Lecturer: Andrea Bocchieri   Luigi Grilli  

Course name: Health Technologies Management
Course code: 064130
Degree course: Ingegneria Biomedica
Disciplinary field of science: ING-INF/06
L'insegnamento è caratterizzante per: Ingegneria Biomedica
University credits: CFU 5
Course website: http://aim.labmedinfo.org

Specific course objectives

Unit A: The aim of this course is to provide the student a basic knowledge of the principles of Information & Communication Technology Management in the sanitary field. To that end, learning will be reinforced through the explanation of the most common technologies and useful techniques during the various management phases. Every topic is developed through case study analysis.

Course programme

Unit A - 1: Introduction
Management phases; the sanitary field; general outline of technologies and techniques.

Unit A - 2: Technologies
Data Storage; RAID architecture; Relational DBMS (RDBMS); Database and Instance; Structured Wiring; TCP/IP basics; subnetting; routing; ARP; DHCP; switched Ethernet; wireless LAN; Application Architecture: centralized, client/server, distributed; DNS service; directory service; firewall; IDP and IPS; VLAN; NAT; proxy; cluster; working mechanism and typologies.

Unit A - 3: Management
SLA definition; availability; security and performance; technological solution planning; technical considerations; TCO; IT contracts; practical lessons; dimensioning and database restore examples; Internet access architectures; process definition; outline of project management.

Course entry requirements

Unit A: OS basics, database, data networks, TCP/IP, UML.

Course structure and teaching

Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 40
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0

Suggested reading materials

Unit A: Lecture notes are available online on the course website.

Testing and exams

Unit A: A written test at the end of the course, or an oral test during the other exam sessions