Technological advances have catalyzed tremendous progress in health care. For the most part however, health care delivery requires the patient and the provider to come together episodically at a given time and place. In contrast, continuous (i.e., anywhere, anytime) care (diagnosis, therapy and monitoring) enabled by technology, has tremendous appeal; it promises significant improvements in quality, convenience, reach and cost of care. This approach is called Wireless Health, though the terms mHealth and uHealth (i.e, ubiquitous health) are also used. The resulting international growth industry needs experts who understand health care, wireless communications,biomedical instrumentation, clinical studies, information technology, persuasive psychology and innovation management. To this end, we offer the first ever graduate education program consisting of a Graduate Certificate and a Master of Science degree. (Certificate participants who matriculate into the MS program within two years of completion of the Certificate may transfer the credits earned for the Certificate toward the completion of the MS degree requirements.)
The Certificate graduated its inaugural class of 27 students on May, 11 2012 and is currently accepting applications for Fall 2012 for onsite and distance/online formats. The Master of Science (MS) degree's inaugural class begins Fall 2012 and is also accepting applications for distance/online format. Become part of the promising wireless health industry!
We acknowledge and appreciate generous support from Qualcomm, Inc. and Qualcomm Life to formulate, launch and advance our graduate education offerings in wireless health.
