Fundamentals of Law for Health Informatics and Information Management

by Melanie S. Brodnik

Health law is a rapidly changing field, and students entering the HIM fields require the most recent knowledge to move the profession forward and achieve legal compliance. This revised reprint of Fundamentals of Law for Health Informatics and Information Management contains updates to the second edition. New features and major updates in to this edition include: Medical Identity Theft and Red Flags Rule Contracts, Antitrust, and Corporate Healthcare Liability 2013 HIPAA Privacy and Security updates under ARRA and HITECH updates, including Breach Notification Requirements Meaningful Use E-Discovery Security Safeguard Mechanisms Key Features Online resources include a linked reference list Addresses topics critical to effective HIM practice Instructor manual available online

552 pages, Paperback

First published February 15, 2009

Reviews

[Nicole]

*This was a required college text and I read it all, so I'm adding it to my read books for the year.*

Pros: Health Law is not an easy subject for me, so I didn't voluntarily take this class or read this just for fun. I honestly don't have a lot of pros, but that's my standard review format...

Cons:

1. Check Your Understanding questions: while these are great, the answers to make sure you're understanding them correctly are not in the book. The professor can choose whether or not to give them to you. This was frustrating, as again, I struggle with this topic and tutors aren't available. In other classes, answers are available to help me gage my understanding, as well as to evaluate my strengths and weaknesses, thus leading to more effective time management during studying. Our professor chose not to give us the answers, so I felt even more frustrated wondering if I was actually understanding the context.

2. The editing is really... I'd expect way more from a professional book. There are many inconsistencies, flipped/missed words, the files that are with the book to download have no consistent format and are in varying fonts and sizes within their same documents, etc. I was amazed it was published in that condition.

Conclusion: I'm sure this book really does have a lot to teach and probably does teach it well, but as a student whose professor didn't lecture a single time and who always told me to "refer to the book", I feel like I was in lost territory and navigating blindly the whole time. I really wish the answers would've been provided so I could've at least tried to teach myself a little more sufficiently since I will need this information for my job one day. Be sure you have others who understand this information if you have to use this for a class and struggle like I did.

[المعلوماتية الصحية · Rating 5 out of 5]

Used this book as the main source for Legal Aspects in Healthcare Class.