Exam 1: Health Care Delivery Systems

Which surgeon and surgical writer educated by the army after being rejected by medical schools saved thousands of lives by the use of ligatures in amputations?

The Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982 replaced professional standard review organizations with ____________________, which review statewide utilization of services and quality of care provided to Medicare and Medicaid patients.

Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch established the microbial, or ____________________, theory of disease.

Hospital-originated infections are also known as nosocomial infections.

Which hospital department directs the facility-wide program that monitors standards of conduct, implements sanctions for noncompliance, and maintains a confidential integrity hot line?

Paul Ehrlich destroyed microbes responsible for particular diseases by using ____________________.

Lister believed that germs caused many surgical deaths, and he began using carbolic acid to ____________________ surgical wounds.

Discuss the responsibilities of a hospital governing board.

The primary purpose of the Joint Commission is the mandatory accreditation of health care facilities.

List the individuals that are commonly on the "information management team" of a health care facility.

Long and Morton discovered that ether gas could be used during surgery as a(n) ____________________ to put patients to sleep.

To advance the health of individuals and communities, hospitals and health care networks are represented by the

A ____________________ ensures an appropriate response to internal and external disasters.

The Health Care Financing Administration was created to replace the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Osteopathic physicians founded the American Medical Association (AMA) in Philadelphia to elevate the standard of medical education in the United States.

The American Osteopathic Association transferred administrative responsibility for the AOA's Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program to the ____________________ in 1999.

The anatomist who revolutionized anatomy by writing De Humani Corporis Fabrica was

When taking minutes, the committee secretary should record only the final decisions made by the committee.

Antyllos, a Roman physician appointed to treat gladiators, gained anatomical insight by tending to their fractures and wounds.

Sally Slip fell and broke her arm. Her fracture would most likely be treated by an orthopedic specialist.