While patient hospital gowns serve a number of practical purposes, the psychological effects of donning them may be more harmful than good, a physician argues in an opinion piece in The New York Times ...
A medical company is trying to make hospital gowns less terrible — maybe even good. The company is called Care+Wear and it's currently testing out the new gowns at MedStar Montgomery in Olney, Md. You ...
Whether a patient has come to a hospital to have an organ transplant, an appendectomy or a baby, one complaint is common: the gown. You know the one. It might as well have been stitched together with ...
Traditional patient gowns range from uncomfortable to dehumanizing, past research shows. To improve patient experience, some health systems have rolled out redesigned gowns, according to the ...
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Derriere-bearing hospital gowns may soon be a thing of the past. Patients at the MedStar Montgomery Medical Center in Olney are among the first to wear a new, less revealing style ...
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit has a new patient gown that aims to offer a little more style, comfort and -- perhaps most importantly -- rear coverage for patients. Resembling a ...
Each redesign, of course, targets the old-school, butt-baring gown that’s long been a touchstone of cultural commiseration in movies, TV, and comic strips. But if everyone agrees that the old garments ...
A medical company is trying to make hospital gowns less terrible — maybe even good. The company is called Care+Wear and it's currently testing out the new gowns at MedStar Montgomery in Olney, Md. You ...