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WGU D393 HISTORY OF HEALTHCARE IN AMERICA 300+
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS - JUST
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QUESTION: what was the goal of Penn Hospital - ANSWER-care for sick, poor, unstable who were meandering the streets of Philly
QUESTION: what happened between 1700-1720? - ANSWER-pest houses and almshouses were primary treatment facilities
QUESTION: what happened in 1722? - ANSWER-royal hospitals available to treat people with money to afford treatment What were women's roles in the 1700s? - ANSWER-healers, relied on home remedies, potions, and tinctures.
QUESTION: what were wealthy families about to arrange in the 1700s? - ANSWER-home calls from docs for sever illness
QUESTION: what were docs in the 1700s? - ANSWER-medical and intellectual authorities
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2 QUESTION: what are pest houses? - ANSWER-facility to isolate people with contagious diseases from the rest of society
QUESTION: What are almshouses? - ANSWER-institutions of care for poor people run by religious leaders with no pt care.
QUESTION: what are royal hospital? - ANSWER-prestigious medical facility that treat individuals of wealth and means
QUESTION: What is the nations first public hospital? - ANSWER-Penn Hospital
QUESTION: when was Penn Hospital founded and by who? - ANSWER-Ben Franklin, Dr. Thomas bond in 1751
QUESTION: what happened in 1736? - ANSWER-bellevue hospital and charity hospital opened and provided 1st rate care to individuals regardless of status.
QUESTION: what happened in 1751? - ANSWER-penn hospital 1st public hospital in the us
QUESTION: what happened in 1798? - ANSWER-yellow fever outbreak strained us healthcare 2 / 4
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QUESTION: what happened in 1813? - ANSWER-vaccine act of 1813 passed
QUESTION: what is the vaccine act of 1813? - ANSWER-encouraged the use of smallpox vaccine, held tremendous promise for combating dangerous and widespread illness
QUESTION: what was the aim of Healthcare system? - ANSWER-to provide high quality healthcare that leads to better health for population
QUESTION: what did the aim of healthcare require? - ANSWER-optimizing relationship between cost, equitable access and quality of care
QUESTION: Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) - ANSWER-triple aim (decrease capita cost, increase experience of care, increase population health)
QUESTION: what are the 3 characteristics that distinguish us healthcare - ANSWER-divisions and fragmentation, technology, and well-know problems and politicization
QUESTION: division and fragmentation of us healthcare - ANSWER-lack of central process for governing, is governed by laws, policies and rules at local, state, fed levels. 3-party payment 3 / 4
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QUESTION: technology of us healthcare - ANSWER-adopts new equipment, procedures, pharmaceuticals, and other capabilities.
new tech has quick adaption to be used but has slow policies to support technology
QUESTION: well-known problems and politicization of us healthcare - ANSWER-spread of global disease, information technology, physical environment or geography, and legal issues
QUESTION: Cutural competence - ANSWER-ability of providers or organization to effectively deliver services that meet social, cultural, linguistics needs of patients
QUESTION: what are key factors in us healthcare storm? - ANSWER-patient safety, cost of care, concerns about access and quality, huge demographic changes, rapid advances in technology and treatment, digital transformation, data analysis, workforce issues
QUESTION: what is major obstacles to reform? - ANSWER-fundamental disagreements about two common principles for equitable and reasonable distribution of healthcare services
QUESTION: what is market justice? - ANSWER-states healthcare is a product for purchase.subject to principle of economic theory
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