ch1 Flashcards
Medicare and Medicaid were created as a part of President Johnson’s _______________.
Great Society
The Health Maintenance Organization Act was passed during ________.
The Nixon Administration
As a result of new practices, such as requiring surgeons to wear gloves and wash their hands, _________ assisted with the drop in the number of wound infections.
Joseph Lister
What was the first organization that developed minimum standards for hospitals and began on-site inspections of hospitals?
American College of Surgeons
Hippocrates is the _____________.
father of Western medicine.
The first healthcare-related case to reach the U.S. Supreme Court determined that __________ were constitutional.
state licensing laws for physicians
Medicaid _____________.
~has coverage levels that vary by jurisdiction
~ is a state-run program
~ is subsidized by federal funds
b. All of these are correct.
Prior to the nineteenth century, medicine was based in _________.
mysticism and superstition.
The first private insurance plan in the US was called _______.
Blue Cross
Penicillin was discovered accidentally by _______________ in 1928.
Sir Alexander Fleming
The founder of modern nursing is generally regarded as _______.
Florence Nightengale
The first public demonstration of ___________ occurred in 1846 at Massachusetts General Hospital.
anesthesia
The organization that published Standards for Hospital Accreditation is _____________.
The Joint Commission
A doctor of nursing practice is designated as ____________.
DNP
