 minLocked
05Module 5: Comparative Practice, Logistics, and Sustainability3 lessons · 205 min
- 5.1Comparative Practice: South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria70 minLocked
- 5.2Logistics and the Connected Frontline: Zipline, Drones, and Supply60 minLocked
- 5.3Sustainability: Defeating the Donor Cliff75 minLocked
Full lessons unlock in the learning platform once you're admitted. Apply
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Ready to take the next step?
For practising health professionals, managers, and officers with relevant experience. Admission is by application: selection weighs your role, your experience, and your ability to complete the mentored, in-country project.
Sponsorships & scholarships available.