Information Society - Telemedicine Basics and Best Practices

Course on the basic level deals with the information society by establishing the socio-cultural, political and economic context of information and communication technologies with complex cause and effect associations.

Following themes are especially emphasised:

• concept and key characteristics of information society,
• relationship between technology, social structure and processes,
• the question of technological determinism,
• question of continuity and discontinuity of the information society in relation to an industrial society,
• integration, community, networks, inclusion and exclusion in the information society,
• choice, control, autonomy, planning, guidance and strength at an individual and (sub) system level in the information society,
• de-centred control centers in the information society,
• the relationship between market mechanisms and regulatory strategies,
• review and comparison of different theoretical approaches  to those themes,
• integration of telemedicine in the information society, digital tools for remote healthcare delivery (e.g., video conferencing, patient portals), organisational and
• legal frameworks for teleconsultations, ethical issues and privacy concerns, the impact of digital health on social structures, accessibility and inclusion of diverse groups in digital healthcare