HCMG 730 - Ethical and Legal Perspectives in Health Care

3 Credits
This course examines the legal and ethical dimensions involved in healthcare management. Students will learn the types of laws that impact healthcare organizations, including: tort, criminal, and civil. Students will examine issues that extend beyond the legal dimension and explore ethical dilemmas that are periodically encountered by healthcare leaders. Student will study ethical theories and be provided with ethical decision making models or processes that can assist them in critically analyzing and resolving ethical dilemmas.

Grade Note(s): A grade of C or better is required on the final assessment in order to earn a passing grade in this course.
Prerequisite(s): HCMG 630
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Contrast the government and the judicial system in decision making and punishment as it relates to the ethical decision making model.
2. Propose changes to current U.S. healthcare focused state and federal laws to improve the overall quality of care delivered to citizens.
3. Assess laws to avoid biases when initiating future changes in the healthcare system.
4. Assess current events within the U.S. and global healthcare sector as they relate to ethical theories.
5. Evaluate ethical theory and current healthcare laws in support of necessary healthcare focused change.