Kimberly A. Baldwin-Stried Reich

In this chapter, you will learn how to

• Discuss the sources and structure of law within the United States

• Delineate the differences between federal, state, and local courts

• Describe the process of the discovery and admissibility of the electronic record as evidence into a court of law

• Consider the role the technology plays as the underpinning of the nation’s evolving healthcare information infrastructure

A law is defined as “any system of regulations to govern the conduct of the people of a community, society or nation, in response to the need for regularity, consistency and justice based upon collective human experience.”1 A regulation is defined as a set of “requirements the government imposes on private ...

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