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Jan 15, 2025
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2023-2024 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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HIMT 2540 - Privacy, Security, and Compliance
Credits: 3
Students will learn about the legal and ethical issues affecting healthcare today, including legislative and regulatory processes. Students will explore the health information management (HIM) professional’s role in risk management and organizational compliance. Special attention will be devoted to issues of electronic record systems from the legal and ethical perspective including strategies for applying the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules. Students will study health information/record laws and regulations (such as retention, patient rights/advocacy, advanced directives, and HIPAA) along with other regulatory standards that affect the healthcare environment and workforce.
Prerequisite: HIMT 1110 with a “C” or better.
Additional Info: Offered by the Middlesex campus of the CT State Community College only; the courses are offered fully online, allowing students to access the program from any location.
Previous HIM* 160
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