HIT 134 - HIT Legal and Ethical Issues

3 Hours

Prerequisite: Acceptance into HIT Program
Co-Requisite: HIT 153, HIT 158, HIT 160, HIT 221, HIT 222, HIT 230, and HIT 231
This course is a review of the legal aspects applicable to health information. The course focuses on the health record as a legal document, legal principles, patient rights/advocacy issues, definition and application of professional ethics, privacy, release of information, and confidentiality of health information. Student outcomes include demonstration of the use of legal vocabulary and application of release of information guidelines. This is a CORE course.