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Chapter 1

TermDefinition
Alternative therapies Methods of treatment used in place of biomedical therapies.
Biotechnology The use of the genetic and biochemical processes of living systems and organisms to develop or modify useful products.
Complementary therapies Methods of treatment used in conjunction with biomedical therapies.
Cost containment Procedures used to control cost or expenses.
Diagnostic related groups (DRGs) Method of classifying diagnoses into specific payment or reimbursement categories.
Energy conservation Monitoring the use of energy to control costs and conserve resources.
Geriatric care Care provided to an older individuals.
Holistic health care Care that promotes physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual well-being.
Home health care Any type of health care provided in a patient's home environment.
Integrative (integrated) health care A form of health care that uses both mainstream medical treatments and complementary and alternative therapies to treat a patient.
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation ACT (OBRA) Federal law that regulates the education and testing of nursing assistant.
Outpatient services Services provided to patients who have not been admitted to hospitals or other care facilities.
Pandemic An infectious disease that affects many people over a wide geographic area; a worldwide epidemic.
Telemedicine The use of video, audio, and computer systems to provide medical and/or health care services.
wellness State of being in good health; well.
Hippocrates Father of medicine
Anton Single lens microscope
Florence Founder of modern nursing
Louis Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria
Clara Barton Founder of American Red Cross
Gregor Established the principles of heredity
Edward Developed vaccine for smallpox in 1796
Sir Alexander Discovered penicillin in 1928
William Harvey Discovered x-rays
Da Vince Artist who used dissection to draw the human body
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