Health Science Study Guide 1 Units 1-6 (UNFINSIHED)

Health Science 1

Alternative Therapies

Methods of treatment used in place of biomedical therapies

Complementary Therapies

Methods of treatment used in conjuction (with) biomedical therapies

Biotechnology

The use of genetic and biochemical processes of living systems and organisms to develop or modify useful products

Cost Containment

Procedures used to control costs or expense

Geriatric Care

Care provided to older individuals

Energy Conservation

Monitoring the use of energy to control costs and save resources

Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs)

Method of classifying diagnoses into specific payments or reimbursement categories

Holistic Health Care

Care that promotes physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual well-being

Home Health Care

Any type of health care that's provided in a patient's home

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)

Federal law that regulates the education and testing of nursing and geriatric assistants

Outpatient Services

Services provided to patients who have not been admitted to hospitals or other care facilities

Integrated Health Care

Form of healthcare that uses mainstream medical treatments and complementary and alternative therapies to treat a patient

Pandemic

Worldwide disease/ a disease that affects people over a wide geographic area

Telemedicine

The use of audio,video and computer systems to medical/ healthcare services

Wellness

The state of being in good health

Who first developed public health and sanitation systems?

Ancient Romans

Who created the smallpox vaccine in the 18th century?

Edward Jenner

Disinfectants and antiseptics were first used to prevent infection during surgery by?

Joseph Lister

Who discovered penicillin in the 20th century?

Sir Alexander Fleming

What did primitive people think was the cause of disease and illness?

Evil spirits and demons

What diseases shortened the life span of individuals in the Middle Ages?

Smallpox, Bubonic Plague and Diphtheria

What contributes to high health care costs?

Health care technology, Aging populations, and Health related lawsuits

The study of the structure and function of proteins is called?

Proteomics

What ancient group established that diseases were cause by natural causes?

Ancient Greeks

During the Middle Ages which group first required that physicians pass professional exams and secure licenses to practice medicine?

Arabs

What was the average human lifespan by the end of the 19th century?

40-65 years old

Who is the “Father of Medicine”

Hippocrates

Who discovered a device that allows visualization of organisms too small to be seen by the naked eye?

Anton van Leeuwenhoek