PHS History of Health Care Assignment

Differentiate between early beliefs about the causes of disease and treatment and current beliefs about disease and treatment.

• Early beliefs attributed disease to supernatural forces, while current beliefs are based on scientific understanding and evidence-based treatment.

• Early beliefs focused on genetic causes, while current beliefs focus on supernatural explanations.

• Early beliefs relied on advanced technology, while current beliefs use herbal remedies only.

• Early beliefs and current beliefs both rely solely on spiritual healing.

Select the option that lists six historical individuals who have helped to improve health care today.

• Florence Nightingale, Hippocrates, Louis Pasteur, Edward Jenner, Clara Barton, Joseph Lister

• Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Stephen Hawking

• Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, Botticelli, Caravaggio

• William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, J.K. Rowling, Ernest Hemingway

Which of the following lists includes at least five current trends or changes in health care?

• Telemedicine, personalized medicine, value-based care, increased use of AI, and focus on mental health

• Decline in technology use, reduced patient engagement, fewer regulations, less data collection, and decreased collaboration

• Increased paper records, less focus on patient outcomes, reduced use of digital tools, fewer healthcare providers, and lower health spending

• Decreased emphasis on preventive care, less use of electronic health records, fewer telehealth services, reduced patient safety measures, and less focus on chronic disease management

Fill in the blank: The term 'alternative therapies' refers to ____.

• methods of treatment that are used in place of biomedical therapies

• surgical procedures performed in hospitals

• medications prescribed by licensed physicians

• diagnostic tests used in conventional medicine

Fill in the blank: The term 'complementary therapies' refers to ____.

• methods of treatment that are used together with conventional medical therapies

• methods of treatment that replace conventional medical therapies entirely

• treatments that are only used in alternative medicine and never with conventional medicine

• therapies that are exclusively surgical procedures

Fill in the blank: The term 'cost containment' refers to ____.

• procedures used to control costs or expenses

• methods for increasing employee salaries

• techniques for expanding business operations

• strategies for maximizing patient admissions

Fill in the blank: The term 'diagnostic related groups (DRGs)' refers to ____.

• a system to classify hospital cases for the purpose of payment

• a method for diagnosing rare diseases

• a classification of medical equipment

• a type of insurance policy

Fill in the blank: The term 'holistic health care' refers to ____.

• care that promotes physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual well-being

• care that focuses only on physical health

• care that is limited to medical treatments and procedures

• care that ignores emotional and social factors

Fill in the blank: The term 'integrative (integrated) health care' refers to ____.

• a form of health care that uses both mainstream medical treatments and alternative therapies

• a system that only uses herbal remedies for all treatments

• a type of health care that excludes conventional medicine

• a practice focused solely on surgical interventions

Fill in the blank: The term 'outpatient services' refers to ____.

• services that do not require the patient to stay overnight in the hospital

• services that require surgery and overnight stay

• emergency services only

• services provided only to children