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Module 5
HCM515
Health Law and Ethics
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Module 5 Learning Outcomes
1. Describe the governmental regulations pertaining to
health and public healthcare organizations.
2. Analyze governmental authority for the protection
and regulation of public health and healthcare
organizations.
3. Evaluate international authority for healthcare
needs.
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Objectives for Regulation of Healthcare
• Objective 1: Protection of the public through the prevention and
reduction of communicable disease and non-communicable disease,
preventing injuries, and the protection of the safety of food, water,
medical products, and the environment.
• Objective 2: Promotion of the quality of healthcare services by
facilities and individual health practitioners and providers.
• Objective 3: Reduction of costs associated with healthcare service
delivery and promotion of access to care for all members of the
public and community (Harris, 2014, p. 69).
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Public Health
• Governments are concerned about the health of the general public.
• Public health pertains to the monitoring, management, and
regulation of the public’s health as a whole.
• Examples of public health concerns:
• Vaccination programs against communicable disease
• Educating individuals about obesity and sedentary lifestyles
• Monitoring trends in influenza outbreaks
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3-Tiers of Public Health in Saudi Arabia
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Example Agencies Impacting Public Health in
Saudi Arabia
• The Saudi Commission for Health Specialties,
• The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (the SFDA),
• Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA), and
• Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution (Bassi, 2015).
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Saudi Food and Drug Authority
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Hajj and Potential Public Health Concerns
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Controlling Infectious Disease During Hajj
• The Ministry of Health routinely updates requirements for religious
pilgrims
• Requires certification of vaccination, especially from certain countries
where infectious disease outbreaks are known
• All countries must show vaccination of Meningococcal Meningitis
• Recommends children, elderly or sick individuals postpone
pilgrimage
• Recommends an influenza vaccination
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Proactive Hajj Risk Management Continued
To mitigate the risk of outbreaks during Hajjj, Saudi officials also did
the following:
• Increased health personnel offering free care
• Expanded surveillance
• However, infection control is still a high risk. What can be done to
proactively mitigate infection control?
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MERS and its impact on Health
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Detection and Prevention in Saudi Arabia
• Four Entities
• Reporting Requirements
• Data Analysis
• Prevention and Control Plan
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Private Medical Information
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Privacy laws
(Source: Sarabdeen & Moonesar, 2018, p. 1894)
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Module #5 Assignment Requirements
• Discussion Board
o Read the case scenario “Allocating Resources:
Fifty Pills for 100 People”
o Key concepts
o Public health
o Private Data
o Ethical and legal implications
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References
• Alqahtani, A. S., Althimiri, N. A., & BinDhim, N. F. (2019). Saudi Hajj pilgrims’ preparation and uptake of
health preventive measures during Hajj 2017. Journal of Infection and Public Health.
• Azzedin, F., Mohammed, S., Yazdani, J., & Ghaleb, M. (2014). Designing a disease outbreak notification
system in Saudi Arabia. In Second International Conference of Advanced Computer Science and
Information Technology (ACSIT 2014).
• Bassi, J. (2015). Healthcare investment in KSA. Retrieved from
http://www.tamimi.com/en/magazine/law-update/section-11/november-6/healthcare-investment-inksa.html
• Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (n.d.). Hajj and Umrah health requirements. Retrieved from
https://www.saudiembassy.net/hajj-and-umrah-health-requirements
• National Academies of Science Engineering Medicine (2018, November 27) . Readiness for microbial
threats 2030: Exploring lessons learned since the 1918 influenza pandemic – A workshop. Retrieved
from http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/Activities/PublicHealth/microbialthreats/2018-NOV27/Videos/Session1-videos/7-assiri-video.aspx
• Rahman, R., & Alsharqi, O. Z. (2019). What drove the health system reforms in the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia? An analysis. The International journal of health planning and management, 34(1), 100-110.
• Sarabdeen, J., & Moonesar, I. A. (2018). Privacy protection laws and public perception of data privacy.
Benchmarking, 25(6), 1883-1902.
• Saudi Food and Drug Authority. (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://www.sfda.gov.sa/en/food/news/Pages/default.aspx?news=Main&news=Main
• World Health Organization(WHO-A). (n.d.). Public health. Retrieved from
http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/Health-systems/public-health-services
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