Objective:
The course objective is to identify and explain issues in healthcare management, electronic record keeping, patient privacy, health insurance, health reporting, and healthcare prevention.
Learning Outcomes:
- identify sources of law and ethical codes that apply to healthcare and healthcare management
- apply ethical frameworks to resolve dilemmas that may be encountered in healthcare management
- analyze risks of civil and criminal liability that exist for healthcare organizations and providers
- evaluate strategies for healthcare organizations and providers to mitigate risks of civil and criminal liability
- develop a risk mitigation plan for healthcare organizations and providers
General Course Topics:
- Ethics and decision-making in healthcare
- Ethical issues and legal regulation in healthcare
- Licensure and accreditation of healthcare providers
- Licensure and accreditation of healthcare providers and professionals
- Electronic record-keeping and patient confidentiality
- Patient privacy and HIPAA compliance
- Informed consent, patient rights and health reporting
- Health insurance and the Affordable Care Act
- Ethical issues involving lack of capacity and end-of-life care
- Patient rights and major ethical and political dilemmas
- The US court system and healthcare decisions
- Criminal liability risks and prevention strategies in healthcare
- Tort liability risks and prevention in healthcare
- Contract liability risk and prevention in healthcare
- Workplace liability for healthcare organizations
- Risk mitigation in healthcare and prevention strategies