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Implementing unit-based, multiskilled environmental workers successfully shifted support services to patient-care units. This project offers six key management lessons for effective service reorganization and innovation in healthcare settings.

Area of Science:

Healthcare Management
Organizational Change
Environmental Services

Background:

Academic medical centers often face challenges in optimizing environmental support services.
Centralized management of support services can create inefficiencies in patient-care settings.
The need for adaptable and skilled environmental support staff is growing.

Purpose of the Study:

To describe the successful implementation of unit-based, multiskilled environmental workers.
To identify key project management lessons learned from this service reorganization.
To guide clinicians and managers in future service redesign efforts.

Main Methods:

A 13-month pilot project introducing unit-based environmental workers.
Migration of environmental support services from central departments to over 30 patient-care units.

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Qualitative analysis of project management strategies and outcomes.

Main Results:

Successful 13-month introduction of unit-based, multiskilled environmental workers.
Responsibility for environmental support services effectively transferred to patient-care units.
Six project management lessons identified: leadership, barrier exploration, planning, training, negotiation, and communication.

Conclusions:

Unit-based environmental support models can be successfully implemented in academic medical centers.
Project management principles are crucial for effective service reorganization.
Nurses' involvement in identifying scope boundaries for new roles is vital for successful integration.