Insights
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.
Navigating the Future of AI in Healthcare:
Insights, Cautionary Tales, and Evolution of Smart Facility Software
July 25, 2025
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 […]
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Talking EVS Productivity:
Three Bad, Better, Best Charts Shape the Conversation
July 11, 2025
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 […]
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Using, or Considering, a Building Services Contractor for Environmental Services?
May 7, 2025AN ESSENTIAL CHECKLIST FOR HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS Most hospitals invest in their own team of environmental services (EVS) professionals to maintain the highest standards of cleanliness and safety. And, some hospitals partner with building services contractors […]
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ONE software, THREE advances in real-time EVS communications.
February 18, 2025If you’re an EVS director, you’re likely looking for better and faster ways to communicate with your team. You should know there are three advances in Smart Facility’s EVS software that are revolutionizing the ease […]
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Get Accurate, Comprehensive EVS Staffing Levels
September 10, 2024A Site Inventory: The Advantages of Having Your Actual and Unique Facility Data Most EVS Directors have experienced this phenomenon: A staffing analysis benchmarking report comes back with the potential for significant savings—if its recommendations […]
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EVS Budgeting: Know Your Numbers, Lead the Conversation
April 2, 2024Add data to your expertise. As an EVS Director, you’re an expert on the EVS process. When you also become an expert on your hospital’s EVS data, you become a powerful resource who knows both […]
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A staffing analysis based on EVS benchmarking is likely a few sizes too big, or too small, for you.
November 8, 2023Whether you’re refreshing a site inventory, or doing one for the first time, the accuracy of your data will have long lasting effects on your department’s success. In a previous article, we talked about the […]
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Navigate the Stormy Seas of EVS Staffing with a Site Inventory
November 1, 2023Managing EVS without one is like sailing a ship without a rudder. If you are an Environmental Services Director, you know you need a detailed, accurate database of every cleanable space in your facility — […]
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A CarolinaEast Case Study: 4 Ways QR Codes Improved EVS Visibility
September 21, 2023With HAIs on the rise, it’s even more important for EVS directors to have visibility throughout the facility, and for customers––both internal and external––to have access to the EVS team so they can report any […]
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Celebrating the Humans Behind EVS at Children’s Health Dallas
September 7, 2023We are so proud of the environmental services workers who fight on the frontlines of infection every day. This week, we’re celebrating some of the people who keep their EVS teams running and their hospitals […]
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