For those working at, or spending time in hospital, it can be hectic and stressful to get hospital food at a time that suits them. Ralph Bretzer looks at how the situation would be different if it were possible to order food on an app and collect it when it’s convenient.  

The worst has happened.

Well, maybe not the worst, but bad enough.

You have ended up in the hospital. Well, that experience is what it is. The hospital green and the scrubs might be oddly calming but the grub sure isn’t.

As a patient, somebody comes by your bed with a few hospital food choices, sometimes at the most inconvenient times, maybe in the middle of the doctor giving you a vital piece of news, and dinner then is served in bed. Although dinner in bed might not seem like such a bad idea when you’re sick or hurt, the choice of food isn’t really that exciting. Fish fingers, anyone?

And the hospital staff – from the doctors and nurses, right down to the guy pushing the beds around and the lady who keeps the plants watered – don’t have it that much better. Their breaks are short and the hospital is a huge place to run around, trying to find something to eat.

For the patient the hours can get long waiting for test results, that vital operation or just for the treatment to take effect. Equally for the staff, hours are long with a heavy work load and emotionally draining tasks. They all deserve something better when it comes to food and beverages during their stay, or working time, at the hospital.

Think about what it could be like.

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The worst has happened.

Well, maybe not the worst, but bad enough.

You have ended up in the hospital. And worse – you’re hungry. But one of those scrubs-clad young men and women kindly point you toward your smartphone. Oh, yes! The app.

In the app there is an assortment of hot and cold drinks, dishes and snacks that can be pre-ordered and pre-paid; ready to be picked up at a number of pick up spots throughout the entire hospital at your convenience and at the time you want – and can – pick it up.

The same goes for the staff. A modern hospital has thousands and thousands of people working for it. People who all have to eat their hospital food during their often long shifts. For them, also, the app would be a blessing. No more running across the entire complex maze of a building, or buildings, that is the hospital trying to find something to eat within the short timeframe of the break.

And this is something that we’re starting to help with. Soon, staff and patients in hospitals across the country will be able to access the food they want, when they want it. This is why Preoday is here: we provide mobile and online technology that helps ease staff and patient inconvenience, reduces unneeded waste, and brings a better day for all.

For dem der arbejder på et hospital, eller opholder sig der, kan det være stressende at få mad på et tidspunkt der passer ind. Ralph Bretzner ser på dette problem, samt hvordan det ville ændres, med en app hvor fra man kan forudbestille, og hente sin mad når det passer én.

Det værste er skete.

Eller, måske ikke det værste, men det er slemt nok.

Du er end på hospitalet.

Som patient, kommer der en til din sygeseng, og præsenterer valgmuligheder ift. dit måltid. Din menu kan blive præcenteret på de mest uheldige tidspunkter. Måske, alt imens du får en afgørende besked af din læge. Selvom det lyder dejligt med mad på sengen, er det knap så glamourøst når du er syg.

Hospitalets ansatte har heller ikke de store muligheder, når de skal have noget at spise, i deres korte pause. Særligt ikke, med tanke på at hospitalet er stort, og der er langt mellem cafeterierne.

Dagene byder ofte på lange ventetider for patienten, som venter på en livsafgørende besked, eller i venten på at behandlingen virker.

Det same gælder for ansatte, som bærer et stort ansvar, og t kan blive følelsesmæssig påvirket i mødet med patienterne.

De fortjener alle bedre alternativer, når det kommer til mad og drikke.

Og jeg mener godt at de kan få en bedre løsning.

Det værste er sket.

Eller, måske ikke det værste, men det er slemt nok.

Du er endt på hospitalet. Og endnu værre – du er sulten.

Din opmærksomhed henledes på din telefon. Og ja! App’en.

App’en viser et rigt sortiment af varme og kolde drikke, lækre retter og snacks som kan forudbestilles og betales på forhånd, så du bare kan hente det, når det passer dig.

De ansatte har samme mulighed.

Et moderne hospital har tusindvis ansatte. Mennesker, som alle sammen har brug for noget at spise, i løbet af dagen. Ansatte, med lange vagter.

For dem ville en app være en velsignelse. For de ville slippe for at løbe rundt i pauserne, efter noget at spise.

Det er her vi vil hjælpe. Snart kan ansatte og patienter på landets hospitaler bestille den mad til vil have, lige når det passer dem.

Det er derfor Preoday er her: Vi udbyder teknologiske løsninger som gør livet nemmere for ansatte og patienter, samt reducerer unødvendig affald. Det giver alle en bedre dag.

For those working at, or spending time in hospital, it can be hectic and stressful to get food at a time that suits them. Ralph Bretzer looks at how the situation would be different if it were possible to order food on an app and collect it when it’s convenient.  

The worst has happened.

Well, maybe not the worst, but bad enough.

You have ended up in the hospital. Well, that experience is what it is. The hospital green and the scrubs might be oddly calming but the grub sure isn’t.

As a patient, somebody comes by your bed with a few food choices, sometimes at the most inconvenient times, maybe in the middle of the doctor giving you a vital piece of news, and dinner then is served in bed. Although dinner in bed might not seem like such a bad idea when you’re sick or hurt, the choice of food isn’t really that exciting. Fish fingers, anyone?

And the hospital staff – from the doctors and nurses, right down to the guy pushing the beds around and the lady who keeps the plants watered – don’t have it that much better. Their breaks are short and the hospital is a huge place to run around, trying to find something to eat.

For the patient the hours can get long waiting for test results, that vital operation or just for the treatment to take effect. Equally for the staff, hours are long with a heavy work load and emotionally draining tasks. They all deserve something better when it comes to food and beverages during their stay, or working time, at the hospital.

Think about what it could be like.

The worst has happened.

Well, maybe not the worst, but bad enough.

You have ended up in the hospital. And worse – you’re hungry. But one of those scrubs-clad young men and women kindly point you toward your smartphone. Oh, yes! The app.

In the app there is an assortment of hot and cold drinks, dishes and snacks that can be pre-ordered and pre-paid; ready to be picked up at a number of pick up spots throughout the entire hospital at your convenience and at the time you want – and can – pick it up.

The same goes for the staff. A modern hospital has thousands and thousands of people working for it. People who all have to eat during their often long shifts. For them, also, the app would be a blessing. No more running across the entire complex maze of a building, or buildings, that is the hospital trying to find something to eat within the short timeframe of the break.

And this is something that we’re starting to help with. Soon, staff and patients in hospitals across the country will be able to access the food they want, when they want it. This is why Preoday is here: we provide mobile and online technology that helps ease staff and patient inconvenience, reduces unneeded waste, and brings a better day for all.

För dem som jobbar, eller behandlas, på sjukhus kan det vara både hektiskt och stressigt att få mat på den tid som passar dem. Ralph Bretzer tittar på hur situationen skulle kunna vara annorlunda om det var möjligt att beställa mat via en app och sedan hämta den när det passar.