This course will present the professional, ethical and legal standards expected of the health information manager and health informatics professional. Learners will apply guidelines and codes of conduct established by Canadian healthcare associations. A review of provincial, national and international health information management (HIM) and health informatics (HI) professional standards and code of ethics will be conducted to demonstrate the interrelated nature of their professional expectations. Course activities will encourage students to investigate the parameters of their legal and ethical duties as HIM and HI professionals, as they work collaboratively, to understand the importance of ethics and professional standards for the protection of personal health information. Recommended Prerequisite: HTH 101 and 120.
No Scheduled Class Meetings, February 9 - April 12 (Online)
Location:
ONLINE
Instructor:
Karen Pietrangelo
Notes:
Note to student: Courses are activated in Avenue to Learn 1-3 days prior to the course start date. This course will include 2-3 non-mandatory webinars throughout the term. Dates of the Webinars will be posted in the course schedule in the Learning Management System. All webinars will be recorded. Please note registering after the course start date may delay course access and does not permit exceptions to coursework due dates, late textbook purchases, or the refund policy.
Instructors
Karen Pietrangelo
People Card Modal Dialog
Karen (BA, MA, CHIM) is a strong and passionate healthcare leader with a proven track record in both acute care and post-secondary education. She is committed to promoting quality health data both at the source and throughout the lifecycle to promote the best possible health outcomes for Canadians. She is ardent about data quality as it pertains to having the best information possible for continued improvement of the health of Canadians.
From humble – yet deep roots of over 20 years of experience in Patient Registration, she has a deep respect for the people that do the work, the origin of the data and the outcomes that that data impacts – both on the personal level and at the policy analysis table. She shares this passion with her role at St. Francis Memorial Hospital as well as learners at McMaster University and Mohawk College.
She has been supporting post-secondary learning since 2017 and is excited to enhance the understanding of health data to the next generation.
