MSc

MSc Digital Health & Care Technology

MSc Digital Health & Care Technology — an accredited Master's for people doing this work, not just reading about it.

Online or on campus

24 months36 creditsEnglish (dual pathway: Edinburgh campus or tuition-free online; one academic standard)

Overview

Design, procurement, evaluation and safe adoption of digital health tools — apps, remote monitoring, electronic records and AI triage — across health and social care. Non-clinical. The University of Brigant teaches this award to one academic standard whether you study on campus in Edinburgh or on the tuition-free online pathway. Assessment is identity-checked; the marking scheme does not change with your postcode. This is an academic Master's award; where a field has a licensing or registration route, that remains a matter for your professional body or regulator. You will work through the material as a practitioner-researcher: applied methods, real or anonymised cases, and a supervised capstone or dissertation as the final component. Faculty mark whether you noticed the constraints a slide deck usually hides. MSc Digital Health & Care Technology is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 24 months, and the credit total is 36. Students move from Health & Care System Architecture through Health & Care System Architecture; Health Data, Coding & Information Governance; Quality Improvement & Evidence-Based Practice; Patient Flow, Scheduling & Unscheduled Care; Workforce, Rotas & Operational Planning; Improvement Methods (Lean, IHI), and finish on Health Management Capstone. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm. Reading is a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. The artefact a marker expects is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Manage the operational side of a clinical service — flow, capacity, staffing, cost Use health data and quality-improvement methods to change practice Work within regulation, governance and information rules for the sector Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.

The programme carries 36 credits across four assessed modules. Delivery is tuition-free (£0) on the online pathway. Transcripts use letter grades and a GPA scale consistent with University of Brigant awards. No professional-body logo is used in marketing to imply endorsement.

Who This Programme Is For

Clinicians and health-system staff moving into management
Analysts and administrators in health and care
Managers accountable for a service or a budget
Graduates entering the health sector (non-clinical)

How you can study

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On-campus study

Study at our campus

Prefer to learn at our Edinburgh campus? Campus tuition and campus examinations are charged. The published campus price is on each programme page.

✦ Tuition: £9,500 / US$12,000/year
✦ Location: 3 Lady Lawson St, Edinburgh EH3 9DS, United Kingdom
✦ Campus examinations are charged
✦ In-person seminars, library & student services

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What You Will Learn

Manage the operational side of a clinical service — flow, capacity, staffing, cost
Use health data and quality-improvement methods to change practice
Work within regulation, governance and information rules for the sector
Write a board or service paper a non-executive can interrogate

Curriculum

Module 1: Health Systems Core

Code	Course	Credits · hours
BX72201	Health & Care System Architecture Health & Care System Architecture (BX72201) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Health & Care System Architecture as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. BX72201-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Health & Care System Architecture BX72201-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Health & Care System Architecture BX72201-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Health & Care System Architecture BX72201-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Health & Care System Architecture BX72201-M5 · Service design for a named population — Health & Care System Architecture BX72201-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Health & Care System Architecture	3 · 30 h
BX72202	Health Data, Coding & Information Governance Health Data, Coding & Information Governance (BX72202) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can define a measurable question, fit a method that can be checked, and report where it fails, using Health Data, Coding & Information Governance as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a dataset description, a methods note, and one published evaluation. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a project note with the question, the method, the result, and the limitation. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. BX72202-M1 · The question, the unit of analysis, and data quality — Health Data, Coding & Information Governance BX72202-M2 · Features, baselines, and error — Health Data, Coding & Information Governance BX72202-M3 · Validation, leakage, and what the model must not decide — Health Data, Coding & Information Governance BX72202-M4 · Monitoring, drift, and human review — Health Data, Coding & Information Governance BX72202-M5 · Interpretation for a non-technical decision maker — Health Data, Coding & Information Governance BX72202-M6 · A supervised project with method, result, and limitation — Health Data, Coding & Information Governance	3 · 30 h
BX72203	Quality Improvement & Evidence-Based Practice Quality Improvement & Evidence-Based Practice (BX72203) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Quality Improvement & Evidence-Based Practice as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. BX72203-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Quality Improvement & Evidence-Based Practice BX72203-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Quality Improvement & Evidence-Based Practice BX72203-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Quality Improvement & Evidence-Based Practice BX72203-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Quality Improvement & Evidence-Based Practice BX72203-M5 · Service design for a named population — Quality Improvement & Evidence-Based Practice BX72203-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Quality Improvement & Evidence-Based Practice	3 · 30 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

BX72201

Health & Care System Architecture

Health & Care System Architecture (BX72201) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Health & Care System Architecture as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.

