Recently I read an article in Wired about the ideal hospital of the future. It is based off of a project called "Patient Room 2020" where a non-profit design firm called NXT made a proposed vision of the ultimate hospital room in the year 2020. As a patient, I must say, I'm impressed. If I have to go inpatient in the future, sign me up for this place. First of all, I'd love the view this room has, as well as how open and airy it looks. There is nothing worst than feeling trapped and cooped up in a small hospital room with a bad view. Also, this room is so full of technology that it looks like the Apple store. Three things were noted in the article: When caregivers enter a room LED lights make the sink glow red reminding them to wash their hands, when properly disinfected the sink turn green. A patient's dinner tray can be flipped over, so that the patient can turn on the lights, call their nurse, review their progress, and play games/use it like an
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