HIT 245 Health Info Law & Ethics
helps students understand the legal issues of health records, electronic health records (EHRs) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). It addresses topics critical to effective health information management (HIM) practice, including privacy, security, confidentiality, ethical issues and legal policies and procedures. The course focuses on procedures involved in court disclosure of medical records, laws pertaining to release of information from medical records and medical record requirements for accrediting, approving, licensing and certifying agencies. This course is applicable toward all certificates, AAS, ALS (credit hours 3.0, lecture hours 3.0).