Professional Graduate Certificate in Digital Health

Healthcare is transforming now. Don’t stand on the sidelines.

In Canada, AI adoption in healthcare is accelerating, rising from 11.4% to 23.2% in just one year* as the sector races toward digital transformation. Gain the skills to harness AI, data, and innovation to revolutionize care delivery and lead the next era of intelligent healthcare.

Each course combines real-world case studies with hands-on exposure to open-source AI and analytics tools, empowering learners to design solutions that improve outcomes, streamline processes, and protect patient data.

This program equips healthcare professionals to lead confidently in an era defined by data, connectivity, and intelligent systems. Designed for clinicians, healthcare administrators, and technology specialists, it bridges the gap between medical expertise and digital innovation.

By program’s end, graduates will be able to translate digital health concepts into measurable impact, champion ethical AI adoption, and guide their teams through transformation with confidence and clarity.

Through courses spanning AI-powered telemedicine, clinical decision support, digital governance, and healthcare data security, participants gain a practical understanding of how emerging technologies are reshaping care delivery and organizational performance.

Disclaimer: This program is developed by Schulich ExecEd in partnership with Starweaver. Upon enrolment, participants will access all program materials and experience the program delivery through Starweaver’s learning platform, a third‑party system that is not operated or managed by York University.

*Source: Statistics Canada

Learn how to manage and govern digital health data systems, from EHRs and interoperability standards to privacy, security, and ethics. Gain practical skills to use health data responsibly, improve patient care, strengthen system efficiency, and support digital transformation across healthcare organizations.

Explore how Generative AI can transform your EHR experience by streamlining documentation, accelerating workflows, and reducing clinician burnout. Learn practical, safe AI applications for real clinical settings, from voice transcription to no-code dashboards, improving efficiency, decision-making, and patient care.

Discover how Generative AI is redefining healthcare and life sciences by transforming clinical practice, research, and operations. Gain practical, non-technical strategies to apply GenAI safely and ethically in your work while balancing innovation with patient safety, compliance, and real-world healthcare challenges.

Understand how AI is transforming telemedicine beyond video calls by powering smarter diagnosis, remote monitoring, and personalized virtual care. This hands-on course builds practical skills using leading AI tools to reduce clinician burnout, improve outcomes, and support scalable, intelligent digital health systems.

Examine how AI-powered clinical decision support systems are transforming diagnostics and care. Learn to apply, validate, and govern AI tools responsibly through hands-on practice, while addressing bias, transparency, and data privacy to improve clinical decision-making and patient outcomes.

Build advanced skills in protecting sensitive health information. Learn about threat landscapes, breach prevention, PHI access controls, encryption, incident response, and risk governance frameworks that help healthcare organizations strengthen cybersecurity and maintain trust with patients and partners.

Apply your learning through a healthcare-focused capstone project guided by Schulich ExecEd instructor. With structured support and feedback, you’ll identify a real-world challenge, shape it into a well-defined project, and develop a practical deliverable that demonstrates your ability to translate program concepts into meaningful outcomes and lead digital health initiatives with confidence.

You may already be working in clinical or administrative roles, and you see the technology gap widening around you. This program gives aspiring or mid-career healthcare professionals the digital fluency to champion AI adoption, navigate health data governance, and drive transformation from the inside.

You've built a foundation in IT, data, or operations. Now you want to apply it where it matters most. Whether you work in health informatics, hospital administration, or health tech, this program bridges your technical expertise with real-world clinical context so you can lead meaningful digital health initiatives.