This is the emergency department design odyssey that tracks the failed attempts to get patients to not push a button near the exit of the department.

1. Kindly Don’t Press My Button
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2. Number of
times the
ED Door
Alarms a
day-383
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3. Number of
Pieces of
Paper Used
Post -96
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4. Number of
Markers Used-24
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5. Number of
Times “No”
Written
Directly On
Push Here
Button-19
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6. Number of
Creative
Design
Prototypes
89
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7. Number of Times I
Laughed at This
Version- 912..now 913
Because It Kills Me
Every Time I see it, It’s
Like A The Unknown
Comic of Buttons
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8. Number of High
Level Meetings
Called To Design
This Version
When All
Previous Versions
Failed-7
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9. Consultant entertainment value witnessing amusing
attempts at work around innovations: Priceless
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10. Just a
Thought...
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