BX72201-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Health & Care System Architecture
BX72201-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Health & Care System Architecture
BX72201-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Health & Care System Architecture
BX72201-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Health & Care System Architecture
BX72201-M5 · Service design for a named population — Health & Care System Architecture
BX72201-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Health & Care System Architecture

3 · 30 h

BX72202

Health Data, Coding & Information Governance

Health Data, Coding & Information Governance (BX72202) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can define a measurable question, fit a method that can be checked, and report where it fails, using Health Data, Coding & Information Governance as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a dataset description, a methods note, and one published evaluation. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a project note with the question, the method, the result, and the limitation. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone.

BX72202-M1 · The question, the unit of analysis, and data quality — Health Data, Coding & Information Governance
BX72202-M2 · Features, baselines, and error — Health Data, Coding & Information Governance
BX72202-M3 · Validation, leakage, and what the model must not decide — Health Data, Coding & Information Governance
BX72202-M4 · Monitoring, drift, and human review — Health Data, Coding & Information Governance
BX72202-M5 · Interpretation for a non-technical decision maker — Health Data, Coding & Information Governance
BX72202-M6 · A supervised project with method, result, and limitation — Health Data, Coding & Information Governance

3 · 30 h

BX72203

Quality Improvement & Evidence-Based Practice

Quality Improvement & Evidence-Based Practice (BX72203) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Quality Improvement & Evidence-Based Practice as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.

BX72203-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Quality Improvement & Evidence-Based Practice
BX72203-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Quality Improvement & Evidence-Based Practice
BX72203-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Quality Improvement & Evidence-Based Practice
BX72203-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Quality Improvement & Evidence-Based Practice
BX72203-M5 · Service design for a named population — Quality Improvement & Evidence-Based Practice
BX72203-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Quality Improvement & Evidence-Based Practice

3 · 30 h

Module 2: Operations & Improvement

Code	Course	Credits · hours
BX72205	Patient Flow, Scheduling & Unscheduled Care Patient Flow, Scheduling & Unscheduled Care (BX72205) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Patient Flow, Scheduling & Unscheduled Care as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. BX72205-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Patient Flow, Scheduling & Unscheduled Care BX72205-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Patient Flow, Scheduling & Unscheduled Care BX72205-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Patient Flow, Scheduling & Unscheduled Care BX72205-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Patient Flow, Scheduling & Unscheduled Care BX72205-M5 · Service design for a named population — Patient Flow, Scheduling & Unscheduled Care BX72205-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Patient Flow, Scheduling & Unscheduled Care	3 · 30 h
BX72206	Workforce, Rotas & Operational Planning Workforce, Rotas & Operational Planning (BX72206) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Workforce, Rotas & Operational Planning as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. BX72206-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Workforce, Rotas & Operational Planning BX72206-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Workforce, Rotas & Operational Planning BX72206-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Workforce, Rotas & Operational Planning BX72206-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Workforce, Rotas & Operational Planning BX72206-M5 · Service design for a named population — Workforce, Rotas & Operational Planning BX72206-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Workforce, Rotas & Operational Planning	3 · 30 h
BX72207	Improvement Methods (Lean, IHI) Improvement Methods (Lean, IHI) (BX72207) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Improvement Methods (Lean, IHI) as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. BX72207-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Improvement Methods (Lean, IHI) BX72207-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Improvement Methods (Lean, IHI) BX72207-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Improvement Methods (Lean, IHI) BX72207-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Improvement Methods (Lean, IHI) BX72207-M5 · Service design for a named population — Improvement Methods (Lean, IHI) BX72207-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Improvement Methods (Lean, IHI)	3 · 30 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

BX72205

Patient Flow, Scheduling & Unscheduled Care

Patient Flow, Scheduling & Unscheduled Care (BX72205) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Patient Flow, Scheduling & Unscheduled Care as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.

BX72205-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Patient Flow, Scheduling & Unscheduled Care
BX72205-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Patient Flow, Scheduling & Unscheduled Care
BX72205-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Patient Flow, Scheduling & Unscheduled Care
BX72205-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Patient Flow, Scheduling & Unscheduled Care
BX72205-M5 · Service design for a named population — Patient Flow, Scheduling & Unscheduled Care
BX72205-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Patient Flow, Scheduling & Unscheduled Care

3 · 30 h

BX72206

Workforce, Rotas & Operational Planning

Workforce, Rotas & Operational Planning (BX72206) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Workforce, Rotas & Operational Planning as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.

