Healthy and Sustainable Hospital Evaluation—A Review of POE Tools for Hospital Assessment in an Evidence-Based Design Framework

Brambilla, Andrea; Capolongo, Stefano

doi:10.3390/buildings9040076

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“…Reference [140] also used the linear equation. Therefore, the following linear equation was used to achieve positive data, as in Equations (8) and 9:…”

Section: Ahp-pca Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Sustainability is development which satisfies the current needs without restraining subsequent generations from satisfying their own needs [2]. Various methods have been used to evaluate sustainability in different disciplines [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. Several methods to assess the sustainability performance of firms and companies have been developed [11][12][13][14].…”

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An integrated Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model for Sustainability Performance Assessment for Insurance Companies

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To stay competitive in a business environment, continuous performance evaluation based on the triple bottom line standard of sustainability is necessary. There is a gap in addressing the computational expense caused by increased decision units due to increasing the performance evaluation indices to more accuracy in the evaluation. We successfully addressed these two gaps through (1) using principal component analysis (PCA) to cut the number of evaluation indices, and (2) since PCA itself has the problem of merely using the data distribution without considering the domain-related knowledge, we utilized Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to rank the indices through the expert’s domain-related knowledge. We propose an integrated approach for sustainability performance assessment in qualitative and quantitative perspectives. Fourteen insurance companies were evaluated using eight economic, three environmental, and four social indices. The indices were ranked by expert judgment though an analytical hierarchy process as subjective weighting, and then principal component analysis as objective weighting was used to reduce the number of indices. The obtained principal components were then used as variables in the data envelopment analysis model. So, subjective and objective evaluations were integrated. Finally, for validating the results, Spearman and Kendall’s Tau correlation tests were used. The results show that Dana, Razi, and Dey had the best sustainability performance.

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“…Reference [140] also used the linear equation. Therefore, the following linear equation was used to achieve positive data, as in Equations (8) and 9:…”

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“…In this scenario the healthcare facilities, affected by the requirement of promoting greater innovation and improving the quality of services and processes, have given rise to a considerable amount of concrete actions and interventions, such as the improvement of staff's training, exceeding and updating the level of organizational, management, and structural standards of healthcare [1,5,6]. In several ways they contribute not only to the efficiency of territorial assistance and care [2] but also to the dissemination of the value of individual and public health prevention, with a broad perspective of citizens' health status, increasing as a consequence the years of life [5,7,8].…”

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The Relevance of Indoor Air Quality in Hospital Settings: From an Exclusively Biological Issue to a Global Approach in the Italian Context

2020

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In the context of the architectures for health, it is an utmost priority to operate a regular and continuous updating of quality, efficacy, and efficiency’s processes. In fact, health promotion and prevention take place through a proper management and design of healing spaces, in particular with regard to the most sensitive users. In recent decades, there has been increasing attention to indoor air quality in healthcare facilities. Nowadays, this issue must involve the implementation of a series of appropriate interventions, with a global approach of prevention and reduction of risk factors on users’ health, which allows, in addition to a correct management of hospital settings, the realization of concrete actions. To date, in Italy, despite the indoor air being taken in consideration in numerous activities and studies aimed at understanding both building hygiene and environmental aspects, the greatest difficulty is strongly related to the absence of an integrated national policy. The scope of the paper is to underline the relevance of indoor air quality in hospital settings, highlighting the need of procedures, protocols, and tools for strengthening and improving interventions for health prevention, protection, and promotion of users.

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“…The presence of contaminants within healthcare environments influences the IAQ compromising wellbeing and safety conditions that must be fundamentals in an adequate hospital complex [22].…”

Section: Health Promotion In Confined Spacesmentioning

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Reaching Sustainability in Healthcare: Strategies for a Healthy Indoor Air Quality in Healing Environments

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Settimo

Capolongo

2020

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Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is one of the main topics in which governments are focusing. In architectures for health, several researches are reporting a growing number of data analysis and research works in order to improve users' health. Although many studies have been conducted related to the biological and physical risks, the chemical risks have been less investigated and only in some specific functional areas of the hospitals. Starting from some systematic reviews and research works, the paper aims to identify and list the best healthy practices for an adequate IAQ in inpatient wards. In particular, the handbook lists the solutions and strategies related to chemical pollution, starting from design and management, with a focus on (1) localization of hospitals and inpatient rooms, (2) hospital room, (3) microclimatic parameters, (4) ventilation systems, (5) materials and finishing, (6) furniture and equipment, (7) cleaning products and activities, (8) maintenance and (9) management activities, and (10) users and specific training of the workers. The multidisciplinary approach emphasizes the need for interdisciplinary knowledge and skills aimed to find solutions able to protect users' health status. The design and management decision-making, ranging from the adequate choices of construction site and hospital exposure, finishing materials, cleaning and maintenance activities, etc., which can affect the IAQ must be carried out based on scientific research and data analysis.

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Healthy and Sustainable Hospital Evaluation—A Review of POE Tools for Hospital Assessment in an Evidence-Based Design Framework

Cited by 50 publications

References 64 publications

An integrated Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model for Sustainability Performance Assessment for Insurance Companies

An integrated Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model for Sustainability Performance Assessment for Insurance Companies

The Relevance of Indoor Air Quality in Hospital Settings: From an Exclusively Biological Issue to a Global Approach in the Italian Context

Reaching Sustainability in Healthcare: Strategies for a Healthy Indoor Air Quality in Healing Environments

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