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Harvard Online · delivered by SkillsPro360

Certificate in
Digital Health

AI and emerging technologies in health care — and how to judge which are worth adopting.
  • What you study: The digital health landscape, AI in clinical practice, patient and physician perspectives, business models, and the barriers to bringing innovation to market.
  • Who it is for: Leaders deciding which technologies their organization adopts, clinical and non-clinical alike.
  • Also included: Three months of Voca — AI-powered practice for interviews, presentations and CV review.
Course fee
USD 1,600
Single course enrollment
Duration
5 weeks
4–5 hrs/week
Certificate of Completion fromHarvard Online
Duration
5 weeks
Five topics
Effort
4–5 hrs/week
Self-paced within deadlines
Format
Cohort-based online
New cohorts start regularly
Prerequisites
None
No clinical qualification
Credential
Harvard Online
Certificate of Completion
How you learn

Study with a global cohort.

Work through the Harvard Online course on your own schedule within weekly deadlines, alongside professionals from around the world, with three months of Voca practice to apply what you learn.

Digital tools in health care
What you receive

Earn a Certificate of Completion from Harvard Online.

Complete the course and Harvard Online issues your Certificate of Completion.

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Designed and taught by Harvard faculty

Curriculum developed and delivered by Stanley Y. Shaw of Harvard Medical School, with industry experts from Google Health, Omada Health and beyond.

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A credential you can verify and share

Issued in your legal name as a Certified Electronic Credential you can add to your resume and LinkedIn profile.

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Counts toward an Executive Program

Stack this course with others to earn a Certificate of Specialization in Health Care Leadership from Harvard Online.

Sample Harvard Online Certificate of Completion
Sample certificate issued by Harvard Online. Certificate design subject to change by Harvard Online.
Course syllabus

What you study.

Five topics of practical frameworks for thinking strategically about digital and AI solutions in health care.

Topics covered
  1. Introduction to digital health and AI — how AI models are developed and where data generates value. Case: Google Health's diabetic retinopathy tool
  2. Patient perspective — human-centered design to identify unmet needs and improve experience. Case: Omada Health
  3. Physician and enterprise perspective — AI as augmentation supporting rather than replacing clinicians. Case: SynPlan
  4. Business perspective — aligning payer goals with patient needs, regulatory approval and enterprise sales. Cases: Click Therapeutics, Evidation Health
  5. Transforming care delivery — the shift from hospital-centered to patient-centered models, plus a digital health design challenge. Case: Mayo Clinic Platform
Learning outcomes

Understand how digital health and AI technologies address key challenges

  • Evaluate how new technologies and digital health care management tools can improve access, patient experience, and outcomes
  • Identify gaps in care and global health challenges that can be addressed with healthtech and AI-enabled solutions

Analyze the use of health data, AI, and digital tools

  • Examine how health data, from apps, sensors, and clinical systems, can inform decisions while managing privacy risks and analytical pitfalls
  • Understand what it takes to evaluate and deploy AI and machine learning tools at enterprise scale

Navigate barriers to implementing digital and AI innovation

  • Explore regulatory, ethical, and operational barriers to bringing innovative digital and AI-driven health products to market
Format: self-paced within cohort deadlinesAssessment: five topics

Syllabus topics are set by Harvard Online and may be revised between cohorts.

Who it is for

For leaders across the health care system.

If you must decide which technologies your organization adopts, this course is designed for you.

No clinical qualification required. Taught in English; participants should be 18 or over.

At work

Choose the digital tools worth adopting in care.

Hospitals, insurers and life sciences companies are offered new digital and AI tools every month. This course helps you judge which deserve investment.

Who teaches you

Learn from Harvard faculty.

Your coursework is designed and delivered by Harvard faculty, with industry experts bringing real cases into each topic.

Stanley Y. Shaw, MD, PhD

Stanley Y. Shaw, MD, PhD

Associate Dean for Executive Education, Harvard Medical School

A practicing cardiologist, Dr Shaw directs Harvard Medical School's programs for the health care industry. His research studies how digital tools and patient-reported data can better assess health and disease.

Executive Program in Health Care Leadership

Three Harvard Online modules on strategy, teamwork and digital health — with live sessions, app access and Voca practice.

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Go further with the Executive Program
This course is one module of the Executive Program in Health Care Leadership, which adds two further Harvard Online modules, 36 hours of live sessions with industry experts, twelve months of app access and Voca practice — earning a Certificate of Specialization in Health Care Leadership from Harvard Online.
Three Harvard Online modules
Including this course
36 hours of live sessions
Fortnightly, with industry experts
App access and Voca practice
Included throughout
View the Executive Program
Course fee

What is included.

One fee covering the full Harvard Online course, your Certificate of Completion, and three months of Voca practice access.

USD1,600
per participant · complete course
  • The complete Harvard Online course
  • Certificate of Completion from Harvard Online
  • A Certified Electronic Credential for LinkedIn
  • Three months of Voca — AI-powered practice for interviews, presentations and CV review
  • Cohort-based study with a global peer group
  • Advisor support from enrollment to completion
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Enrolling a team?

Organizations are invoiced directly, and multi-seat rates apply from ten participants.
Fees are quoted in US dollars and paid by international card or bank transfer; your bank applies its own conversion rate. We can also provide a scope document for employer-funded participants.
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Enrollment

From inquiry to first day.

Four steps, usually completed within a week.

Step one

Book a call

A twenty-minute conversation with an advisor to check the course fits your role and goals. No obligation.

Step two

Choose your cohort

We confirm the upcoming start dates that suit your schedule.

Step three

Reserve your seat

Confirm your place, then complete payment by international card or bank transfer.

Step four

Begin

We enroll you directly with Harvard Online. Your access details arrive by email before your start date.

Common questions

Everything you might be wondering.

Do I need to be a doctor or clinician?

No clinical qualification is needed. The course is built for hospital and provider leaders, pharmaceutical and life sciences managers, payer and insurance professionals, and health technology and consulting professionals.

What will I study in Digital Health?

Five topics that look at digital health from every side: an introduction to digital health and AI; the patient perspective; the physician and enterprise perspective; the business perspective; and transforming care delivery.

How does the course approach AI?

It gives you practical frameworks to evaluate digital and AI tools critically and implement them responsibly at scale in health care.

How much time will it take?

The course runs five weeks at roughly four to five hours a week, completed on your own schedule within weekly deadlines.

What does it cost?

USD 1,600 for the complete course, covering the full Harvard Online course, your Certificate of Completion and three months of Voca practice access.

What is Voca, and how do I use it?

Voca is SkillsPro360's AI-powered practice tool. You can rehearse a presentation, run a mock interview, or have your CV reviewed — privately, on demand, as many times as you like. Three months of access are included with this course, and your advisor will help you time it for when it is most useful.

Does this course count toward the Executive Program in Health Care Leadership?

Yes. It is one of the three modules of the Executive Program in Health Care Leadership. If you go on to complete the other two, this course counts toward your Certificate of Specialization. Speak to an advisor before enrolling so we can map the route with you.

Who awards the certificate?

Harvard Online. On successful completion you receive a Certificate of Completion issued directly by Harvard Online. SkillsPro360 is an authorized delivery partner — we are not Harvard University.

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