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Learn the fundamentals of U.S. Healthcare Law
Learn how HIPAA operates and how to implement privacy best practices within your organization
Understand how large multinational companies use intellectual property to create, protect, and distribute valuable innovations
Describe how different countries address the healthcare needs of their populations
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This Specialization is designed to help you navigate the complex legal framework that governs modern health systems. You will learn the fundamentals of American health law, then explore how privacy law shapes the relationship between healthcare providers and their patients. You will also learn how intellectual property law influences everything from the pharmaceutical industry, to medical research, to cutting-edge ethical issues involved in emerging technologies such as DNA-testing. Finally, the specialization will conclude with a study of how other countries vary in their approaches to solving the common problems that face all health systems.
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This Specialization is designed to help you navigate the complex legal framework that governs modern health systems. You will learn the fundamentals of American health law, then explore how privacy law shapes the relationship between healthcare providers and their patients. You will also learn how intellectual property law influences everything from the pharmaceutical industry, to medical research, to cutting-edge ethical issues involved in emerging technologies such as DNA-testing. Finally, the specialization will conclude with a study of how other countries vary in their approaches to solving the common problems that face all health systems.
Identify the distinguishing features of the American healthcare system and the role of administrative law in modern medical care
Understand the history, scope, and limits of conscientious objection
Define the basic medical malpractice standard used in the U.S. legal system
Understand the role of the federal government in administering Medicare and Medicaid
Provide methods for protecting privacy using the Fair Information Principles
Identify the laws and regulations that pertain to data protection
Identify the privacy obligations that can apply to complex organizations
Identify strategies for managing compliance issues related to privacy laws and data protection
Identify the various forms of intellectual property protection available under U.S. Law
Understand the special intellectual property laws developed for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, especially as regards to drug patents
Examine how the law has responded to cutting-edge medical developments such as ownership of genetic material and genetic information
Recognize the variety of intellectual property strategies employed by healthcare-oriented businesses of all sizes
Identify the World Health Organization building blocks for analyzing systems of healthcare
Apply the WHO building blocks framework to various national healthcare systems to determine strengths and weaknesses
Understand the role of national histories in determining their current approach to healthcare delivery
Analyze how different countries prioritize different aspects of healthcare delivery in improving population health outcomes
The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn) is a private university, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. A member of the Ivy League, Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and considers itself to be the first university in the United States with both undergraduate and graduate studies.
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The Specialization can be completed at your own pace, but was designed with a 16-week format in mind.
No background knowledge is necessary!
We recommend taking Health Law Fundamentals first, but the rest of the courses may be taken in any order.
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