It happens every day. Visitors and employees in healthcare facilities wait for the elevator only to find that a patient bed is occupying it when the doors open. Not only is this annoying for those waiting for the elevator, but now the patient has to wait longer to get to the operating room or other destination.
For the patient in the bed, the constant opening of the elevator door when no one can enter can be embarrassing. If people do decide to cram in the elevator car around the bed, the patient could feel even more awkward.The system used at every hospital is not efficient and thereneeds to be a way to eliminate the unneeded elevator stops. Read the rest of this entry »