Hendricks Regional Health system's new Brownsburg, Ind., microhospital contains six beds, a full-service emergency room, immediate care services, on-site physical therapy and cardiac rehab therapy, as well as a full-service lab and radiology services — it also offers full room service, according to an article on the Foodservice Equipment & Supplies website.
“The decision to do room service was difficult due to the cost and small number of patients,” said Martha Rardin, RDN, director of Nutrition & Dietetics, Hendricks Regional Health. But administrators . . . didn’t want people to pay hospital rates and not get good meal service.”
Brownsburg provides room service from 6:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. Two employees staff the micro hospital’s food and nutrition department.
Patients select their menu choices from printed menus they receive in their rooms. Associates either use an electronic tablet to place the order or patients can call their orders in to the call center.
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