Patient gowns get rid of ’backdraft’

This may not be credentialing-specific news, but it will likely boost patient satisfaction scores. Michigan’s Henry Ford Health System will adopt a new hospital gown that aims to put the wraps on a big source of patients’ grumbles—a lack of rear coverage. Resembling a wrap-around robe, the "Model G" gown closes the once-drafty back, using adjustable snaps on the front and along the shoulders. The gown was developed by the Henry Ford Innovation Institute at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. A version was introduced in 2013 on a few of the hospital’s inpatient floors, and the institute has since updated the design based on feedback from patients and staff.

Source: Detroit Free Press