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why is it important to establish an interdisciplinary project team at the
beginning of the EBD Process.
Ans: Forming the project team at the beginning ensures that
all the stakeholders participate in the creation of, and
collectively understand, the project visions and goals.
What expectations are important to clarify among the members of the
team, and why?
Ans: Expectations should be clear regarding how long team
members should participate, their decision-making authority
and process, and project deliverable responsibilities.
Establishing and managing expectations will go a long way
toward keeping the lines of communication open and fostering
a collaborative working environment.
What can staff and front line managers contribute to the
interdisciplinary project team?
Ans: Ideas derived from hands-on experience
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What are the 10 current trends influencing healthcare in the United
States?
Ans: 1. Focus on quality, safety, and satisfaction.
2. Healthcare cost 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 positively influence the challenges represented by the
current trends?
Ans: EBD can positively influence these challenges by
designing healing and therapeutic environments that help
reduce errors, improve patient ad staff satisfaction, enhance
efficiency and support the latest technological advances such as
HIT and genomics.
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What is the definition of evidence-based design?
Ans: The process of basing decisions about the built
environment on credible research to achieve the best possible
outcomes.
What are the eight steps of the EBD process?
Ans: 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?
Ans: There is little association between investment and
outcomes.
Which one of the following clinical and safety outcomes are typically
NOT affected by the design of the physical healthcare environment?
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Ans: Adverse Reactions to drugs.
What is the primary goal of writing a business case?
Ans: to demonstrate how facility investments can enhance
safety
To make the business case for design innovations, what needs to be
balanced against ongoing operation savings and enhanced revenue?
Ans: one-time construction cost.
What are the six typical classifications for inpatient hospitals?
Ans: 1. ownership
2. length of stay
3. type of service
4. public access
5. location
6. size
What are the five other types of inpatient hospitals?
Ans: 1. teaching or academic hospitals
2. critical access hospitals
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EDAC study questions Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
why is it important to establish an interdisciplinary project team at the
beginning of the EBD Process.
Ans: Forming the project team at the beginning ensures that
all the stakeholders participate in the creation of, and
collectively understand, the project visions and goals.
What expectations are important to clarify among the members of the
team, and why?
Ans: Expectations should be clear regarding how long team
members should participate, their decision-making authority
and process, and project deliverable responsibilities.
Establishing and managing expectations will go a long way
toward keeping the lines of communication open and fostering
a collaborative working environment.
What can staff and front line managers contribute to the
interdisciplinary project team?
Ans: Ideas derived from hands-on experience
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
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What are the 10 current trends influencing healthcare in the United
States?
Ans: 1. Focus on quality, safety, and satisfaction.
2. Healthcare cost 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 positively influence the challenges represented by the
current trends?
Ans: EBD can positively influence these challenges by
designing healing and therapeutic environments that help
reduce errors, improve patient ad staff satisfaction, enhance
efficiency and support the latest technological advances such as
HIT and genomics.
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
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What is the definition of evidence-based design?
Ans: The process of basing decisions about the built
environment on credible research to achieve the best possible
outcomes.
What are the eight steps of the EBD process?
Ans: 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?
Ans: There is little association between investment and
outcomes.
Which one of the following clinical and safety outcomes are typically
NOT affected by the design of the physical healthcare environment?
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Ans: Adverse Reactions to drugs.
What is the primary goal of writing a business case?
Ans: to demonstrate how facility investments can enhance
safety
To make the business case for design innovations, what needs to be
balanced against ongoing operation savings and enhanced revenue?
Ans: one-time construction cost.
What are the six typical classifications for inpatient hospitals?
Ans: 1. ownership
2. length of stay
3. type of service
4. public access
5. location
6. size
What are the five other types of inpatient hospitals?
Ans: 1. teaching or academic hospitals
2. critical access hospitals
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