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Evaluating hospital soundscapes to improve patient experience.

J Acoust Soc Am

February 2019

Patient and Community Engagement, Nebraska Medicine, 986826 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-6826, USA.

Hospital soundscapes can be difficult environments to assess acoustically due to alarms, medical equipment, and the continuous activity within units. Routinely, patients perceive these soundscapes to be poor when rating their hospital experience on HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) surveys administered after discharge. In this study, five hospital units of widely varying HCAHPS "quietness" performance were analyzed.

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