HSS260 Healthcare Legal Concepts
This course provides an introduction into the legal forces facing the health care practitioner and organizations. Students learn how common law, statutes and court decisions impact health care providers, organizations and patients. Topics include introduction to legal systems, the physician-patient relationship, organizations, antitrust law, hospital admission and discharge, consent, medical records, liability, physician responsibilities and peer review mechanisms. A special concentration is placed on provisions of federal mandates of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPPA).
Corequisite
None
Distribution
Health
Notes
This course is no longer offered.