Intro into Health Care
What is a premium?
A premium is a set amount of money you pay each month
Who created Morphine?
Freidrich Wilhelm Adam Serturner
What does an HMO stand for?
An HMO is a private care, managed organization that stands for Health Maintenance Organization.
What do you need to be to qualify for Medicare?
You need to 65 or older?
What is Malpractice?
Malpractice is when failure of professional to render proper services through ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows
What is a copay?
A copay is a fee you pay every time you come and see the doctor
Who performed the first successful blood transfusion?
Freidrich Wilhelm Adam Serturner
What does an PPO stand for?
a PPO is a private care organization that stands for Preferred Provider Organization
What is Medicaid?
Medicaid is a Federal and state health insurance program for Low-income, blind, or disabled
Who is the mother of nursing?
Florence Nightingale
What is a Deductible?
a deductible is a set amount of money you pay before the insurance pays in full
Who invented the first stethoscope?
Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laënnec
A specialist is someone who is a expect in that particular field
What is Workers Comp?
Workers Comp is a state mandated insurance program for work related injury's
What is HIPPA?
HIPPA is designed to protect a patients information from reaching other people any leak in information can have severe punishments
What is a Out of Pocket Maximum?
an Out of Pocket Maximum is when you reach your deductible and further more you don't have to pay copays anymore
Who performed the first blood transfusion?
Dr. Philip Syng Physick
What is Preventative Care?
Preventative Care covers immunizations, well baby care, screenings, health education
what is a durable power of attorney?
a durable power of attorney is the decision maker of the patients procedures if the patient is unable
Who is the father of medicine?
Hippocrates
must preserve the confidentiality of the information gathered in care of patient
Code of Ethics
Who performed the first successful defibrillation?
Dr. William Kouwenhoven
What is Tricare?
Tricare is for service men and women and their family's
What is a DNR?
A DNR means do not resuscitate which implies that if a patient has a heart attack the doctor can't try to revive him
Who was the first person to perform an open heart transplant?
Christiaan Barnard