Digital Healthcare

Department of Healthcare Convergence, College of Future Convergence

Digital Healthcare

To foster talents who lead digital transformation in future biohealth based on understanding of healthcare, industry, and social welfare, and ability to utilize digital technologies.

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Digital Healthcare

Major Overview

Objectives

  • To build creative problem-solving skills and challenging spirit to lead the future biohealth industry based on systematic understanding of healthcare system and welfare and ability to utilize the latest technologies, such as artificial intelligence.
  • To build global competence with comprehensive knowledge to lead globalization and internationalization of healthcare to become the advanced biohealth country.
  • To build future prospective taking ability and systematic thinking ability to lead and enable changes by quickly recognizing the future healthcare demands and welfare policy needs in response to introduction of digital technologies, such as AI and bigdata.

Distinctive Features

Similar/Related Department (Major) in Other Schools
Dept. of Health Policy Management, Dept. of Health Administration, Dept. of Social Welfare
CHA University’s Special Features
– Specialized Convergence Curriculum for Healthcare, Welfare, and Digital Transformation
– Foster Convergent Talents Specializing in Healthcare Policy, Industry, and Social Welfare Service
– Foster All-Rounder in Healthcare and Welfare Field, Including Hospital, Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Company, and Social Welfare
– Foster Future Talents Leading Digital Healthcare and Welfare
– Korean and International Internship Program for Fostering Future Talents in Healthcare and Welfare Field

Requirements for Course Completion

You must meet all of the following criteria

Foreign Language
  • Choose One and Submit
    Score of TOEIC/TOEFL/TEPS/HSK/JLPT
Licenses
  • Computer Specialist in Spreadsheet & Database
  •  Korean History
  • Survey Analyst
  • Acquire Other Licenses and Submit Score
Volunteer Activity
  • Complete 40 Hours of Volunteer Activity and Submit Score
Major
  • Participate in Major-Related Projects

* Total points earned must be over 100
* Refer to department website for point earned for each score (level)
* 40 hours of volunteer activity = 30 points

Major Ability

Career Major Ability
Healthcare Management

(Hospital, Public Institute, Etc.)

  • Understanding of Digital Healthcare
  • Understanding of Healthcare Policy
  • Medical Institute Operation and Management
Health Industry

(Pharmaceutical, Medical Device,

Digital Healthcare Company, Etc.)

  • Understanding of Health Industry Process
  • Understanding of Developmental Strategy of Each Health Industry
Social Welfare
  • Understanding of Social Welfare Policy
  • Understanding of Social Welfare Practice
Healthcare Data
  • Understanding of Healthcare System
  • Statistical Analysis of Health
  • Utilization of Medical Data
Digital Healthcare Innovation
  • Understanding of Digital Transformation in Healthcare and Welfare Field
  • Utilization of Bigdata and AI in Healthcare and Welfare Field

Recommended 1st and 2nd Major

1st Major
2nd Major
Convergence Career Field
Digital Healthcare
Healthcare Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Healhcare Bigdata and Medical AI Expert
Business Administration
Medical Institute Management and Health Industry (Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Digital Healthcare Company, Etc.) Manager
Media and Communication
Hospital and Industrial Promotional Expert, Medical Science Media, Health Policy Communication Expert
Systems Biomedical Science
Clinical Test Manager (Clinical Research Associate)
Sports Medicine
Exercise Rehabilitation Welfare
Psychology
Medical Welfare, Consulting, Mental Health, and Social Welfare

Related License

  • Medical Device Regulatory Affairs
  • Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs
  • Hospital Administrator
  • Health Insurer
  • Health Educator
  • International Medical Tour Coordinator
  • R&D Management Professional
  • 1st/2nd Grade Social Worker
  • Social Workers in Mental Health
  • Medical Social Worker
  • School Social Worker
  • Survey Analyst

Career After Graduation

  • Healthcare Management
  • Health Industry
  • Social Welfare
  • Convergence Healthcare Data
  • Convergence Digital Healthcare Innovation

Career Introduction

Healthcare Management

Healthcare Management

Duties

  •  To foster practical talents with understanding on conventional areas, including medical institute management and health administration, and ability to utilize new digital technologies, by enhancing key abilities such as the latest technology utilization ability, future prospect, and response. It also focuses on responding to digitalization of medical institute operation and strengthening of global competence, such as Official Development Assistance (ODA).

Future Prospects

  • The demand for medical service is rapidly increasing due to increasing interest on aging and health, and there is increasing demand for specialized manpower to meet these demands effectively and efficiently.
  • Especially, application of digital technologies on medical institute increased the need for talents who understand such trends and lead the actual site.
Health Industry

Health Industry

Duties

  • To foster practical manpower specializing in health industry structure (R&D management – RA/Permission Management, Global Healthcare, etc.,) by enhancing key abilities such as future prospect, response, and global competence. It also utilizes digital technologies to emerge as new industry and make convergence industry successful.

Future Prospects

  • The health industry is one of the fastest growing industries globally, and demand for specialized manpower is gradually increasing. Especially, convergence of conventional health industry and digital field is accelerating the paradigm change in the healthcare industry (disease prevention and prediction, patient personalization, patient engagement).
  • The talents who understand conventional health industry and digital field are highly likely to become a management manpower suitable for digital transformation of health industry.
Social Welfare

Social Welfare

Duties

  • To deliver central governmental policies to people at fields that actually practice social welfare.
  • To develop social welfare policies.
  • To provide diverse assistance for people who need protection.

Future Prospects

  • The expansion of social security is increasing demand for social worker.
  • Public health and welfare institutes require more manpower with social welfare knowledge and practical skills.
  • Active social contribution activities by companies require more social workers with social welfare network.
  • Institutes and facilities need more social workers in mental health due to increasing number of people suffering from mental problems and social issues.
Healthcare Data

Healthcare DataConvergence Career

Duties

  • To foster convergent practical manpower who generates, manages, and applies healthcare-related bigdata by integrating understanding on healthcare-related data.

Future Prospects

  • With increasing attention and demand for precision medical service, healthcare data is utilized more actively. In response, there will be increasing demand on talents with convergent healthcare-data knowledge and ability to utilize them.
Digital Healthcare Innovation

Digital Healthcare Innovation Convergence Career

Duties

  • To foster convergent practical manpower who leads convergence between healthcare and new digital technologies (AI, bigdata, IoT, etc.,) applies them to healthcare service and development of related policies.

Future Prospects

  • Digital healthcare industry is showing the fastest growth rate, and public attention and investment rapidly increased after COVID-19. However, there are only few talents who can understand and utilize healthcare and new digital technologies comprehensively.
  • Thus, there will be increasing demand for talents who can utilize new digital technologies and apply them to actual healthcare fields.