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Dec 26, 2024
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2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog
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AHS 173 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare
Description: Application of general principles of law and ethics as related to health information management and patient record management in an electronic, hybrid or paper environment. Legal and ethical issues, legal terminology, records law, patient rights, privacy and security and regulations.
Prerequisites: Reading Proficiency
Credits: 2
Lecture: 2
Lab: 0
Course Content:
- Legal concepts and processes
- Legal terminology
- Health record as a legal document
- Confidentiality, privacy and security
- Patient rights
- Malpractice and negligence
- Professional and practice-related ethical issues
Learning Outcomes:
- Explain how legal and regulatory requirements relate to legal concepts and processes in health care. (1,2,4)
- Summarize the structure, purposes, functions and the users of health records. (3)
- Describe the release of patient records in accordance with policies and procedures for access and disclosure of personal health information. (4,5)
- Describe the Patient Bill of Rights. (5)
- Explain monitoring the privacy and security of health data. (4)
- Discuss medical malpractice and negligence in healthcare. (6)
- Identify the principles of medical ethics. (7)
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