7314. Healthcare Legal Operations: From the Desk of a Hospital's Chief Legal Officer

This course will examine the law relevant to the day-to-day operations of a large health care delivery system and introduce students to the issues that lawyers in a hospital general counsel’s office address on a daily basis. The course will entail (i) an in-class overview of the health care industry and key legal concepts relevant to the day-to-day operations of health care delivery systems, and (ii) a hands-on introduction to how these legal concepts are applied in practice. The course will provide an introduction to the health care delivery industry as well as an overview of different types of health care contracts, key contractual terms, corporate governance models, mergers and acquisitions, patient privacy, clinical research, employment law, and corporate compliance. The course will consist of lectures and simulations, onsite observations of operational practices at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center (e.g., corporate board meetings, executive management meetings, corporate compliance meetings, tours of operational facilities), and in-class reflections of observations and learning.