Document Type
Syllabi
School
HSL (archive only)
Department
LAW
Course Subject
LAW
Course Number
9322
Course Section
W
Course Title
Health Law: Quality of Care
Academic Term and Year
Fall 2014
Credits
3
Area of Study
LWY
Course Description
This is an introductory course examining how the regulatory and legal systems approach quality of care. The focus will be on mechanisms for assuring quality of care including self regulation, credentialing, the doctor-patient relationship, professional licensure, government regulation, and the tort system. Examination of the tort system will focus on confidentiality obligations (including HIPAA), informed consent, and hospital and managed care liability. The course will review the role of ERISA in both managed care liability and health plan regulation. Finally, the course will provide an overview of how the public health system operates to protect both our health care and our civil rights. At the end of the course, students will have examined both the law and policy issues such as the problems arising from medical errors and the struggle to balance the need for quality against rising costs and lack of health care access. The curriculum focuses on cases applying administrative and common law, as well as a variety of statutory schemes. Every Year Course
Recommended Citation
Pope, Thaddeus, "LAW9322-W.Health Law: Quality of Care.F14.Pope,Thaddeus" (2014). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 30.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/30