BX72206-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Workforce, Rotas & Operational Planning
BX72206-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Workforce, Rotas & Operational Planning
BX72206-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Workforce, Rotas & Operational Planning
BX72206-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Workforce, Rotas & Operational Planning
BX72206-M5 · Service design for a named population — Workforce, Rotas & Operational Planning
BX72206-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Workforce, Rotas & Operational Planning

3 · 30 h

BX72207

Improvement Methods (Lean, IHI)

Improvement Methods (Lean, IHI) (BX72207) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Improvement Methods (Lean, IHI) as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.

BX72207-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Improvement Methods (Lean, IHI)
BX72207-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Improvement Methods (Lean, IHI)
BX72207-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Improvement Methods (Lean, IHI)
BX72207-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Improvement Methods (Lean, IHI)
BX72207-M5 · Service design for a named population — Improvement Methods (Lean, IHI)
BX72207-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Improvement Methods (Lean, IHI)

3 · 30 h

Module 3: Governance & Leadership

Code	Course	Credits · hours
BX72209	Patient Safety, Risk & Duty of Candour Patient Safety, Risk & Duty of Candour (BX72209) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Patient Safety, Risk & Duty of Candour as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. BX72209-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Patient Safety, Risk & Duty of Candour BX72209-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Patient Safety, Risk & Duty of Candour BX72209-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Patient Safety, Risk & Duty of Candour BX72209-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Patient Safety, Risk & Duty of Candour BX72209-M5 · Service design for a named population — Patient Safety, Risk & Duty of Candour BX72209-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Patient Safety, Risk & Duty of Candour	3 · 30 h
BX72210	Commissioning, Costing & Board Reporting Commissioning, Costing & Board Reporting (BX72210) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Commissioning, Costing & Board Reporting as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. BX72210-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Commissioning, Costing & Board Reporting BX72210-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Commissioning, Costing & Board Reporting BX72210-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Commissioning, Costing & Board Reporting BX72210-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Commissioning, Costing & Board Reporting BX72210-M5 · Service design for a named population — Commissioning, Costing & Board Reporting BX72210-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Commissioning, Costing & Board Reporting	3 · 30 h
BX72211	Population Health & Inequalities Population Health & Inequalities (BX72211) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Population Health & Inequalities as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. BX72211-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Population Health & Inequalities BX72211-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Population Health & Inequalities BX72211-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Population Health & Inequalities BX72211-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Population Health & Inequalities BX72211-M5 · Service design for a named population — Population Health & Inequalities BX72211-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Population Health & Inequalities	3 · 30 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

BX72209

Patient Safety, Risk & Duty of Candour

Patient Safety, Risk & Duty of Candour (BX72209) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Patient Safety, Risk & Duty of Candour as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.

BX72209-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Patient Safety, Risk & Duty of Candour
BX72209-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Patient Safety, Risk & Duty of Candour
BX72209-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Patient Safety, Risk & Duty of Candour
BX72209-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Patient Safety, Risk & Duty of Candour
BX72209-M5 · Service design for a named population — Patient Safety, Risk & Duty of Candour
BX72209-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Patient Safety, Risk & Duty of Candour

3 · 30 h

BX72210

Commissioning, Costing & Board Reporting

Commissioning, Costing & Board Reporting (BX72210) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Commissioning, Costing & Board Reporting as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.

BX72210-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Commissioning, Costing & Board Reporting
BX72210-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Commissioning, Costing & Board Reporting
BX72210-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Commissioning, Costing & Board Reporting
BX72210-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Commissioning, Costing & Board Reporting
BX72210-M5 · Service design for a named population — Commissioning, Costing & Board Reporting
BX72210-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Commissioning, Costing & Board Reporting

3 · 30 h

BX72211

Population Health & Inequalities

Population Health & Inequalities (BX72211) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Population Health & Inequalities as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.

BX72211-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Population Health & Inequalities
BX72211-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Population Health & Inequalities
BX72211-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Population Health & Inequalities
BX72211-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Population Health & Inequalities
BX72211-M5 · Service design for a named population — Population Health & Inequalities
BX72211-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Population Health & Inequalities

