Connected Healthcare & Innovation minor

About this minor

Be part of the digital health revolution where technology is reshaping healthcare.

With advances in digital health and virtual care, patients can access support anywhere, anytime. This minor explores how innovations like artificial intelligence, wearable devices, and connected digital infrastructures can transform the patient experience in healthy, subclinical and clinical populations, including sports settings.

By combining insights from healthcare, technology, and design, you’ll gain skills to work across disciplines to integrate technology into healthcare systems and communities.

Why choose the Connected Healthcare & Innovation minor?

Shape the future of digital health

Discover how emerging technologies from AI and wearables to telehealth are transforming the way care is delivered and experienced.

Solve real healthcare challenges

Learn to design innovative, patient-centred solutions that improve outcomes, streamline systems, and expand access to care through digital platforms.

Future-proof your career

With virtual care and smart health solutions on the rise, you’ll graduate ready to lead change in one of the world’s fastest-evolving industries.

Structure for the minor

The Connected Healthcare & Innovation minor is comprised of 4 subjects (48 credit points total).

The minor explores innovation in future healthcare technology in the context of a smart hospital. This includes concepts such as the digitisation of healthcare, remote patient monitoring, digital infrastructures, virtual collaboration, mobile care, and other emerging digital technologies.

The subjects examine the role of smart and connected technologies in wellness, prevention, and management of chronic conditions, giving you insight into a new emerging healthcare system of the future.

Core subjects (36 credit points)

  • REHA2284 Business and Entrepreneurship in Health
  • BESC1571 Integrated Virtual Care (formerly BESC1571 Counselling & Virtual Care)
  • MIET2572/MIET2533 Wearable Tech Devices

Option subject (12 credit points)

Choose one from the following:

  • BIOL2525 Foundations of Digital Health
  • COSC2960 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence

Who can enrol in this minor?

This minor is only available to students enrolled in the following RMIT courses: 

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Bachelor of Biomedical Science

Guaranteed ATAR
  • atar 2026 Guaranteed ATAR 70.00, ATAR Various*
  • next intake February
  • learning mode On campus
  • location Bundoora
  • duration Full-time 3 years, Part-time 6 years

Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences

  • atar ATAR 72.30*
  • next intake February
  • learning mode On campus
  • location Bundoora
  • duration Full-time 3 years, Part-time 6 years

Bachelor of Psychology

  • atar ATAR 70.35*
  • next intake February, July
  • learning mode On campus
  • location Melbourne City
  • duration Full-time 3 years, Part-time 6 years

More information and how to enrol

Information for future RMIT students

How to enrol

Apply for your desired undergraduate degree. Once successfully enrolled, if your degree structure allows, you will be able to select this minor in year 2 or 3 of your degree.

Contact for more information

Our friendly staff at Study@RMIT are available 5 days a week to assist you.

Information for current RMIT students

How to enrol

If the undergraduate degree you're enrolled in allows for a minor, you will be able to select the minor in years 2 and 3 of your degree.

Contact for more information

Each STEM Hub minor has a coordinator whom you can contact for more information about the minor you're interested in.

Note:

You may experience a timetable clash when completing one or more units in a minor.

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