HIM 230 - Legal and Ethical Concepts in Healthcare

Credits: 3

Study of legislative and regulatory processes that impact health care with particular focus on HIPAA. Course includes privacy, security, and confidentiality issues related to HIM, record retention/destruction, and release of information, advanced directives, consents, and patient rights issues. Compliance and liability will be discussed, and an introduction to legal terminology and the court system provided. Ethical concerns in healthcare and HIM will be addressed.

Theory: 3
Prerequisites: HIM 102, BIO 102, HSC 101, HIM 106, BIO 201, HIM 104, BIO 200
Corequisites: HIM 113