Medical Pioneers
The "Father of Medicine"
Who is Hippocrates?
Were the first to keep accurate health records
Who is the Ancient Egyptians
Promotes exercise and well-balance diet
What is Physical Wellness
Involves the use of video, audio, and computer systems to provide medical and/or health care services
What is Telemedicine
The plague that killed three-fourths of the population of Europe and Asia in the Middle Ages
What is the Bubonic Plague
Founder of "Modern Nursing"
Who is Florence Nightingale?
Believed in the need for holistic care of treating the whole mind, body, and spirit
Who is the Ancient Chinese
Showing concern, fairness, affection, tolerance and respect for others
What is Social wellness
Attempting to control the rising cost of health care and achieving the maximum benefit for every dollar spent
They were the first to stress that good diet and cleanliness helped prevent disease.
Who were the Ancient Greeks
Invented the first stethoscope
Who is Rene Laennec?
The study of medicine stopped and people once again to live in unsanitary conditions
What is the Dark Ages
Being creative, logical, curious and open minded, learning from life experiences
What is Mental and Intellectual Wellness
One way congress tries to control costs for government insurance plans such as Medicare and Medicaid
What is (DRGs) Diagnostic Related Groups
Care for the Elderly
What is Geriatric Care
Created the vaccination for small pox
The most rapid growth in advancements in health care
What is the 20th Century
Understanding personal feelings and expressing them appropriately
What is emotional wellness
When all aspects of healthcare such as nursing and therapy can be provided in the patients home
What is Home Health Care
This medical pioneer became famous for his surgeries to separate Siamese twins
Who is Ben Carson
The first female physician in the United States
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell
Known as the "Rebirth of Science"
Using values, ethics, and morals to find meaning, direction, purpose
What is Spiritual wellness
Services where the patients are not admitted to the hospital to help lower the cost of healthcare
What are Outpatient Services
The medical pioneer developed the polio vaccine in 1952?
Who is Jonas Salk