Preindustrial Era
Lasted from the middle of the 18th century until the latter part of the 19th century
What is Preindustrial Era?
Led to the concentration of medical practice in cities and towns, where office based practice began to replace house calls.
What is Urbanization?
The latter part of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century have been marked by the growth and consolidation of large business corporations.
What is Corporate Era?
The first broad-coverage health insurance in the United States designed to make cash payments for Job related wages lost.
What is Workers Compensation?
Play a central role in health care services by evaluating a patient’s health condition, diagnosing abnormalities, and prescrib- ing treatment
What are Physicians?
Created with the intention to prevent aimlessly wandering people with serious mental illness from being put in jail
What is an Asylum?
Historically played a critical role in galvanizing the medical profession and in protecting the interests of physicians
What is the American Medical Association?
Has made it possible to provide health care at a distance, such as real-time transmission of video examinations as well as telesurgery.
what is Telemedicine?
Began a hospital insurance plan for teachers at Baylor Uni- versity Hospital in Dallas, Texas.
Who is Justin F. Kimball?
Paid on-the-job training, usually at a hospital.
What is Residency?
Established as outpatient clinics to provide free care to those who could not afford to pay
What are Dispensaries?
Made Medical education a graduate training program requiring a college degree instead of a High School diploma.
What is John Hopkins University?
Driven by the global exchange of information, the production of goods and services.
What is Globalization?
Enjoyed broad grassroots support and, being attached to Social Security, had no class distinction
What is Medicare?
seek to decrease overall cost and length of stay for patients, while maintaining referring-physician satisfaction.
What are Hospitalists?
Believed that mental illness was caused by irritation of the blood vessels in the brain and invented a tranquilizer chair for psychiatric patients.
Who is Dr. Benjamin Rush?
The father of antiseptic surgery, popularized the chemical inhibition of infection.
Who is Joseph Lister?
The electronic transmission of radiological images over a distance
What is Teleradiology?
the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a controversial ACA requirement that forced certain employers to provide contraceptives that might be deemed to induce abortions.
What is Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, inc?
The major providers for minorities, the poor, and people in underserved areas.
What are Primary care physicians?
An infirmary, old-age facility, mental asylum, homeless shelter, and orphanage all rolled into one institution.
What is an Almshouse?
Directed the states to provide community-based services, wherever appropriate, to people with mental illness.
What is Olmstead v. L.C?
Has put more decision-making power into the hands of patients and their surrogates about what they may think is best for them.
What is the Internet revolution?
Federal grants were given to the states so they could extend health services under their welfare programs to low-income elderly persons.
What is the Medical Assistance Act?
Biostatistics, epidemiology, health services administration, health education behavioral science, and environmental health
What are the five core disciplines in Public health education?