Legal, Ethical and Social Issues 407 Instructor: Susan-Hahn-Reizner, JD
Course Description
This course addresses the legal, ethical, and social issues in health care informatics and equips students with the knowledge they need to spot key issues and potential liability, thereby better protecting students and their employers in the medical informatics field. The health care industry is dynamic, rapidly evolving, and highly regulated, and this course covers regulatory requirements that impact health care data and information management systems. The course explores Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy and security, fraud and abuse, confidentiality, disclosure, antitrust and intellectual property implications, and the roles of both government and quasi government bodies in shaping health information technology as a driver of health care services delivery and financing.*
Syllabus:
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Reflections:
I will have to say that this course was not one of my favorites, for some reason I really struggled. I suspect it was the difficulty I had with the project assigned for the law and ethics class. I found it exceedingly arduous to choose a topic using the US.gov website. It seemed as if most of the choices were skewed towards an IT focus, developing applications, which is not my field. I finally chose a topic more of a personal interest which was to develop a national vaccine registry. I enjoyed researching the subject and found the content was not the issue for me it was that the format was so foreign. I was unfamiliar with how to write a Charter and Statement of work (SOW) and my performance on these assignments was discouraging. That being said, the difficulties I had in this course helped me significantly in one of my subsequent courses. I learned how to craft a strong and concise SOW for another project. I would have preferred if the project were a group effort. I feel that working with other students with diverse backgrounds was a tremendous learning experience in other courses.
As I review the material from the course I appreciate how massive the amount of material was that needed to be covered. Also the reading assignments were difficult to keep up with due to the shear volume. In doing research for my project, I was able to apply and understand in greater depth the HIPAA and FERPA laws. These are so important in my everyday practice, especially the HIPAA regulations.
As I review the material from the course I appreciate how massive the amount of material was that needed to be covered. Also the reading assignments were difficult to keep up with due to the shear volume. In doing research for my project, I was able to apply and understand in greater depth the HIPAA and FERPA laws. These are so important in my everyday practice, especially the HIPAA regulations.
Artifacts:
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