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EDAC Study Guide 1: An Introduction To
Evidence-Based Design Questions and
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List four major stakeholders in a healthcare facility and the purpose
that facility serves for each of them.
Ans: Patients and families - healing environment
Staff - work environment
Providers of healthcare - business environment
Community and organization - cultural environment
Define evidence-based design.
Ans: EBD is the process of basing decisions about the built
environment on credible research to achieve the best possible
outcomes.
List the seven major trends facing healthcare today.
Ans: 1. Public focus on quality and safety
2. Reimbursement challenges
3. Aging population and caregiver shortages
4. Health information technology
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5. Genomics and technology
6. Emergency room saturation and disaster preparedness
7. Sustainable healthcare
EBD can positively influence the current trends and challenges
healthcare faces by...
Ans: - reducing medical errors and therefore the cost of care
- improving satisfaction and efficiency of caregivers, thus
helping employee recruitment and retention
- designing a physical environment supportive of new IT and
work processes
- providing innovative, adaptable designs maximizing disaster
response
HAI is a ______(a)_______ and is now more generically referred to as
______(b)______.
Ans: a. Hospital-Acquired Infection
b. Healthcare-Associated Infection
An HAI is defined as...
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Ans: ...an infection that a patient acquires during the course of
receiving treatment for another condition within a healthcare
setting.
List the two major factors that increased healthcare costs in the US
ares associated with.
Ans: 1. Increased life expectancy
2. Cost of new medical technology
List the 8 key steps in 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 evidence-based design concepts
5. Develop a hypothesis
6. Collect baseline performance measures
7. Monitor implementation of design and construction
8. Measure post-occupancy performance results
Ch1Q1: Evidence-based design is the process of basing decisions about
_______ on credible research to achieve the best possible outcomes.
a. patient outcomes
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EDAC Study Guide 1: An Introduction To
Evidence-Based Design Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
List four major stakeholders in a healthcare facility and the purpose
that facility serves for each of them.
Ans: Patients and families - healing environment
Staff - work environment
Providers of healthcare - business environment
Community and organization - cultural environment
Define evidence-based design.
Ans: EBD is the process of basing decisions about the built
environment on credible research to achieve the best possible
outcomes.
List the seven major trends facing healthcare today.
Ans: 1. Public focus on quality and safety
2. Reimbursement challenges
3. Aging population and caregiver shortages
4. Health information technology
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5. Genomics and technology
6. Emergency room saturation and disaster preparedness
7. Sustainable healthcare
EBD can positively influence the current trends and challenges
healthcare faces by...
Ans: - reducing medical errors and therefore the cost of care
- improving satisfaction and efficiency of caregivers, thus
helping employee recruitment and retention
- designing a physical environment supportive of new IT and
work processes
- providing innovative, adaptable designs maximizing disaster
response
HAI is a ______(a)_______ and is now more generically referred to as
______(b)______.
Ans: a. Hospital-Acquired Infection
b. Healthcare-Associated Infection
An HAI is defined as...
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Ans: ...an infection that a patient acquires during the course of
receiving treatment for another condition within a healthcare
setting.
List the two major factors that increased healthcare costs in the US
ares associated with.
Ans: 1. Increased life expectancy
2. Cost of new medical technology
List the 8 key steps in 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 evidence-based design concepts
5. Develop a hypothesis
6. Collect baseline performance measures
7. Monitor implementation of design and construction
8. Measure post-occupancy performance results
Ch1Q1: Evidence-based design is the process of basing decisions about
_______ on credible research to achieve the best possible outcomes.
a. patient outcomes
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