A group of individual parts that work together to form a unified whole
What is a System?
100
any person who needs health care services makes up this component of a HC delivery system
What is a consumer?
100
the study of diseases. Vaccinations have been developed for many contagious, or communicable, diseases that devastated populations in the past
What is epidemiology?
100
the amount paid to an insurance agency (usually monthly) for a health insurance policy
What is a premium?
200
the invention which allowed scientists to discover cells
What is the Microscope?
200
the main type of health care system currently used in the United States
What is a private system?
200
facilities that provide care for elderly patients, and offer treatments for patients with disabilities or those in rehabilitation
What are Long Term Care facilities?
200
allows patients to communicate with health care providers from their own homes
What is telemedicine?
200
insurance generally purchased through an employer where the premium is split between the employer and the person being insured, resulting in less expensive insurance
What is group insurance?
300
A code of behavior which physicians must follow
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
300
"To provide our diverse urban community with quality, affordable care," for example
What is a Mission Statement?
300
hospitals that are usually privately owned and earn a profit from their services
What are proprietary hospitals?
300
Facilities such as adult day care centers, independent living facilities, retirement communities, and nursing homes have developed quickly during recent years to provide this type of care
What is Geriatric Care?
300
an entitlement program that provides medical assistance to anyone age 65 or older or to people with certain disabilities
What is Medicare?
400
the name of the world's first pandemic, which occurred during the Dark Ages
What is the Bubonic Plague (or Black Death)
400
a way of studying a system as one unit, instead of individual parts that helps to focus on the primary mission, or purpose, of a system; applies to any system in life
What is the Systems Theory?
400
doctors who examine a wide range of patients and conditions
What is a General Practitioner, Family Doctor, or Primary Care Physician?
400
This concepts sprang into the forefront in the 90's when medical facilities began to change their focus from "sick care" to "health care" to focus factors like: physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual health.
What is Wellness?
400
A type of managed care plan that allows an insured person to choose a non-network physician: however, coverage will be greater if an in-network physician is chosen
What is a PPO?
500
the name of the time period in which many Europeans began to reject their commitments to religion and form new ideas about art and science
What is the Renaissance?
500
a process of the systems theory that converts the input into a final product or service; for example, a consultation with a physician at a family care practice
What is throughput?
500
determines a worker's position in a facility's organizational structure
What is a line of authority?
500
this trend focuses on methods (such as Outpatient Services, Preventive Care, and Energy Conservation) to reduce health care expenses
What is Cost Containment?
500
a type of insurance where patients must pay for all health care expenses out of their own pockets, and afterward, the insurance agency will reimburse the patient for part of the expenses