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Pleasure is a cornerstone of human behavior. Its exclusion from the medical sciences has been to the detriment of society. The process to include pleasure as a patient-reported outcome has multiple beginnings. A pleasure scale must be developed for clinical purposes and original research must be conducted to establish the added value of measuring pleasure. Treatment comparisons, prediction models for recovery, side-effect investigations, and more may benefit from the collection of patient-reported pleasure. Furthermore, simply inquiring about a patient’s pleasure may serve as a positive intervention by giving them permission to discuss the positives in their life, offering a more complete picture of the patient. Reporting on pleasure can also benefit patient’s by reallocating their attention towards the positive, rather than the often consistent redirection towards the negative as seen in most patient questionnaires. This presentation will review a novel piloted health-related pleasure scale and explore its potential in healthcare.