Quite an interesting article. It’s interesting to note that Cleveland clinic went out of its way just to redesign hospital gowns to improve patient reviews, which in part, is influenced by federal initiatives as the Affordable Care Act’s focus on quality of care (Luthra, 2015). Bottom line is, the measure of quality care is tied in to the patient’s comfort thereby leading to a better patient experience. And the more satisfactory the patient experience is, the hospital gets guaranteed funding for Medicare payments.
Now regarding measuring the experience of having new gowns designed for patient comfort, using graphs and scales that contain quantitative information is one way to measure experience and this consists of numbers that measure performance, predict the future and identify opportunities (Few, 2005). However, to quantify information means not only involving numbers or
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We all know that pain is usually one of the major complaint of patients with chronic problems or those recovering post operatively thereby making pain evaluation a fundamental requisite in the outcome assessment during hospital visits. Interpreting the data from a pain assessment scale is not as straightforward as it may seem since the provider must consider the intensity, related disability, duration, and affect to define the pain and its effects on the patient (Williamson & Hoggart, 2005). Pain rating scales are used in the clinical settings to measure pain and these include Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Verbal Rating Scale (VRS), Numerical/numeric Rating Scale (NRS) (Haefeli & Elfering, 2006). Each scale is unique on its own in terms of sensitivity and simplicity that generates data that can be statistically analyzed for audit purposes. The EHR in our hospital utilizes the three rating scales mentioned as part of the pain assessment tool to measure pain that sets the tone for the direction of the type of pain management will .be given to the