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Risk 144 : Biosensor Data Collection, Scopes of Practice, and Preventative Medicine

Credit Hours(s)2.0

InstructorsPeter Van Tyle, Esq

Price$40.00 USD

Format(s)AudioVisual Course

Educational Objectives

Discuss the public’s increased use of health data-gathering devices and its effect on dispensing healthcare by professional healthcare providers.
Identify sources for state authority to regulate the practice of healthcare in the various states.
Explain states’ prohibition against the unauthorized practice of medicine and identify points where data collection and subsequent evaluation may encounter this prohibition.
Compare courts’ interpretations of state scopes of practice laws as they relate to the various stages of a doctor-patient encounter.
Distinguish data collection from activities that may include preliminary evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment - while identifying their relevance to state scopes of practice.
Analyze how courts interpret activities that may constitute the unauthorized practice of medicine, as distinguished from those that do not.
Discuss obligations to refer people to other healthcare providers based upon determinations and/or diagnoses related to observation, examination, and evaluation of collected data.
Distinguish boundaries regarding data collection versus the unauthorized practice of medicine.
Recognize the public's rights to information and free speech protections.

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