Test Your Knowledge Box 1-1

The first institutions built in Egypt, Greece, and Rome for those with an illness.

Ancient temples

Contributions of these cultures are considered to be the foundations of modern medicine as we know it today

Classic Greece and Rome

The evolution of hospitals began in the Middle Ages.

False

The main purpose of a hospital is to maintain financial stability.

False

The name of the Greek physicians who is given credit for the birth of medicint and is known as the "Father of Medicine"

Hippocrates

the standards for medical and ethical behavior that physicians follow today

Hippocratic Oath

__________________ information consists of the plan identification number, plan name and number, and group name and number.

Insurance

Name the profession that became official during the High Middle Ages through legislature implementation of curriculum and state licensing requirements for physicians

Medicine

A significant factor in the growth in the number of hospitals during the High Middle Ages was the epidemic spreading of this contagious disease

Plague

The responsibility for management of institutions that were founded to care for the sick and injured began to shift to secular authorities during this period

Renaissance

The fall of this empire led to the vanishing of established health and hygiene standards which contributed to the spread of disease

Roman

Name a primitive procedure that was performed in ancient times back to 10,000 B.C.

Trephining

Ancient temples built in Egypt, Greece, and Rome were said to be the first institutions built for those with an illness.

True

Today's definition of hospital is "an institution where the sick or injured receive medical or surgical care.

True

These hospitals were established during the Renaissance period as the result of a movement that shifted hospital direction to private interests

Voluntary

The term that describes money owed to the hospital from patients, insurance companies, and government programs is ______________________________.

accounts receivable

The process of translating written descriptions of services, items, and patient conditions into numeric or alphanumeric codes is known as __________________.

coding

Patient information such as the patient's name, address, date of birth, sex, and Social Security number is referred to as _________________________.

demographic information

Five characteristics of a hospital include: a network of highly specialized personnel; medical staff representing many specialities; provision of diagnostic, therapeutic, palliative, and preventive services; inpatient beds are available, and nursing services are provided 24 hours a day.

ftrue

Insurance companies or government programs that pay health benefits for patient care services are known as ___________________.

payers