A Maryland hospital chain is testing new gowns that offer more coverage for patients' backsides. It's not the first time designers have tried to change the despised garment, without much success.

In designing a patient gown, her No. 1 priority was to create a garment that would look less like pajamas and more like regular clothing: “I wanted the patient to achieve a little normalcy. ...

DETROIT — A Detroit hospital has a new patient gown that aims to offer a little more style, comfort and — perhaps most important — rear coverage for patients.

A Maryland hospital chain is testing new gowns that offer more coverage for patients' backsides. It's not the first time designers have tried to change the despised garment, without much success.

The gown is now being tested by patients like Ismail Khalil, M.D., a vascular surgeon from Lebanon who traveled to Henry Ford Hospital for a liver transplant.

Patients have been complaining for decades about old-school, butt-baring hospital gowns. A growing number of hospitals are starting to listen.

A Maryland hospital chain is testing new gowns that offer more coverage for patients' backsides. It's not the first time designers have tried to change the despised garment, without much success.

DETROIT (AP) - A Detroit hospital has a new patient gown that aims to offer a little more style, comfort and rear coverage for patients. Resembling a wrap-around robe, the gown closes in the back ...

Jimena Ryan was a patient at MedStar Montgomery who was wearing the new gown when I spoke to her. She was into it. The gown works more or less like a robe, so it felt familiar to her.

A Maryland hospital chain is testing new gowns that offer more coverage for patients' backsides. It's not the first time designers have tried to change the despised garment, without much success.

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 ...