M15 Learning Activities

Legal and Ethical Practice

Required Reading: Legal and Ethical Practice

The attached document provides a basic introduction to medical ethics, legal issues in health care, and patient privacy.

Legal and Ethical Practice(1).docx

HIPAA
The HIPAA Privacy Rule provides federal protections for individually identifiable health information held by covered entities and their business associates and gives patients an array of rights with respect to that information. At the same time, the Privacy Rule is balanced so that it permits the disclosure of health information needed for patient care and other important purposes. For more information:  http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/index.html