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Apr 20, 2024
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HA 575 - Ethical and Legal Perspectives
Considers ethical questions involving inpatient care and the management of health care services. A professional ethic is defined through an examination of the relationships between health care providers and patients and the norms appropriate to their respective conduct. Issues relating to clinical ethics, informed consent of the patient, use of life support systems, and care of the profoundly retarded, critically injured, premature infants, and the elderly are discussed from moral, legal, and religious perspectives. Special attention is given to the legal issues inherent in the provision of health care services. Means of anticipating, preventing, or responding to legal issues are considered and the appropriate role of the health care manager in legal matters is examined.
Assignment Overview
Assignments: Weekly assignments
Interactivity: Weekly live session
Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:
- Evaluate ethical and professional standards
- Comprehend patient rights and responsibilities
- Explain compliance laws and regulations
- Interpret and integrate federal, state and local regulations/laws
- Comprehend how to enforce confidentiality principles and laws
- Interpret Medicare/Medicaid/third-party laws and regulations
- Demonstrate how to serve as an ethical guide for a healthcare organization
- Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis
- Describe governmental, regulatory, professional and accreditation agencies
- Comprehend mediation, negotiation, arbitration and dispute resolution techniques
- Define credentialing, medical malpractice and professional liability
Credits: 3
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