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Environmental Services Resources
At Smart Facility Software, we’re always examining ways to make it easier for facilities to effectively manage environmental services. These articles are designed to help directors communicate management concepts unique to EVS with hospital administration, fostering a greater understanding and more productive relationship.

EVS Dashboard Provides Daily Progress at a Glance
April 13, 2020Using traditional paper checklists to assign daily assignments and tracking their completion, EVS managers have to contend with a major blind spot — the team is spread out over a large facility and paper checklists […]
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Exciting Updates in Our Mobile App: ES Optimizer Mobile
March 30, 2020We are constantly updating our software to fit our users’ needs. We are in the field with you, taking your requests. We put those into action as often as we can, sometimes overnight, to make […]
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Environmental Services Staffing Analysis: Advantages of Inventory Plus Methodology Over Benchmarking
February 20, 2020In the environmental services industry, it is not uncommon for a staffing analysis benchmarking report to come back with a potential for significant savings if it can be successfully implemented. At the same time, it’s […]
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Improve EVS Response Time with QR Code and Text Message Signage
November 11, 2019Respond faster to EVS service requests submitted by any customer’s smartphone. Any customer can submit an instant service request by simply scanning a QR Code or texting a number you post in a high traffic […]
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Role of EVS Software in Raising HCAHPS Scores
October 23, 2019In our previous article, HCAHPS and the Environmental Services Department, we outlined which questions on the HCAHPS survey are most relevant to environmental service technicians. Those questions are: Question 8: During this hospital stay, how […]
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Short Staff Assignments in ES Optimizer
September 26, 2019An easy way to prioritize critical EVS tasks and define expectations When you’re limited on environmental services employees because of vacancies, unplanned absences, daily call-offs, workman’s comp, FMLA absences, etc., essential tasks can fall between […]
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Employee Training Module: Schedule and Document Environmental Services Training
September 19, 2019How does the Employee Training Module work? ES Optimizer’s Employee Training Module has over 30 prepopulated training modules. These are pre-set training classes that can be customized to your facility’s needs. Using the Employee Training […]
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Environmental Services Week 2019
September 9, 2019It’s Environmental Services Week 2019! To celebrate, we asked environmental services departments: How do you have fun with your EVS department? What’s the best part of your workday? How do you take pride in your […]
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Three Technology Advancements Using Hospital Facility Data
August 15, 2019New Ways to Find EVS Efficiencies In today’s hospitals, environmental services departments need to make data-backed decisions. This demand puts them at pivotal point — to find and adopt technological advancements to capture and harness […]
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Create and Conduct Quality Inspections from your ES Optimizer Database of Rooms
August 1, 2019ES Optimizer’s Quality Management module revolutionizes routine Quality Inspections so you can refine your current EVS processes and continually improve your department. Once a room is selected for survey, your inspection list is automatically populated […]
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