CHAPTER 17—HEALTHCARE LAW
INTERNET SOURCES
AND SITES
A.Chapter Summary
This chapter provides a brief introduction to the healthcare law practice area, and provides descriptions of and links to related Internet websites with documents and useful resources.
B.Chapter Objectives
In this chapter, students will:
- Learn about the healthcare law practice area.
- Be introduced to practice area related Internet websites.
C.Instructional Ideas
1.Review the Legal Information Institute’s Health Law page (fatty.law.cornell.edu/topics/health.html) for background, lecture, and reference information.
2.Ask the students to research healthcare issues in the USA as they relate to the AIDs epidemic.
D.Chapter Outline
I.Healthcare Law
II.Internet Research Scenario: Anthrax Scare
III.Healthcare Law Internet Sources and Sites
E.Referenced Internet Websites
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
www.ahcpr.gov
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
www.cdc.gov
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
cms.hhs.gov/default.asp?fromhcfadotgov=true
Food and Drug Administration
www.fda.gov
healthfinder
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
nccam.nih.gov
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
www.nih.gov
Health Law Hippo
hippo.findlaw.com/hippohome.html
Hospitals and Asylums, Title 24, USC
www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/24
Medscape: The Online Resource for Better Patient Care
MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
National Women’s Health Information Center, a Service of the Office on Women’s Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
State Health Facts Online
F.Discussion Questions
1.If asked for health reports on AIDs or some other national health issue, how and where would you search for this information on the Internet?
A.Of course the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website at www.cdc.gov, would be a first place to look. But don’t stop there. AIDs related articles and briefs will be found in many places, both scholarly and not so scholarly.
Also be sure to search the National Institutes of Health website at www.nih.gov.
Try doing a search on a number of search engines to ensure that you have collected the most significant materials.
2.How would you use Internet information in the evaluation of medical experts?
A.If they are “experts” then there is a good chance that they have done some publishing. The Internet may have bits and pieces of information about the expert in various places. Résumés and articles may be available at the expert’s workplace website. Current literature and news may cite or reference to the expert. Find the résumé, and search the websites of the organizations and firms that the expert is affiliated with. Certainly, do a search on a number of search engines to ensure that you have collected the most significant materials.
G.Projects
1.Assume that you have a minor daughter and she is intent on getting a tattoo. What can you learn from the Food and Drug Administration as to the Agency’s position with regard to tattoos generally?
A.Students should refer to the FDA website for “Tattoos, Temporary Tattoos, and Henna Products”— www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/tattoos.html. It is indexed on the FDA homepage under “Hot Topics.”