The objective of this research is to review the degree of United States Army
compliance in the implementation of evidence-based design practices within the Military
Health System construction cycle. This research looks at the impact of the 2007
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs memorandum directing the use of
evidence-based design within the Military Healthcare System construction process. The
memorandum impacted the military medical construction process that includes over 6.2
billion dollars in government programmed military medical construction covering 9.2
million beneficiaries.
An analysis of federal construction documents, interviews, and an online survey
was conducted with 85 government and civilian healthcare facility planners to measure
general evidence-based design knowledge, direct knowledge of medical construction
policy requirements, and the level to which the Military Health System Evidence-based
Design Principles matrix has been implemented within four selected military medical
construction projects.
Results of the review of construction publications show minimal evidence of
evidence-based design incorporation with key federal regulatory documents. The results
of an online survey conducted during the research had a 65.8% response rate (39
government personnel, 17 civilian personnel). The survey showed that basic knowledge
of evidence-based design was present, but revealed severe deficiencies in specific
knowledge and application of construction policies. Review of selected medical facilities
demonstrated non-standardized incorporation of evidence-based design features.
This research concludes that evidence-based design has achieved minimal integration
into the Military Health System general knowledge base and project execution.
Achieving compliance with the 2007 directive memorandum requires that significant
efforts be made in personnel training and reconciliation with federal military medical
construction documents.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-05-7901 |
| Date | 2010 May 1900 |
| Creators | Marsh, Glenn Edward |
| Contributors | Hamilton, Daniel K. |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | thesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
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