Customizable workstation on wheels
Regional hospital reports that dedicated WOWs provide ergonomic, accessible tools for nurses, encouraging patient bedside charting and reducing the risk of spreading infection. MaineGeneral Health, an integrated, not-for-profit health care system, provides a wide range of services throughout central Maine’s Kennebec Valley. The organization was tasked with replacing the services of three area aging healthcare facilities and in 2013 successfully opened a state-of-the-art 192-bed hospital in Augusta, ME—the Alfond Center for Health.