The course introduces the concept of health data and describes current issues regarding the concept. Which stakeholders are important? What is the balance between health data created by health care versus the data created in everyday life? How is data used currently, and what are the links between the different kinds of data and intended use?
CM2031 Introduction to Health Data 3.5 credits
Information per course offering
Information for Autumn 2025 Start 25 Aug 2025 programme students
- Course location
KTH Flemingsberg
- Duration
- 25 Aug 2025 - 24 Oct 2025
- Periods
Autumn 2025: P1 (3.5 hp)
- Pace of study
25%
- Application code
50793
- Form of study
Normal Daytime
- Language of instruction
English
- Course memo
- Course memo is not published
- Number of places
Places are not limited
- Target group
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- Planned modular schedule
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- Schedule
- Part of programme
Contact
Course syllabus as PDF
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Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Intended learning outcomes
To pass the course, the student should be able to
- Describe what health data is, based on different definitions
- Describe wich organisational and institutional structures handle and influence health data
- Discuss different kinds of health data (EHRs, imaging, public health, PREMs/PROMs, registry data, devices, self-reported etc.), and their uses
- Discuss basic informatics standards, standards for data models, and how they connect to the different konds of health data
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
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Literature
You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.
Examination and completion
Grading scale
P, F
Examination
- INL1 - Essay, 3.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
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The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Examiner
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Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course room in Canvas
Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.
Offered by
Main field of study
Technology and Health
Education cycle
Second cycle