63264  Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Informatics                  3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite:61131

This course addresses Legal and ethical principles applied to the healthcare professions, and provides students with practical knowledge necessary to identify and understand them. Topics covered include Confidentiality of the medical record, informed consent, the medical record as a legal document, release of clinical information, response to subpoena, testimony, professional liability, rationing of healthcare, genetic testing, end of life issues, patients-physicians relationships and others.