HIT 111 — Medical Law & Ethics
Provides students with a study of law and legal concepts as they applyto the practice of health information management. Emphasis is onHIPAA Privacy/Security Rule regarding privacy and confidentiality;health record documentation management and release of informationpractices; and use and disclosure of patient information. Other topicswill include state and federal statutory regulations for legal healthrecords, medical staff appointments, healthcare provider credentialing,healthcare risk management, physician liability, and the expanding roleof medical record information and subsequent impact due to theadvance of electronic health records. Issues that occur in biomedicalethics will also be presented. It will provide the language andframework for understanding more about ethics within the context ofdealing with complex health information issues as well as the processthat HIM professionals can use to make appropriate ethical choices andto analyze what is and is not justified from an ethical perspective.Corequisites: HIT 115, HIT 214 and BIO 211.