Photo: (back seat) Brian Cunningham, GRMC Chief Executive Officer; (middle seat) Wayne Heath, Director of Behavioral Health Unit & Security (left) and Mike Martin, Senior Telecommunications Specialist; (front seat) Charles Kelly, Board of Trustees Chair and driving is Geoffrey Bartlett, GRMC Security

Every department and caregiver at Gila Regional Medical Center (GRMC) are looking at ways to create operational efficiencies. Wayne Heath, Director of Behavioral Health Unit and Security, identified the need for the continued use of the GRMC golf cart for patient transport. Mike Martin, GRMC Senior Telecommunications Specialist, volunteered to refurbish the cart. It took him over 20 hours of his personal time to fix the old cart. Today it is officially back in use on the GRMC campus where it is used to meet various patient transport needs.

This collaborated effort between these two GRMC departments not only saved the hospital money but resulted in a way to better serve our patients and community.