What are 6 typical classifications for inpatient hospitals?

1. ownership
2. length of stay
3. type of service
4. public access
5. location
6. size

What are 5 other types of inpatient hospitals?

1. Teaching/academic
2. critical-access
3. doctor-owned specialty
4. healthcare systems
5. healthcare networks

Name 3 types of hospital-based outpatient services.

1. Clinical services
2. Surgical services
3. Women's health
4. Emergency
5. Home healthcare

Name 2 types of freestanding facilities.

1. Walk-in clinics
2. Urgent care
3. Surgicenters
4. Mobile medical, diagnostic and screening
5. Emergency medical technicians

List the 9 key stakeholders in healthcare facilities.

1. Board of Trustees/Leadership
2. Researchers and Desginers
3. Vendors/Suppliers
4. Patients
5. Caregivers/Family/Visitors
6. Staff
7. Community Partners
8. Community Organizations
9. Donors

Why is it important to consider the perspectives of hospital staff when designing a healthcare facility?

Staff can provide insight into the design of effective and efficent facilities based ontheir day to day experience of what does and does not work.

For example, housekeeping staff are intimately aware of what colors and textures show dirt easily and wear prematurely.

What professionals might compromise a hospital design research team?

1. individuals w/research degrees
2. students
3. those experienced in research related to the built environment
4. hospital managers (quality, records, finance, IT)
5. clinicians

What are the 6 components that make up Environment of Care?

1. Concepts
2. People
3. Systems
4. Layout/Operations
5. Physical Environment
6. Implementation

Facilities that give patients a wide range of healthcare choices and attempt to meet consumer needs of convenience and cost reduction are collectively known as:

1. walk-in clinics
2. surgicenters
3. freestanding facilities

1. Walk-in clinics
2. Surgicenters
3. Freestanding facilities

_________ refers to any personal care or assitance that a patient receives on an ongoing basis because of a disability or chronic illness that limits his or her ability to function.

1. Long-term care
2. Institutional Care
3. Home healthcare

1. Long-term care
2. Institutional Care
3. Home healthcare

Hospital-based outpatient services can be broadly classified into 5 main types:  clinical, surgical, emergency, home health and ________ health.

1. Psychiatric
2. Women's
3. Pediatric

1. Psychiatric
2. Women's
3. Pediatric

Oupatient Services are also referred to as _______ care.

1. Ambulatory
2. Walk-in
3. Non-institutional

1. Ambulatory
2. Walk-in
3. Non-institutional

Preliminary studies by the Weill Cornell Medical College's Physician Organization in 6 existing ambulatory sites found that the more attractive the environment, the _______ the perceived quality and the _________ the anxiety.

1. higher, lower
2. lower, lower
3. higher, lower

1. higher, lower
2. lower, lower
3. higher, lower

Hospital boards are ultimately accountable for organizational activity, accomplishment and _________.

1. staff satisfaction
2. patient outcomes
3. major capital investments

1. staff satisfaction
2. patient outcomes
3. major capital investments

The _____ of a hospital is accountable for all of the services and behaviors of the organization.

1. chairman of the board
2. board as a whole
3. CEO

1. chairman of the board
2. board as a whole
3. CEO

The _______ recommends expenditures to further enable the healthcare facility to meet community needs and/or shareholder value.  The ________ approves of disapproves the recommendation.

1. board, CEO
2. CEO, board
3. CEO, government

1. board, CEO
2. CEO, board
3. CEO, government

________ strategies applied to facility design call for involving staff members in the design of effective and efficient facilities based on their day-to-day experience of what does and does not work.

1. total quality management
2. universal design
3. participative management

1. total quality management
2. universal design
3. participative management

A facility's Environment of Care defines its _________.

1. physical design
2. culture
3. outcomes

1. physical design
2. culture
3. outcomes

1. Define EBD goals and objectives.

2. Find sources for relevant information.

3. Critically interpret relevant evidence.

4. Create & innovate EBD concepts.

5. Develop a hypothesis.

6. Collect baseline performance measures.

7. Monitor implementation of design & construction.

8. Measure post-occupancy performance results.