SURI 4313 Community Health & Medical Information
This course is designed to teach students how to assess and ensure potable for a seagoing vessel. Topics include transfer of potable water from a supply point to a vessel, procedures for testing potable water, calculations for disinfecting water, and extrapolating required halogen residuals for disinfection of potable water afloat. Topics include the requirements for safeguarding medical record information, the Privacy Act Program, and penalties for violations of the Privacy Act and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Further topics covered will teach Theater Medical Information Program (TMIP) and Shipboard Non-Tactical ADP Program (SNAP) Automated Medical System (SAMS) program.