20TH CENTURY
What is the 20th century known for?
What is the most rapid growth in advancements in health care.
Trying to control the rising cost of health care and achieve the maximum benefit for every dollar spent. The attempt to provide quality care at the lowest price possible.
What is cost containment
Health care workers must make every effort to provide quality care while doing everything possible to avoid waste and keep expenditures down.
True or False
What is true
What is the most common health care system in the U.S and what is it based on?
Who's studies formed the basis for psychology and psychiatry?
Who is Sigmund Freud
Who started public health nursing in 1983 by providing services for immigrants in New York.
Who is Lillian Wald
Explain Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG)
Method issued by congress to control costs for government insurance plans such as Medicare and Medicaid by placing limits on the cost of care by grouping illnesses and treatments
What is geriatric care?
This method of treatment is used in conjunction with conventional medical therapies.
Who discovered Penicillin?
Who is Sir Alexander Fleming
Who founded the Frontier Nursing Services and mid-wife training.
Who is Mary Breckinridge
Receive care without being admitted to hospitals or other care facilities
Why has geriatric care grown rapidly
What is individuals are experiencing longer lifespans, the baby boom generation is now reaching geriatric age. This population will continue to grow and will require additional facilities for care.
Methods that are used in place of biomedical therapies
Who developed the polio vaccine?
Who is Jonas Salk
Ben Carson
Former Presidential Candidate; neurosurgeon famous for the separation of conjoined twins.
What are some efforts put into place to control healthcare cost?
Value based compensation
Outpatient services
Mass or Bulk Purchasing
Define telemedicine
What is the use of video, audio, and computer systems to provide medical and or health care services.
What is a pandemic?
What is a worldwide epidemic. Exists when the outbreak of a disease occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a high proportion of the population.
When was Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) identified?
What is the 1980's
What are reasons for the high cost of healthcare?
Technological advances
Aging population
Health-related lawsuits
Specialized care
It is important to note that the quality of health care should not be lowered simply to control cost.
True or False
What is True
What type of care treats the whole body, mind, and spirit?
What is Holistic Health Care
Genetic testing
What is the use of specific tests to check for the presence of inherited genes known to cause disease.