Exploring Care Team Operations for Environmental Services
Use the Care Team Operations for Environmental Services application to support your care team in resolving environmental support issues quickly and efficiently.
Care Team Operations for Environmental Services overview
Care Team Operations for Environmental Services contains the case types to report and fulfill environmental support issues in hospitals.
Care Team Operations for Environmental Services provides care teams with a streamlined platform to report issues for environmental support. Using the Care Team Portal, care team members can raise an issue with the Environmental Services case type. A work order is then automatically created from this case, which support agents in the Environmental Services department then manage using the Service Operations workspace as they fix the issue.
A range of service requests come preconfigured for use with Care Team Operations for Environmental Services. The Healthcare EVS case [sn_cto_evs_case] type can also be extended to create custom request types.
Care Team Operations for Environmental Services users
| User | Description |
|---|---|
| Nurse assistant | Nurse assistants provide care to patients in healthcare facilities, assisting with daily living, monitoring patient health, and providing vital support to nurses and medical staff. |
| Registered Nurse | Registered nurses are responsible for providing and coordinating patient care, educating patients and their families about various health concerns, administering medications and treatments, and collaborating with other healthcare professionals to develop and implement care plans. |
| Unit Manager | Unit Managers oversee the operations of a specific unit within a healthcare facility, supervise staff, manage resources, and confirm the delivery of high-quality patient care. |
| Unit Secretary | Unit secretaries provide administrative support to nursing units and facilitate communication between staff, patients, and families while maintaining patient records. |
| Environmental Services Support Agent | Environmental Services support agents create, view, edit, and fulfill service requests created by the care team on behalf of the hospital's Environmental Services department. |
| Environmental Services Agent Manager | Environmental Services agent managers oversee the Environmental Service department's agents and confirm that requests are fulfilled in an effective and timely manner. |
Care Team Operations for Environmental Services workflow
- An administrator configures the Care Team Operations for Environmental Services application.
- A care team member detects an Environmental Services issue and reports it using the Care Team Portal.
- An Environmental Services support agent receives the request as a work order and fulfills it using CSM/FSM Configurable Workspace.
Care Team Operations for Environmental Services benefits
| Benefit | Feature | Users |
|---|---|---|
| Automate healthcare operations by enabling Environmental Services support request creation and fulfillment. | Healthcare EVS case overview | Admin |
| Create support requests using Care Team Portal. | Creating service requests for Care Team Operations for Environmental Services | Care team |
| Use CSM/FSM Configurable Workspace to fulfill EVS service requests as work orders when FSM is installed, or as cases. | Fulfilling requests in Care Team Operations for Environmental Services | Agent |