Health Law, Policy, and Advocacy

This course is a part of Healthcare Administration, a 8-course MicroMasters series from edX.

This course is part of the Healthcare Administration MicroMasters program which consists of 7 courses and a capstone exam. After completing the program, you can also apply to Doane University to complete your MBA online for approximately $10,500 (learn more about the program here).

To be an effective agent of change, a healthcare administrator must have a foundational understanding of healthcare advocacy, law, and regulatory issues, as well as compliance. This course will focus on a wide range of important issues in health law, health policy and the factors at play when developing a strategic advocacy platform such as bioethics and informed consent. At the conclusion of this course, learners will be able toidentify health policies that promote quality, advocacy and system changewithin a healthcare organization.

What you'll learn

• Discuss health law
• Explain physician-patient relations within a legal context
• Interpret laws that shape access to health care
• Explore informed consent for medical treatment
• Evaluate medical malpractice suits within healthcare systems
• Inspect the utilization of bioethics in healthcare
• Describe methods for advocating in healthcare systems.
• Identify culturally competent advocacy strategies
• Assess a health policy change that promotes quality, advocacy and system change.