EDAC Exam
EDAC Exam Study Guide Questions and
Answers
Question 1
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.
Question 2
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.
Question 3
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.
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Question 4
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.
Question 5
Why has the construction of a new building been viewed as a sunk cost?
Correct Answer
There is little association between investment and outcomes.
Question 6
What clinical and safety outcome is typically NOT affected by the design of the
physical environment?
Correct Answer
Adverse reaction to drugs.
Question 7
What is the primary goal of writing the business case?
Correct Answer
To demonstrate how facility investments can enhance safety.
Question 8
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.
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EDAC Exam Study Guide Questions and
Answers
Question 1
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.
Question 2
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.
Question 3
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.
Page 1 of 14
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Question 4
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.
Question 5
Why has the construction of a new building been viewed as a sunk cost?
Correct Answer
There is little association between investment and outcomes.
Question 6
What clinical and safety outcome is typically NOT affected by the design of the
physical environment?
Correct Answer
Adverse reaction to drugs.
Question 7
What is the primary goal of writing the business case?
Correct Answer
To demonstrate how facility investments can enhance safety.
Question 8
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.
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