Digital Health: A Transformative Approach is designed to prepare Australia and New Zealand’s future health and social care workforce for the rapidly evolving digital health landscape. It is the first local health informatics title reflecting Australasia-specific contexts and its learning objectives are aligned to National Digital Health Strategies and Frameworks.

A scaffolded approach to learning, makes this text suitable for all health and social care professionals, from early learners developing skills, to those more capable who want to adapt and lead in digital health.

The text is supported by online case studies that will assist development of digital professionalism and understanding requirements of digital technology across clinical, research, education and administration in diverse health and social care environments.

Key Features

• Information presented across four units and 12 chapters that support learning and teaching and help build learners’ work readiness
• Scaffolded approach across three levels of capability – empowered, transitional, and entrusted - suitable for undergraduate, postgraduate and ongoing professional development
• Supported by an Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing (EAQ) to provide formative assessment across the three levels
• Includes telehealth, electronic medical/health records, clinical technologies, disaster planning, interoperability and precision health care
• Additional online case studies to support advanced learning.