History Of Health Care Flashcards
Invented the polio vaccine
Jonas Salk
Came up with the smallpox vaccine
Edward Jenner
First mammal cloned
Dolly the Sheep
Isolated radium later used to treat cancer
Marie Curie
Developed public hygiene
Romans
Responsible for the invention of antiseptic
Joseph Lister
Reformed the nursing profession
Clara Barton
Discovered x rays
William Roentgen
What does the “x” in X-ray mean?
Unknown
Came from foxglove to treat fast heart rate
Digitalis
Came from bark of tree to treat malaria
Quinine
Came from opium poppy to treat severe pain
Morphine
Belief that illnesses were caused by demons and spirits
Egyptian time period
Small pox and bubonic plague were terrible epidemics
Dark ages
Immunizations, antibiotics, and transplants become common
1945 to 1975
Discovered by doing research on mummies
Arthritis
Kidney Stones
Arteriosclerosis
Purpose of agency of accreditation is to ______
Make sure doctors and other health professionals are truly certified and eligible to practice medicine
Agency that oversees the nation’s health care
DHHS
CDC
Center for Disease Control
Patients rights
Ability to say no
What does the future of health care include?
- continue to emphasis wellness and prevention
- services of the future: nutritional advice, stress reduction counseling, habit cessation management, exercise instruction
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
MD
Medical Doctor
Certification
Documentation of having met certain standards
AMA
American Medical Association
Profession
Occupation that requires specialized knowledge and training
Registration
Official record that an individual is qualified to perform certain services
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Hazard Administration
Licensure
Legal permission to perform an activity
Quackery
Treatment that pretends to cure a disease
FDA
Food and Drug Administration
Litigation
Legal dispute
Accreditation
Official authorization or approval
Influences of Health care in the U.S.
State of the economy
Values of society
Law of supply and demand
Technological developments
Paraprofessional
Worker who assists a professional in the performing of their duties
Home Health Care
Provides care in the home of the patient
Hospice care
Provides medical and psychological care for the terminally ill and their family
Outpatient care facility
Provides surgical, diagnostic, and ambulatory care
General hospital
Provides short term care, acute care, diagnostic and rehabilitative care
Long term care center
Provides personal care for elderly and extended convalescent care
Technologist
3-4 college program typically required
Technician
2 year community college or vocational training program typically required
Professional
A 4 year degree, advanced degree, and clinical training typically required
Aide
On the job training required minimum
Assistant
Up to 1 year of classroom and clinical preparation typically required
Father of medicine
Hippocrates
