Organization of the Health Care System and Legislation

The course cannot be taken simultaneously with:

Health Care Organization and Legislation (X33OZL)

The course is a substitute for:

Health Care Organization and Legislation (X33OZL)

Lecturer:

Lenka Lhotská (gar.)

Tutor:

Lenka Lhotská (gar.), Václav Křemen, David Macků

Supervisor:

Department of Cybernetics

Synopsis:

The course explains the problems of health care structure, its financial and legal context in Czech Republic and European Union. Further there are discussed legal aspects of development, implementation and utilization of information systems and development, production and distribution of medical technology.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. World codexes, Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, WHO.

2. Health care system, hospitals, models of financing, legal relations.

3. Protection of public health, prevention of nosocomial infections, epidemiology, system of health care statistics.

4. Legal system in the Czech Republic, inclusion in European context, types of legal documents, legal acts.

5. Basic legal regulations.

6. Commercial code, contracts, tenders.

7. Authors´Act, Patent Law.

8. Legal aspects of development, production and distribution of medical technology.

9. Health care documentation, patient data protection, patient informed consent.

10. Legal problems of public health insurance.

11. Case studies I.

12. Case studies II.

13. Conclusions for practice.

14. Reserve.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

The course explains the problems of health care structure, its financial and legal context in Czech Republic and European Union. Further there are discussed legal aspects of development, implementation and utilization of information systems and development, production and distribution of medical technology.

Study materials:

[1] http://www.who.int/en/

[2] The European Health Report 2009. Health and health systems. WHO. http://www.euro.who.int/Document/E93103.pdf

[3] International Health Regulations: http://www.who.int/ihr/en/

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon	roomKN:E-128 Lhotská L. 14:30–16:00 (lecture parallel1) Karlovo nám. Cvičebna K3roomKN:E-128 Křemen V. Macků D. 16:15–17:45 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101) Karlovo nám. Cvičebna K3
Tue
Fri
Thu
Fri

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Biomedicínské inženýrství a informatika - Biomedicínské inženýrství (compulsory course in the program)