D393 History of Healthcare exam Questions with
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healers, relied on home remedies, potions, and tinctures.
What were women's roles in the 1700s?
home calls from doctors for severe illness
What were wealthy families able to arrange in the 1700s?
Medical and intellectual authorities
What were doctors in the 1700s?
Facility to isolate people with contagious diseases from the rest of society.
What is a pest house?
Institutions of care for poor people run by religious leaders with no formal training.
What is an almshouse?
Prestigious medical facility that treats individuals of wealth and means.
What is a royal hospital?
Pennsylvania Hospital
What is the nations first public hospital?
Ben Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond in 1751
When was Pennsylvania Hospital founded and by whom?
Care for the sick, poor, and unstable who were meandering the streets of Philly.
What was the goal of Pennsylvania Hospital?
1736. A charity hospital opened and provided 1st rate care to individuals regardless of status.
Oldest existing hospital.
, When did Bellevue hospital open?
1751. 1st public hospital in the US
When did Pennsylvania Hospital open?
1798. Yellow fever outbreak strained US healthcare
When was the Yellow Fever outbreak?
Vaccine act of 1813
When was the Vaccine Act passed?
Encouraged the use of smallpox vaccine, held tremendous promise for combating dangerous
and widespread illness.
What is the vaccine act of 1813?
To provide high quality healthcare that leads to better health for a population.
What was the aim of a Healthcare system?
Optimizing relationship between cost, equitable access, and quality of care.
What did the aim of healthcare require?
Triple aim
Decrease capita cost
Increase experience of care
Increase population health
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
Divisions and fragmentation
Technology
Well-known problems and politicization.
Correct Solutions
healers, relied on home remedies, potions, and tinctures.
What were women's roles in the 1700s?
home calls from doctors for severe illness
What were wealthy families able to arrange in the 1700s?
Medical and intellectual authorities
What were doctors in the 1700s?
Facility to isolate people with contagious diseases from the rest of society.
What is a pest house?
Institutions of care for poor people run by religious leaders with no formal training.
What is an almshouse?
Prestigious medical facility that treats individuals of wealth and means.
What is a royal hospital?
Pennsylvania Hospital
What is the nations first public hospital?
Ben Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond in 1751
When was Pennsylvania Hospital founded and by whom?
Care for the sick, poor, and unstable who were meandering the streets of Philly.
What was the goal of Pennsylvania Hospital?
1736. A charity hospital opened and provided 1st rate care to individuals regardless of status.
Oldest existing hospital.
, When did Bellevue hospital open?
1751. 1st public hospital in the US
When did Pennsylvania Hospital open?
1798. Yellow fever outbreak strained US healthcare
When was the Yellow Fever outbreak?
Vaccine act of 1813
When was the Vaccine Act passed?
Encouraged the use of smallpox vaccine, held tremendous promise for combating dangerous
and widespread illness.
What is the vaccine act of 1813?
To provide high quality healthcare that leads to better health for a population.
What was the aim of a Healthcare system?
Optimizing relationship between cost, equitable access, and quality of care.
What did the aim of healthcare require?
Triple aim
Decrease capita cost
Increase experience of care
Increase population health
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
Divisions and fragmentation
Technology
Well-known problems and politicization.
