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Father of Obstetrics
Soranus
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Puerperium
The period of 42 days following childbirth and expulsion of the placenta and membranes.The generative organs usually return to normal during this time.
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H.I.P.A.A
Health Information Portability & Accountability Act
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The care of children and the treatment of their diseases
Pediatrics
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___ provided care for poor pregnant women that was the seed for development of today's Planned Parent hood programs
Margaret Sanger
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___ established pediatric nursing as a medical speciality
Abraham Jacobi
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___ introduced podalic version to deliver the second twin
Soranus
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___ applied antiseptic principles to surgical practice
Joseph Lister
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___ wrote the first american text book on obstetrics for midwives
Samuel Bard
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___ wrote a paper about the contagiousness of puerperla fever, thus initating the germ theory of disease.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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___helped establish the Childrens' Bureau, leading to birth registration & school lunch program
Lillian Wald
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___associated unwashed hands of medical students following dissection of cadavers & puerperal fever
Ignaz Semmelweis
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The difference between the expected outcome & outcome achieved
Varience
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A health organization that contracts with providers for services at a discount for its members
PPO - Preffered Provider Organization
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An organization that offers health services for a fixed premium
HMO - Health maintenance Organization
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Providing the means by which families accept and maintain control over their members' health care
Empowerment
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Medicare system that determines payment for a hospital stay based on the patient's diagnosis
Diagnosis Related Group (DRG)
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Study of functions of all of the genes in the human body
Genomics
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Fetal & Neonatal deaths / 1000 live births per year
Perinatal Mortality Rate
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Number of Deaths of infants < age 28 days / 1000 live birth per year
Neonatal Mortality Rate
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Number of Birth / 1000 women ages 15-44 years in a given population.
Fertility Rate
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Number of Live Birth / 1000 population in 1 Year
Birth Rate
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___ confirmed that puerperal fever was caused by bacteria
Louis Pasteur
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Who recommend instilling 2% silver nitrate into the eyes of newborn to prevent blindness caused by gonorrhea.
Karl Crede
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A physician who treats women during pregnancy and parturition and delivers infants
Obstetrician
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