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- Title
Gap Analysis on the Ability of Guidelines and Standards to Support the Performance of Healthcare Facilities.
- Authors
Lucas, Jason; Bulbul, Tanyel; Anumba, Chimay
- Abstract
The condition of the physical environment within healthcare facilities has a large impact on the quality of care, recovery time, and patient satisfaction. To maintain and ensure adequate operation of the physical environment, facility management must maintain a state of continuous compliance and constant readiness. This requires the facility management personnel to have a full understanding of the regulatory standards and guidelines that address the performance of a healthcare facility. This paper discusses an analysis of the major healthcare standards and guidelines that the American Society of Healthcare Engineers suggests facility management groups need to be familiar with. A gap analysis is performed to identify gaps between the design and construction guidelines and their ability to support healthcare facility operation and performance standards. Finally, a case example is used to discuss how the standards and regulations can be incorporated into a healthcare facility information framework to support facility operations and performance compliance.
- Subjects
UNITED States; GAP analysis (Planning); HEALTH facility planning; PATIENT satisfaction; MEDICAL care; FACILITY management
- Publication
Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 2013, Vol 27, Issue 6, p748
- ISSN
0887-3828
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0000364