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What are the ten trends influencing 1) Focus on quality, safety, satisfaction
healthcare in U.S.? 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 By designing healing and therapeutic environments
challenges represented by the ten that help reduce errors, improve patient and staff
healthcare trends? satisfaction, enhance efficiency, and support the
latest technological advances.
What is the definition of evidence The process of basing decisions about the built
based design? environment on credible research to achieve the
best possible outcome.
, What are the 8 steps of the EBD 1) Define evidence based goals and objectives
process? 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 There is little association between investment and
building been viewed as a sunk cost? outcomes.
What clinical and safety outcome is Adverse reaction to drugs.
typically NOT affected by the design
of the physical environment?
What is the primary goal of writing To demonstrate how facility investments can
the business case? enhance safety.
To make a business case for design One time construction costs.
innovations, what needs to be
balanced against ongoing operating
savings and enhanced revenue?
What are the six classifications of 1) Ownership
inpatient hospitals? 2) Length of stay
3) Type of service
4) Public access
5) Location
6) Size
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Terms in this set (60)
What are the ten trends influencing 1) Focus on quality, safety, satisfaction
healthcare in U.S.? 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 By designing healing and therapeutic environments
challenges represented by the ten that help reduce errors, improve patient and staff
healthcare trends? satisfaction, enhance efficiency, and support the
latest technological advances.
What is the definition of evidence The process of basing decisions about the built
based design? environment on credible research to achieve the
best possible outcome.
, What are the 8 steps of the EBD 1) Define evidence based goals and objectives
process? 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 There is little association between investment and
building been viewed as a sunk cost? outcomes.
What clinical and safety outcome is Adverse reaction to drugs.
typically NOT affected by the design
of the physical environment?
What is the primary goal of writing To demonstrate how facility investments can
the business case? enhance safety.
To make a business case for design One time construction costs.
innovations, what needs to be
balanced against ongoing operating
savings and enhanced revenue?
What are the six classifications of 1) Ownership
inpatient hospitals? 2) Length of stay
3) Type of service
4) Public access
5) Location
6) Size
