What's New with Unit Based Teams?

SHARE is excited about a number of recent developments involving Unit Based Teams, or UBTs. Our UBTs, and our union’s partnership with UMass Memorial in improvement work, are designed to change SHARE members’ everyday experience of being at work.

Most UBTs had to pause their improvement work during the omicron surge, but are now getting back into a regular cadence of meeting and working on projects selected by members on the front line. Here are some highlights:

If you see her in the halls, be sure to say hi to Crystal . . . you may remember her as a SHARE member and an employee of the Radiology Department

  • The Partnership Office is growing! We welcome back former SHARE member Crystal Swenson as she re-joins our hospital as a new UBT coach.

  • UBTs are now tracking their work using UBT Boards on Innovation Station

  • A new UBT Toolkit is up on the hub

  • SHARE leaders are helping UBTs find and fund equity work

  • New UBTs are currently launching in

    • Pre Surgical Evaluation (Memorial)

    • Endoscopy Suite (University)

    • Endoscopy Scheduling (Hahnemann)

    • Barre

    • Heart Station

    • Rheumatology

You can learn more on the UBT page of the SHARE website and in blog posts marked #UBTs.