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‘As a telehealth coordinator I play a pivotal role in ensuring that our patients are supported in their consultations. Mater’s telehealth service is delivered across the entire state of Queensland and to parts of New South Wales. This service enables us to care for a wider scope of patients and reduces burdens such as travel time and costs. Seeing the relief on a patient’s face who lives hours away from our hospital after we’ve set up their device and connected them to their call is incredibly rewarding.’
Make a difference through digital health
‘As a telehealth coordinator I play a pivotal role in ensuring that our patients are supported in their consultations. Mater’s telehealth service is delivered across the entire state of Queensland and to parts of New South Wales. This service enables us to care for a wider scope of patients and reduces burdens such as travel time and costs. Seeing the relief on a patient’s face who lives hours away from our hospital after we’ve set up their device and connected them to their call is incredibly rewarding.’
Highlights
- Become a leader in the implementation, adoption, and meaningful use of digital health systems.
- Develop professional knowledge, skills, and values to initiate, evaluate, communicate, and lead the culturally safe use of digital health systems.
- Study part time over one year (two units per semester) or flexible part time over two years (one unit per semester).
- Gain credit towards the Master of Health Management (PU84) or the Graduate Diploma of Health Management (PU63) on the successful completion of this course.
- QUT offers Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) to all domestic students enrolled in this course, which means a reduction in the fees you pay.
- You may be eligible for the DHCRC Graduate Certificate in Digital Health Leadership and Management scholarship to assist with the cost of study.
Highlights
- Become a leader in the implementation, adoption, and meaningful use of digital health systems.
- Develop professional knowledge, skills, and values to initiate, evaluate, communicate, and lead the culturally safe use of digital health systems.
- Study part-time over one year (two units per semester) or flexible part-time over two years (one unit per semester).
- Gain credit towards the Master of Health Management (PU84) or the Graduate Diploma of Health Management (PU63) on the successful completion of this course.
Why choose this course?
Health services worldwide are experiencing large scale digital transformation for delivery of care and the demand for digital health expertise has increased as the health technology landscape evolves.
The Graduate Certificate in Digital Health Leadership and Management responds to the current and anticipated demand for a skilled and professional workforce to provide leadership in the implementation, adoption, and meaningful use of digital health systems.
It is expected that there will be an increased need for qualified digital health professionals, particularly in the specialisations of medical software, health informatics, records and practice management, data analytics, and consumer technology.
Graduates of this course will employ high-level leadership and management skills to build the operational and strategic vision to affect change and achieve safe patient care outcomes in managing the operational needs of health service organisations.
Learn from the best
Our academics are highly regarded industry professionals and researchers in the digital health space.
You will be exposed to a range of professional contexts through guest lectures from industry partners such as Metro North Hospital and Health Service and other work-based, real-world learning opportunities.
You will also be provided with a range of opportunities to develop and extend your professional networks and employability.
Explore this course
The Graduate Certificate in Digital Health Leadership and Management aims to provide essential knowledge and applied skills relating to digital health in the context of clinical practice. The course is designed for people working in or planning to work in the health sector, who aspire to management and leadership roles in this rapidly expanding aspect of healthcare.
As a graduate of this course you will:
- apply high-level leadership, formulate strategic vision to affect technological change, and leverage digital data to drive improved patient care outcomes for their health service organisations.
- gain future-focused skills, knowledge, and values that are immediately applicable and transferable across a variety of health service delivery contexts.
- implement the professional knowledge, skills, and values to initiate, evaluate, communicate, and lead culturally safe use of digital health systems, with the capacity to engage in intra-professional and inter-professional collaboration.
- be enabled to lead and manage clinical informatics initiatives to inform improved decision making.
- develop an appreciation of the complex, diverse, and challenging nature of digital health management across the broad spectrum of health service delivery.
- be equipped with professional knowledge, skills, and values to engage in evidence-based, ethical, and responsible professional practice.
- build capacity and capability to respond to the changing needs of Australasian health systems and beyond, associated with complex information technology ecosystems.
Flexible delivery
This graduate certificate may be completed part-time over one year (two units per semester) or flexible part-time over two years (one unit per semester).
The course has been designed for mixed mode delivery and will be simultaneously offered face-to-face and online to meet individual student learning needs.
You will be empowered to engage in learning anywhere, anytime with resources and activities that will be accessible not just during class but also online.
Careers and outcomes
As a graduate of this course, you will have a range of employment options in both the public and private sectors and an opportunity to make an important contribution to the future of health services nationally and internationally.
Employment options include, but are not limited, to:
- Digital Health Coordinator
- Health Data Analyst
- Project Manager (Digital Health)
- Business Analyst (Digital Health)
- Implementation Specialist (Digital Health)
- Director of Business Intelligence/Analytics
- Clinical Informatics Specialist
- Clinical Lead (Digital Health)
- Business Process Manager
- Course code
- PU70
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- Online
- Kelvin Grove
- 1 years part-time
- February and July
Entry requirements
You must have one of the following:
- A recognised bachelor degree (or higher qualification) in any discipline; or
- A recognised diploma in any discipline followed by at least three (3) years professional experience including at least one year in a supervisory or leadership role in any field; or
- Current registration in any field within your field of practice with a nationally recognised professional body with at least three (3) years professional work experience in any field; or
- A minimum seven (7) years professional work experience in any field in a supervisory role or leadership position if your field of practice does not have a nationally recognised professional body.
Minimum English language requirements
Select the country where you completed your studies to see a guide on meeting QUT’s English language requirements.
Your scores and prior qualifications in English-speaking countries are considered. Approved English-speaking countries are Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, United States of America and Wales.
If your country or qualification is not listed, you can still apply for this course and we will assess your eligibility.
We accept English language proficiency scores from the following tests undertaken in a secure test centre. Tests must be taken no more than 2 years prior to the QUT course commencement.
| English Test | Overall | Listening | Reading | Writing | Speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IELTS Academic / One Skill Retake | 6.5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
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Cambridge English Score
You must share your results with QUT through the Candidate Results Online website. |
176 | 169 | 169 | 169 | 169 |
| PTE Academic | 58 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| TOEFL iBT | 79 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 18 |
Don't have the English language score you need? We can help!
We offer English language programs to improve your English and help you gain entry to this course.
When you apply for this course, we will recommend which English course you should enrol in.
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. We review fees annually, and they may be subject to increases.
2025 fees
2025: CSP $7,300 per year full-time (48 credit points)
2025 fees
2025: $28,000 per course (48 credit points)
2024 fees
2024: CSP $6,600 per year full-time (48 credit points)
2024 fees
2024: $17,800 per year full-time (48 credit points)
Student services and amenities fees
You may need to pay student services and amenities (SA) fees as part of your course costs.
HECS-HELP: loans to help you pay for your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a HECS-HELP loan.
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
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