LEGAL ISSUES IN HEALTH INFORMATICS

Catalog description

(Slashed with HI 80402 ) This course provides students with an introduction to the fundamentals of law for Health Informatics and Information Management. Components of learning will include general legal principles and regulatory issues in the U.S. healthcare system. Primary topics will include ethical issues, consideration of state laws and the Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), privacy and security rules. Through discussion board and writing assignments, students will demonstrate understanding of practical issues of health information access, its use and disclosure, and the legal and regulatory consequences associated with breaches of health information confidentiality and security. We will explore some of the special legal issues with electronic health records (EHR) and health information exchange; secondary uses of health information; compliance; and related ethics issues.