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D393 History of Healthcare in America
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Triple Aim (IHI) Ans: Reduce per capita (lower costs), access to
healthcare that is fair and equitable, improved patient experience.


Pest Houses Ans: quarantined people who had a contagious disease
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Almshouses Ans: Were known as " poorhouses" where poor plp could go
to die to avoid dying on the streets.homes for the poor and the sick in
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the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Run by religious plp . Healing
was NOT their goal.


1751 Pennsylvania Hospital Ans: The 1st Public Hospital in the US.
Established by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Bond.


1765 Ans: The University of Penn School of Medicine, Americas first
medical school


1796 Ans: Edward Jenner develops the first vaccine against smallpox


Which hospital grew out of an Almshouse? Ans: New York's Belleve
Hospital , often regarded as the oldest hospital in the US.


Who Became the First female physician in the US? Ans: 1857- Elizabeth
Blackwell

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1800 to early 1900s Ans: 1813- President James Madison approved the
Vaccine Act.


1830- Medical specialization became common practice


1847- The American Medical Asso. (AMA) was founded


1876 Ans: Johns Hopkins University graduate school established/founded
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1889 Ans: William, James, Charles Mayo founded the Mayo Clinic


1918 Ans: JH1N1 virus leads to the influenza pandemic
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1929 Ans: Blue Cross, the first legitimate Health Ins. launched


Cultural authority Ans: Refers to the general acceptance or public trust
of professional judgment as valid. Physicians' cultural authority is
reflected in the reliance placed on their evaluation of signs and
symptoms, diagnosis of disease, and suggested prognosis.


Which drug, discovered in the 1940s, launched the antibiotic era and is
regarded as one of the most significant advancements in therapeutic
medicine? Ans: Penicillin


Who was a former mental health patient who became the mental
hygiene movement pioneer and established one of the first client-
advocate health reform initiatives in the United States? Ans: Clifford
Whittingham Beers

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