Religion played an important role in health care. A common belief was that illness and disease were punishments from the gods.
What is the Ancient Times and dark ages?
100
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
What is HIPAA?
100
The first people to record health records.
Who are the ancient Egyptians?
100
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
What is microscope?
100
Pressure applied with fingers, palms, thumbs or elbows to specific pressure points of the body to stimulate and regulate the flow of energy.
What is acupressure?
200
This period is often referred to as the "rebirth of science of medicine."
What is the Renaissance?
200
Food and Drug Administration
What is FDA?
200
Hippocrates, the "Father of Medicine" belonged to these people.
Who are the Ancient Greeks?
200
Rene Laennec
What is stethoscope?
200
Hindu discipline that uses concentration, specific positions, and ancient ritual movements to maintain the balance and flow of energy.
What is yoga?
300
The study of medicine stopped after the fall of the Roman Empire.
What is the Dark Ages?
300
Diagnostic related groups
What is DRGs?
300
They were the first to build sewers to carry waste away and aqueducts (waterways) to deliver clean water.
Who are the Ancient Romans?
300
Sir Alexander Fleming
What is penicillin?
300
The use of selected fragrances to alter mood and restore the mind, body and spirit.
What is aromatherapy?
400
A major epidemic of bubonic plague killed almost 75% of the population of Europe and Asia.
What is the Middle Ages?
400
Health Maintenance Organization
What is HMO?
400
These people used acupuncture to relieve pain and congestion.
Who are the Ancient Chinese?
400
Clara Barton
What is American Red Cross
400
Ancient Chinese therapy that involves the insertion of very thin needles into specific points along the meridians in the body to stimulate and balance the flow of energy.
What is acupuncture?
500
Dissection of the human body began to allow a better understanding of anatomy and physiology.
What is The Renaissance?
500
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
What is OBRA?
500
These people used therapies such as massage, art therapy, and herbal treatment.
Who are the Ancient Greeks?
500
Louis Pasteur
What is pasteurization of milk to kill bacteria?
500
Therapy based on an ancient healing practice with the belief that illness is an imbalance in an individual's energy field.