Physicians in History I
Father of medicine
Hippocrates
Founder of nursing
Florence Nightingale
Physician who assumes the overall treatment of a patient
Primary care physician (PCP)
Practice where one physician works alone in a small office with a limited staff
Solo physician practice
Provides walk-in for urgent health problems instead of ERs
Urgent care center
The father of modern anatomy
Andreas Vesalius
Founder of the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
The most popular managed health care plan
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
Practice where two or more physicians share office expenses but not the revenue
Associate practice
Oath that some physicians pledge on graduation from medical school
Hippocratic Oath
First to map out the circulation of blood in the body
William Harvey
Father of bacteriology and father of preventive medicine
Louis Pasteur
Method of payment where physician gets paid according to a schedule of fees
Fee-for-service
Practice where physicians share offices, expenses, employees, and income
Group practice
Symbol of the medical profession
Caduceus
Father of microbiology
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Father of sterile surgery
Joseph Lister
Evaluation of quality, appropriateness, and medical necessity of medical care
Utilization review
Fees enable subscribers to get 24/7 health care; available only to the wealthy
Concierge medical care
Developed a vaccine against polio
Jonas Salk
Developed the process of vaccination and the smallpox vaccine
Edward Jenner
Discovered that yellow fever is caused by a virus carried by a mosquito
Walter Reed
health system of prevention, utilization of services, network of providers
Managed care
Group practice involving a variety of specialists
Multispecialty practice
New diseases, longer life expectancy, increase in the general population
Reasons health care costs expanded