HL 543 Healthcare Law and Ethics

This course provides students with an overview of law, regulation, and court decisions that affect healthcare organizations, as well as ethical underpinnings and principles that healthcare organizations follow in the delivery of services. Students explore and discuss a variety of topics, including key federal and state laws; regulatory oversight and licensing of facilities and practitioners; credentialing requirements and processes; scope of practice for practitioners; admission and discharge processes; privacy and confidentiality of patient information; patient protection, including advanced directives; organizational liability; conflict of interest legislation; antitrust law; contract law governing relationships with employed physicians and other providers; risk management; and organizational governance issues.

Credits

3

Outcomes

1. This course will prepare students to:
2. Critique the ethical principles that healthcare organizations follow in the delivery of services.
3. Predict future changes in healthcare legal and ethical governance.
4. Analyze the relationship between law and ethics in healthcare.
5. Evaluate the legal structures and governance of healthcare organizations.
6. Investigate the legal issues in healthcare cost containment.