EDAC Exam UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What are the ten trends influencing healthcare in U.S.? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Focus
on quality, safety, satisfaction
2) Healthcare costs and reimbursement
3) Environmental safety and sustainability
4) Healthcare worker safety and caregiver shortages
5) Aging population
6) Health information and emerging technology
7) Healthy living and wellness
8) Decentralized healthcare, ambulatory care, and care at home.
9) Disaster preparedness and emergency department saturation.
10) Genomics and predictive health.
How can EBD postivitely impact the challenges represented by the ten healthcare trends? -
CORRECT ANSWER - By designing healing and therapeutic environments that help
reduce errors, improve patient and staff satisfaction, enhance efficiency, and support the latest
technological advances.
What is the definition of evidence based design? - CORRECT ANSWER - The process of
basing decisions about the built environment on credible research to achieve the best possible
outcome.
What are the 8 steps of the EBD process? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Define evidence
based goals and objectives
2) Find sources for relevant evidence
3) Critically interpret relevant evidence
4) Create and innovate EBD concepts.
5) Develop a hypothesis.
, 6) Collect baseline performance measures.
7) Monitor implementation of design and construction.
8) Measure post occupancy performance results.
Why has the construction of a new building been viewed as a sunk cost? - CORRECT
ANSWER - There is little association between investment and outcomes.
What clinical and safety outcome is typically NOT affected by the design of the physical
environment? - CORRECT ANSWER - Adverse reaction to drugs.
What is the primary goal of writing the business case? - CORRECT ANSWER - To
demonstrate how facility investments can enhance safety.
To make a business case for design innovations, what needs to be balanced against ongoing
operating savings and enhanced revenue? - CORRECT ANSWER - One time construction
costs.
What are the six classifications of inpatient hospitals? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1)
Ownership
2) Length of stay
3) Type of service
4) Public access
5) Location
6) Size
What are five other types of inpatient hospitals? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Teaching or
academic hospitals
2) Critical access hospitals
3) Doctor owned specialty hospitals
4) Healthcare systems
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What are the ten trends influencing healthcare in U.S.? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Focus
on quality, safety, satisfaction
2) Healthcare costs and reimbursement
3) Environmental safety and sustainability
4) Healthcare worker safety and caregiver shortages
5) Aging population
6) Health information and emerging technology
7) Healthy living and wellness
8) Decentralized healthcare, ambulatory care, and care at home.
9) Disaster preparedness and emergency department saturation.
10) Genomics and predictive health.
How can EBD postivitely impact the challenges represented by the ten healthcare trends? -
CORRECT ANSWER - By designing healing and therapeutic environments that help
reduce errors, improve patient and staff satisfaction, enhance efficiency, and support the latest
technological advances.
What is the definition of evidence based design? - CORRECT ANSWER - The process of
basing decisions about the built environment on credible research to achieve the best possible
outcome.
What are the 8 steps of the EBD process? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Define evidence
based goals and objectives
2) Find sources for relevant evidence
3) Critically interpret relevant evidence
4) Create and innovate EBD concepts.
5) Develop a hypothesis.
, 6) Collect baseline performance measures.
7) Monitor implementation of design and construction.
8) Measure post occupancy performance results.
Why has the construction of a new building been viewed as a sunk cost? - CORRECT
ANSWER - There is little association between investment and outcomes.
What clinical and safety outcome is typically NOT affected by the design of the physical
environment? - CORRECT ANSWER - Adverse reaction to drugs.
What is the primary goal of writing the business case? - CORRECT ANSWER - To
demonstrate how facility investments can enhance safety.
To make a business case for design innovations, what needs to be balanced against ongoing
operating savings and enhanced revenue? - CORRECT ANSWER - One time construction
costs.
What are the six classifications of inpatient hospitals? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1)
Ownership
2) Length of stay
3) Type of service
4) Public access
5) Location
6) Size
What are five other types of inpatient hospitals? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1) Teaching or
academic hospitals
2) Critical access hospitals
3) Doctor owned specialty hospitals
4) Healthcare systems
