History of Health Care

Ancient Times

100

Illness and disease were caused by...

What are evil spirits and demons?

200

First to record health records

What are the Egyptians? 

300

Father of Medicine 

What is Hippocrates? 

400

The belief to cure the spirit and nourish the body was practiced by...

What is the Chinese?

500

2 things Romans created that we still use today

What are sewers and aqueducts? 

Dark/Middle Ages and Renaissance

100

Renaissance was a period of...

What is rebirth?

200

Artists who began to draw the human body

What is Michelangelo and de Vinci?

300

What did people think were the causes of disease during this time?

What is unknown?

400

Life span during this time

What is 20-30 years?

500

Percent of Europe/Asia population killed during bubonic plague

What is 75%?

16th-21st Century

100

A name for pharmacies 

What is Apothecaries?

200

Person who invented the microscope 

What is Leeuwenhoek?

300

Created training programs for nurses

What is Florence Nightingale? 

400

Name another pandemic besides COVID that has happened in the 21st century 

What is H1N1, Ebola, etc.? 

500

WHO stands for...

World Health Organization 

Cost Containment

100

The purpose of cost containment

What is control the cost of health care and maximize the benefit? 

200

DRG stands for...

Diagnostic Related Groups

300

Explain home health care

What is person receives services in the home (nursing, therapy, etc.)?

400

The federal law that established training and competency evaluation programs for nursing/geriatric assistants and requires compliance with resident's rights 

What is OBRA (Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act)? 

500

Name 1 way to practice cost containment?

What is DRGs, combination of services, outpatient services, bulk purchasing, early intervention/prevention, energy conservation? 

Complementary and Alternative Methods of Health Care

100

Explain holistic care

What is health care that views the person as a whole (mind, body, spirit)?

200

This provider helps patients obtain a trance like state with the belief that the patient will be receptive to verbal suggestions and able to make a desired behavior change

What is hypnotist?

300

True or False: CAM methods are often less expensive than traditional treatments

What is true?

400

Name and explain one type of CAM

Acupuncture, aromatherapy, et therapy, hydrotherapy, imagery, tai chi, meditation, yoga, etc.

500

This organization researches CAM therapies and establishes standards for CAM

What is NCCAM (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)?