MHA 707 Exam D questions and answers graded A+
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1. opening of 20th century -doctors were solo practitioners
-hospitals were single, independent entities, mostly non-profit
-long term care for the elderly was largely home-based
-pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing was a
small business
2. 1847 founding of American Medical Association (AMA)
3. AMA -established standards for preliminary medical education for
the degree of MD
-Code of medical ethics
-recommended use of anesthetic agents for surgery and
obstet- rics
-noted the dangers of secret remedies (snake oil) and paten
med- icines
-recommended that state governments register births,
marriages, and deaths
4. advances that made -improvements in surgery made during the civil war
prac- tice of medicine -application to medicine of advances in bacteriology by
more suc- cessful in
scientists such as louis pasteur
treating health
problems
demand for therapeutics fueled by the civil war
5. provided the start for
some of the largest
names in the modern
pharmaceu- tical
industry : wyeth, pfiz-
er, squibb
6. 1861 founding U.S. nursing corps
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,MHA 707 Exam D questions and answers graded A+
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7. nursing corps
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,MHA 707 Exam D questions and answers graded A+
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-created ambulance-to-emergency room system we know today
-established hierarchy of treatment stations to type of hospital
facilities
8. 1899 founding of association of hospital superintendents
9. Association of hospital American hospital association (AHA)
su- perintendents
became
10. 1900 adoption of the Bertillon or International List of Causes of Dea
11. Bertillon or -predecessor of the international classification of diseases (ICD
International List of -brought some standards and criteria in the study of diseases
Causes of death
-providing health care coverage
12. both public and
-building the American health care infrastructure
private sectors were
involved in
13. 1811 access to health care for members of the military, vets, and
fam had become a public sector initiative
14. 1910 early forerunners of health insurance plans appeared as
"prepaid" group practices
-plan members paid a monthly premium and received a
wide range of medical services through exclusive group of
providers
15. 1929 Blue cross plans were established to provide "prepaid"
hospital care to workers in the dallas public school
system
-Baylor created it
16. Blue Cross Blue Shield de- veloped nationwide due to
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46
,MHA 707 Exam D questions and answers graded A+
latest update
the U.S. entering WW2 w/ caps on wages
17. 1940s BCBS unified
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latest update
1. opening of 20th century -doctors were solo practitioners
-hospitals were single, independent entities, mostly non-profit
-long term care for the elderly was largely home-based
-pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing was a
small business
2. 1847 founding of American Medical Association (AMA)
3. AMA -established standards for preliminary medical education for
the degree of MD
-Code of medical ethics
-recommended use of anesthetic agents for surgery and
obstet- rics
-noted the dangers of secret remedies (snake oil) and paten
med- icines
-recommended that state governments register births,
marriages, and deaths
4. advances that made -improvements in surgery made during the civil war
prac- tice of medicine -application to medicine of advances in bacteriology by
more suc- cessful in
scientists such as louis pasteur
treating health
problems
demand for therapeutics fueled by the civil war
5. provided the start for
some of the largest
names in the modern
pharmaceu- tical
industry : wyeth, pfiz-
er, squibb
6. 1861 founding U.S. nursing corps
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46
,MHA 707 Exam D questions and answers graded A+
latest update
7. nursing corps
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,MHA 707 Exam D questions and answers graded A+
latest update
-created ambulance-to-emergency room system we know today
-established hierarchy of treatment stations to type of hospital
facilities
8. 1899 founding of association of hospital superintendents
9. Association of hospital American hospital association (AHA)
su- perintendents
became
10. 1900 adoption of the Bertillon or International List of Causes of Dea
11. Bertillon or -predecessor of the international classification of diseases (ICD
International List of -brought some standards and criteria in the study of diseases
Causes of death
-providing health care coverage
12. both public and
-building the American health care infrastructure
private sectors were
involved in
13. 1811 access to health care for members of the military, vets, and
fam had become a public sector initiative
14. 1910 early forerunners of health insurance plans appeared as
"prepaid" group practices
-plan members paid a monthly premium and received a
wide range of medical services through exclusive group of
providers
15. 1929 Blue cross plans were established to provide "prepaid"
hospital care to workers in the dallas public school
system
-Baylor created it
16. Blue Cross Blue Shield de- veloped nationwide due to
3/
46
,MHA 707 Exam D questions and answers graded A+
latest update
the U.S. entering WW2 w/ caps on wages
17. 1940s BCBS unified
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