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MSc Digital Transformation for Healthcare

Master's Programme
Digital Transformation for Healthcare

Bridging the gap between computing and healthcare, this course will provide graduates with the skills to address the current and future development challenges of digital healthcare solutions.

Start date:
29 September 2025

Duration:
12 months full time

Application deadline:
2 August 2025

Award:
Master of Science (MSc) 

Highlights and benefits

  • Collaborative programme between WMG, Warwick Medical School, and the NHS (National Health Service)
  • A strong emphasis of interdisciplinary learning and building interdisciplinary teams, combines healthcare, technology, leadership, and management to provide a holistic understanding of digital health and digital transformation.
  • Exposure to cutting-edge tools and technology for digital health, including AI, telemedicine, and wearables.
  • Innovate, integrate and adopt new technologies to improve health outcomes and transform the way heath and care services are delivered.

Overview

The MSc in Digital Transformation for Healthcare is designed to equip graduates with the digital healthcare knowledge and leadership skills needed to drive improvements in understanding, diagnosing, and managing patient-centred healthcare.

Globally we are witnessing both increased acceptance of, and demand for, new technologies in healthcare. With this demand comes the need for new professional skills and specific job roles that can deliver against these digitally-focused market trends. As a graduate of the MSc in Digital Healthcare Transformation you will be able to bridge the gap between physical and digital health provision by maximising the use of both existing and new technologies. You will develop the skills to interact with technology whilst understanding both the patient and clinical perspective.

This course will equip you with a unique set of transferable skills combining healthcare knowledge, data analysis, leading edge technology, and digital capability with the leadership skills to enable and sustain digital transformation within organisations. The main barrier to digital transformation is often not the technology itself, but bringing about change in individual and organisational behaviour which is the key focus of this new course.

Emerging technologies such as AI can be extremely powerful when applied in a healthcare context, but skilled personnel are needed to apply AI in the most effective and safe ways, in order to maximise the scope of its potential. You will utilise data and apply innovative digital technologies and AI to transform the way health and care services are offered, developing more efficient ways of working and supporting organisations to deliver more digitally augmented care pathways.

The course encourages transformative learning and incorporates research and industry experience inspired teaching throughout. As a student, you will gain the tools and knowledge required to innovate, integrate and adopt new technologies in order to bring about improvements in population and individual healthcare outcomes and delivery models.

As a graduate of Digital Transformation for Healthcare, you will have an array of career options. Multiple opportunities are emerging within the digital healthcare transformation landscape, enabling organisations to harness the power of digital technology to improve healthcare services and outcomes for patients. For more detailed information on potential roles for you following this Masters degree, please see the 'Employability' tab.

The next tab 'course content' will go into detail about the modules covered within the MSc in Digital Transformation for Healthcare.

Meet the Course Team

Course Director: Dr Mohannad Alajlani

Mohannad is an Associate Professor in Digital Healthcare and holds a PhD in Telemedicine and eHealth Systems. He has been involved in teaching and research in Digital Health and Health Informatics since 2007. As Course Director for Digital Transformation for Healthcare course (MSc). Mohannad is at the forefront of designing and implementing cutting-edge curricula that empower healthcare professionals to navigate the complexities of the digital age. Mohannad's main research interest is the implementation and evaluation of eHealth system, Telemedicine and Mobile Health projects in particular, with a focus on the UK and developing countries.

Dr Hamish Sutcliffe

Hamish graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Physiological Sciences before completing his medical training at Imperial College London. Since then, he has worked as a medical doctor both in the NHS in the UK and internationally in many specialities including Oncology, Nephrology, Intensive Care medicine, Psychiatry and General Surgery. He completed a Master's in Medical Education at the University of Dundee before joining the Institute of Digital Healthcare at Warwick. He continues his clinical practice of medicine maintaining up to date industry insight feeding directly into MSc Digital Healthcare Transformation.

Reham Ahmad

Reham Ahmad is a nurse, researcher, and digital health transformation leader committed to improving healthcare through technology. She is pursuing a PhD at Warwick Medical School, researching the implementation of Electronic Patient Records for Population Health Management in NHS Trusts. As a Clinical Informatics Research Fellow at George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, Reham plays a crucial role in integrating digital health technologies into patient care. Passionate about education, she is dedicated to teaching the designing digitally enabled healthcare systems module, bringing her practical experience and research insights into the classroom.

Scholarships and Bursaries

WMG will be awarding over £1.5 million in scholarships and bursaries to students commencing study on any of our full-time MSc programmes beginning in September 2025.

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Ready to study at WMG?

We look forward to receiving your MSc application. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.