Insights

Intro­duc­tion: Meet David—Director of Oper­a­tions David Pruitt doesn’t lead with opin­ions. He leads with ques­tions—usu­al­ly about whether the data in front of him lines up with how a hos­pi­tal oper­ates day to day. As Direc­tor […]

Take a Look at a 500,000 Square-Foot Hos­pi­tal Pic­ture a region­al hos­pi­tal with rough­ly 500,000 clean­able square feet, three EVS man­age­ment users, and the same pres­sures every Envi­ron­men­tal Ser­vices team feels right now: tight labor […]

Intro­duc­tion: Meet Johnson—Software Sup­port Spe­cial­ist John­son Bridges doesn’t see him­self as flashy or com­pli­cat­ed. He describes him­self as a sim­ple per­son who believes in show­ing up, doing the work, and help­ing oth­ers suc­ceed. Out­side of […]

The like­ly answer is “no,” says the data. BROAD RANGES IN FACILITY DATA SUGGEST THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS AN AVERAGE HOSPITAL Over 500 Dif­fer­ent Apples In an effort to test the pre­dictabil­i­ty of EVS […]

30 Years, Build­ing the Right Tech­nol­o­gy for EVS With 30 years expe­ri­ence in build­ing the right tech­nol­o­gy – specif­i­cal­ly for EVS – Smart Facil­i­ty Soft­ware works to stay on top of the best soft­ware plat­forms […]

Tips for set­ting a course you can be excit­ed about in the new year Updat­ing your Envi­ron­men­tal Ser­vices Per­for­mance Improve­ment Plan? It’s the right thing to do – to main­tain high lev­els of clean­li­ness, patient […]

By Don­ald Sipp, MBA, RESE, CHESP, CHTI‑2, CMIP, PMP Don­ald Sipp is the senior direc­tor at Ruck-Shock­­ey Asso­ciates Inc. and the own­er of Impact Train­ing Com­pa­ny, bring­ing over 20 years of exec­u­tive lead­er­ship expe­ri­ence across […]

Man­agers are putting their grat­i­tude into words. This year, dur­ing EVS Week 2025, we’re point­ing out the spe­cif­ic ded­i­ca­tion of four Envi­ron­men­tal Ser­vices staff mem­bers at Trin­i­ty Health’s Mount Carmel Health Sys­tem. The great and […]

Reflec­tions on the Amer­i­can Hos­pi­tal Association’s Lead­er­ship Con­fer­ence. The Amer­i­can Hos­pi­tal Association’s Lead­er­ship Con­fer­ence this week was not only a gath­er­ing of the industry’s bright­est minds, but also a plat­form for trans­for­ma­tive ideas in health­care […]

STANDARD THINKING MAY OVERLOOK KEY EVS REALITIES INTRODUCTION: Get­ting the most out of your human resources, as close to 100% pro­duc­tiv­i­ty as pos­si­ble. When it comes to hos­pi­tal Envi­ron­men­tal Ser­vices depart­ments, one of the most […]