Performing QA inspections is a critical step in ensuring that a hospital is clean and safe. But when you perform hundreds of inspections per month, crunching that data to make it useful can be daunting. That is...
Stephen Walsh founded Walsh Integrated in 1992 with a single focus that has not changed in three decades: give the people who keep hospitals clean and compliant the tools they need to be efficient and effective.
What began with barcode scanners in the 90s has grown into a suite of integrated apps – covering cleaning inspections, ATP testing, fluorescent marking verification, EOC rounds, hand-hygiene compliance, linen quality, pest management, patient satisfaction, and more.
Stephen has spent 30+ years embedded in the day-to-day realities of healthcare Environmental Services. He has partnered with hundreds of facilities, working with
Quality control, infection-prevention, and EVS.
Walsh Integrated has worked with the country’s leading institutions, including Brigham and Women’s Hospital, UC Davis Health, University of Washington Medical Center, Hebrew SeniorLife, UCLA Health, and Baptist Health South Florida, to name a few. Walsh is also the leading provider of QA technology to the Department of Veterans Affairs and to the US Army.
Mr. Walsh writes and speaks on the topics he has lived: passing Joint Commission and DNV surveys, building defensible EOC documentation, using ATP and fluorescent-marking data to drive real cleaning improvement, and improving HCAHPS scores through improved EVS practices.
His perspective is grounded in real life implementations across hundreds of facilities, not simply theory.
Areas of expertise: Hospital inspection software, Environmental Services quality management, Joint Commission EOC compliance, VA/MEDCOM operations, ATP and hygiene monitoring, fluorescent marking verification, HCAHPS improvement, infection prevention technology.
Posts from Stephen Walsh
Complete Hospital Cleaning Inspection Checklist to Pass EVS Audits in 2026
By Stephen Walsh, founder of Walsh Integrated. Your EVS team cleans hundreds of rooms a day. Then a surveyor walks in and asks for proof. That gap, between work done and work documented, is where many hospitals stumble. A good cleaning inspection checklist closes that...
Why Clipboard Cleaning Audits Fail Joint Commission Surveys (and What Replaces Them)
Your EVS team cleans well. The clipboard just can't prove it. When a Joint Commission surveyor walks the floor and starts asking questions, a stack of paper checklists is not very impressive. Paper cleaning audits fail because they record a result, not the proof...
Why switch from Paper and Excel to Professional Hospital Inspection Software
A practical implementation guide for EVS, quality, and support services leaders Moving from paper and spreadsheets to professional hospital inspection software is not just a technology upgrade. It is an operational shift from delayed reporting to live visibility, from...
Why Generic Inspection Software Fails In Hospitals
Hospitals Are Different Generic inspection software can replace your inspection clipboard, but hospitals operate in a different risk category than retail or manufacturing. A patient room is not like any other room; it requires specialized software and experience to...
How Walsh Annual Reviews Drive Real Results for Our Clients
At Walsh, we believe quality assurance is more than just software—it’s a partnership. Our annual review process gives clients a clear, data-driven snapshot of how their cleaning and inspection programs are performing, where they’re excelling, and exactly where there’s...
Are you using cleaning data when evaluating your staff?
Evaluating the performance of housekeepers in a hospital setting is crucial, especially because cleanliness directly affects patient safety, infection rates, and overall satisfaction. You want to highlight and support those who are doing well and watch closely those...
How much can a computerized inspection system save your hospital?
Overview Hospitals are under constant pressure to improve operational efficiency while maintaining high standards of cleanliness and compliance. Traditional, paper-based inspection methods are labor-intensive, error-prone, and inefficient. By transitioning to an...
Perception is Reality: The Bay Pines Experiment
In March 2020, as the world was bracing itself for the unknowns of a rapidly spreading pandemic, Abdoulie "AJ" Jammeh DBA, Chief of EMS at Bay Pines VA, received a call from the Director of the Medical Center. The Director had just left a staff meeting, where someone...
How cleanliness boosts your HCAHPS and OAS CAHPS scores
Did you know that an HCAHPS survey is sent to all inpatients who are discharged from a hospital, while the OAS CAHPS is sent to patients who received care at an outpatient clinic or ambulatory surgery center? In all cases, the cleanliness of the facility is rated by...