HLTH-825 Legal Environment of Healthcare
Explores some of the extremely varied, increasingly complex, and ever-changing major legal influences on health care delivery in the United States and the impact on patients, consumers, and the public, focusing in particular on the role of the health care administrator and/or service provider in the context of these influences. Examines the basic structure and concepts of the American legal system, the influence of social values in shaping the law, and the role that the law plays in the operation of health care institutions and the conduct of providers and administrators. Focuses on selected topic areas including: public health law and the role and influence of the government; individual and corporate liability; informed consent; privacy and confidentiality; managed care liability; competency and the right to refuse medical treatment; the practical and ethical impacts of technology; and health care fraud.