Exploring Care Team Operations for Facilities
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Summary of Exploring Care Team Operations for Facilities
The Care Team Operations for Facilities application enables healthcare teams to efficiently resolve maintenance or repair issues in hospital facilities. This tool provides a streamlined platform for care team members to report facility-related problems, resulting in the automatic creation of work orders managed by the Facilities department.
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Key Features
- Case Management: Users can report issues via the Care Team Portal, automatically generating a Facilities case for resolution.
- Preconfigured Service Requests: The application includes various service requests and allows for custom request types based on the Healthcare Facilities case.
- User Roles: Key users include Nurse Assistants, Registered Nurses, Unit Managers, Unit Secretaries, Facilities Support Agents, and Facilities Agent Managers, each with specific responsibilities in the workflow.
- Workflow Configuration: Administrators set up the application to facilitate issue reporting and resolution through the CSM/FSM Configurable Workspace.
Key Outcomes
The implementation of Care Team Operations for Facilities automates the creation and fulfillment of support requests, enhancing visibility for healthcare teams regarding their service requests. Users benefit from improved communication and efficiency in managing facilities issues, ultimately supporting high-quality patient care.
Next Steps
To maximize the use of Care Team Operations for Facilities, explore the following resources:
- Configuring Care Team Operations for Facilities
- Creating service requests in Care Team Operations for Facilities
- Fulfilling service requests in Care Team Operations for Facilities
Use the Care Team Operations for Facilities application to resolve facilities issues related to maintenance or repair cases quickly and efficiently.
Care Team Operations for Facilities overview
Care Team Operations for Facilities contains the case types to report and fulfill facilities support issues in hospitals.
Care Team Operations for Facilities provides care teams with a streamlined platform to report issues to the facilities department for support. Using the Care Team Portal, care team members can raise an issue with the Facilities case type. A work order is then automatically created from this case. Support agents in the Facilities 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 Facilities. The Healthcare Facilities case [sn_cto_facilities_case] type can also be extended to create custom request types.
Care Team Operations for Facilities users
| User | Description |
|---|---|
| Nurse assistant | Nurse assistants provide basic 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, 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. |
| Facilities Support Agent | Facilities support agents create, view, edit, and fulfill service requests created by the care team on behalf of the hospital's facilities support department. |
| Facilities Agent Manager | Facilities agent managers oversee the facilities support department agents and confirm that requests are fulfilled in an effective and timely manner. |
Care Team Operations for Facilities workflow
- An administrator configures the Care Team Operations for Facilities application.
- A care team member detects a facilities issue and reports it using the Care Team Portal.
- A facilities support agent receives the request as a case or work order and fulfills it using CSM/FSM Configurable Workspace.
Care Team Operations for Facilities benefits
| Benefit | Feature | Users |
|---|---|---|
| Automate healthcare operations by enabling facilities support request creation and fulfillment. | Healthcare Facilities case overview | Admin |
| Create support requests and receive visibility to all Facilities service requests created by your teams. | Creating service requests in Care Team Operations for Facilities | Nurse, Nurse assistant, Unit secretary |
| Use CSM/FSM Configurable Workspace to fulfill facilities service requests. | Fulfilling service requests in Care Team Operations for Facilities | Facilities support agent |