TECHNOLOGY
This allows patients to meet with doctors using video or phone
What is telemedicine?
This is the most common treatment used today
What are pharmaceuticals?
This focuses on staying healthy and preventing disease
What is wellness?
This means not having health insurance
What is uninsured?
This means understanding and caring about others’ feelings
What is empathy?
These devices track health data like heart rate and steps
What are wearables?
This trend means doctors focus on one area of medicine
What is specialization?
This type of medicine treats the whole person (mind and body)
What is holistic medicine?
This is the ability to receive healthcare services
What is access?
This scientist helped prove germ theory
Who is Louis Pasteur?
This technology helps doctors analyze data and detect diseases faster
What is artificial intelligence?
This group is increasing and uses more healthcare services
What is the aging population?
This uses non-traditional treatments instead of Western medicine
What is alternative medicine?
This is a major reason people do not seek care in the U.S.
What is cost?
This nurse improved sanitation in hospitals
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This type of surgery uses machines for more precise movements
What is robotic surgery?
This term means the average number of years a person lives
What is life expectancy?
This combines Western and alternative medicine
What is integrative medicine?
This refers to unequal access to healthcare
What is inequality?
This means doing the right thing even when no one is watching
What is integrity?
This type of care uses smaller incisions and leads to faster recovery
What is minimally invasive care?
This describes a general direction that something is changing over time
What is a trend?
This is traditional healthcare using drugs and surgery
What is Western medicine?
This describes differences in health outcomes between groups
What are disparities?
This doctor promoted handwashing to prevent disease
Who is Ignaz Semmelweis?