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This course is also offered during the semesters listed above.

Course Cost

Semester: Spring 2024
Credit Hours: 3.0
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Spring 2024
Credit
3.0
Prereq or Coreq required

This course examines the legal and ethical issues encountered by healthcare professionals in the United States healthcare system. Emphasis is placed on the purposes and goals of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security rules. Course topics examine privacy, confidentiality and the security of the health record, access to patient health information; release of health information (ROI) policies and procedures; professional and practice-related ethical issues in health information procedures; professional and practice-related ethical issues in health information management; risk management components related to health information management.

Recommended Prereq: HIT101 or concurrent enrollment.

Status Days Times Location Instructor Books / Materials Ticket # CRN
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Course Location

Online

Instruction occurs exclusively online, through the Canvas learning management system, for the duration of the course. Online courses are delivered in an asynchronous manner, which means that students learn from instruction, such as prerecorded video lessons and assigned learning tasks, that is not delivered in-person or in real-time.

Saccone, Patty View
242HIT142.920