3 · 30 h

Module 4: Integration & Capstone

Code	Course	Credits · hours
BX72213	Research Methods for Service Management Research Methods for Service Management (BX72213) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Research Methods for Service Management as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. BX72213-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Research Methods for Service Management BX72213-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Research Methods for Service Management BX72213-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Research Methods for Service Management BX72213-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Research Methods for Service Management BX72213-M5 · Service design for a named population — Research Methods for Service Management BX72213-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Research Methods for Service Management	3 · 30 h
BX72214	Writing for Non-Executives Writing for Non-Executives (BX72214) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Writing for Non-Executives as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. BX72214-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Writing for Non-Executives BX72214-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Writing for Non-Executives BX72214-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Writing for Non-Executives BX72214-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Writing for Non-Executives BX72214-M5 · Service design for a named population — Writing for Non-Executives BX72214-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Writing for Non-Executives	3 · 30 h
BX72215	Health Management Capstone Health Management Capstone (BX72215) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Health Management Capstone as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession. BX72215-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Health Management Capstone BX72215-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Health Management Capstone BX72215-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Health Management Capstone BX72215-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Health Management Capstone BX72215-M5 · Service design for a named population — Health Management Capstone BX72215-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Health Management Capstone	3 · 30 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

BX72213

Research Methods for Service Management

Research Methods for Service Management (BX72213) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Research Methods for Service Management as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.

BX72213-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Research Methods for Service Management
BX72213-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Research Methods for Service Management
BX72213-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Research Methods for Service Management
BX72213-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Research Methods for Service Management
BX72213-M5 · Service design for a named population — Research Methods for Service Management
BX72213-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Research Methods for Service Management

3 · 30 h

BX72214

Writing for Non-Executives

Writing for Non-Executives (BX72214) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Writing for Non-Executives as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.

BX72214-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Writing for Non-Executives
BX72214-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Writing for Non-Executives
BX72214-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Writing for Non-Executives
BX72214-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Writing for Non-Executives
BX72214-M5 · Service design for a named population — Writing for Non-Executives
BX72214-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Writing for Non-Executives

3 · 30 h

BX72215

Health Management Capstone

Health Management Capstone (BX72215) is a 3-credit course on MSc Digital Health & Care Technology, with 30 notional learning hours. By the end, students can describe how people, records, and decisions move through one service, and separate cause from harm, using Health Management Capstone as the working context rather than a generic management example. The course is taught in three movements. First, students establish the terms and the decision the course is about. Second, they apply the method to a case, dataset, text, or design and compare it with a weaker alternative. Third, they revise the work after feedback and state what the conclusion cannot support. Preparation uses a pathway description, an incident summary, and an information standard. Seminar time is for the decision, not for reading the materials aloud. Assessment is a brief a service manager could use, with the evidence attached. A pass requires a clear method, evidence a marker can check, and an explicit limit. Credit is not awarded for summary alone. This course does not confer a licence to practise nursing, medicine, or any other clinical profession.

BX72215-M1 · Pathway, payment, records, and the bottleneck — Health Management Capstone
BX72215-M2 · Incident, harm, cause, and the change that prevents a repeat — Health Management Capstone
BX72215-M3 · Indicators, privacy, and misuse of a report — Health Management Capstone
BX72215-M4 · Quality, safety, and the limit of the data — Health Management Capstone
BX72215-M5 · Service design for a named population — Health Management Capstone
BX72215-M6 · A service or informatics brief with evidence and a recommendation — Health Management Capstone

3 · 30 h

Career Paths

Health service or operations management
Quality-improvement and patient-safety roles
Health informatics and analytics
Commissioning and planning
Programme management in health and care

Programme Highlights

Non-clinical — confers no professional registration
Health systems, data and improvement science
A capstone on an anonymised service problem
Governance and safety throughout

Assessment

Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.

Admission requirements

Academic entry

Bachelor's degree from a recognised institution (minimum 2:2 / GPA 2.5/4.0 or an equivalent national scale)
Identity document for remote identity-checked assessment enrolment

English language

English proficiency: IELTS 5.5, TOEFL 46 or equivalent (waived for prior English-medium study). State your primary study mode without changing the academic standard.

Documents

Statement of Purpose (500 words minimum) covering goals, professional context and fit
Two academic or professional references with verifiable contact details
CV or résumé covering education and relevant work
Official transcripts (digital copies accepted at application; certified copies before award)

Programme questions

How long is the MSc Digital Health & Care Technology?

The published duration is 24 months. Teaching language: English (dual pathway: Edinburgh campus or tuition-free online; one academic standard). Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.

Can I study this from my country?

You may study this award fully online from your country, or — where published — on campus at Brigant. Online study does not require a student visa. Campus study may.

What does it cost?

Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. Examination or administrative fees may apply at checkout — never an annual tuition invoice. Check the Fees page for any extras.

What are the entry requirements?

Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.

How is the programme assessed?

Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.

Will this award be recognised where I live?

Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. University of Brigant publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.

How do I apply?

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