Patients can select their rooms, choosing from among views of a golf course, park, tennis courts, or lake. They receive complimentary valet parking. Laptops are available for rental, and the rooms are Internet accessible. All rooms include a loveseat that unfolds to a bed, plush towels, upgraded toiletries, a radio and CD player, premium cable channels, a VCR, and daily newspaper delivery. For an extra charge, patients can order entrees such as honey ginger grilled salmon with spinach salad and a white chocolate brownie sundae for dessert.
Wine is available by the glass or bottle if permitted by the patient's physician.
You're on the same plane with the same pilot, you're just getting a nicer seat. A bone marrow transplant unit formerly occupied the floor before being moved to another part of the hospital. With the demand for private rooms increasing, Barnes decided to create an upscale floor to target more affluent patients. The hospital also is trying to build an international health program, and this was one way to attract overseas patients, says Lee Ann Blue, RN, vice president of patient care. It really is a way to compete.