Foundations of Medical Law for Medical Assistants provides an essential dive into the vast world of medical law in the United States. 

This course will explore:

- A brief history of medical law, the U.S. legal system, and the courts
- Essential legal concepts for healhcare professionals such as scope of practice, standard of care, confidentiality, and more.
- Key topics in today's heathcare environment, such as risk management and liability insurance.
- The provider-patient relationship and their respective rights
- Informed Consent, advanced directives, and the role of the medical assistant
- Professional negligence and medical malpractice, including a dicssuion on torts and liability
- Medical records structure, ownershp and access, disclosures, billing, and where they intersect with legal proceedings
- Workplace laws and regulations
- The emerging legal trends of telehealth, genetic privacy, cannabis, and AI


This course provides general information on medical law and is not intended as legal advice. Please consult a lawyer for specific legal advice.

Learners will have 90 days to complete the course and posttest. 

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