OVERVIEW
With the rapid growth of information and communication technologies over the past twenty years there is growing use of information and communication technologies in the health sector. This ranges from hospital information systems, district health information systems, geographic information systems, electronic health records, laboratory information systems, radiographic information systems, picture archiving systems, to clinical services provided electronically and eLearning in the health sector. These all fall under the umbrella term of eHealth The Post Graduate Diploma (eHealth) aims at providing graduates and working professional with knowledge and competence in various aspects of eHealth, its practice and implementation, through reflection and development by means of a systematic survey of current thinking, practice and research in eHealth. It aims to provide graduates with the foundations for professional practice (knowledge skills and applied competence in Medical Informatics and Telemedicine) and management of information and telemedicine services. This programme serves to introduce managers, health practitioners, and others to ehealth, providing training and education to potential informaticians who are in short supply in this country. Graduates will contribute to society at large through implementation and management of information systems or telemedicine services.