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Zero Pressure Injuries Is an Operating Discipline, Not an Effort Problem

August 20, 2026

Across seven facilities and 31 units, including 16 ICUs, seven step-down units, and eight other clinical units, 28 of the 31 units (90.3%) reached zero hospital-acquired pressure injuries during their evaluation periods. The three that fell short still improved substantially. What separated them was not effort, since every unit was already working hard. It was…

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SEM Scanning and eCQM HH-PI Documentation

July 28, 2026

As hospitals prepare for electronic clinical quality measure reporting for Hospital Harm—Pressure Injury (eCQM CMS826), clinical teams are asking an important question: Can sub-epidermal moisture (SEM) assessment support present on admission documentation? The answer is YES. SEM assessment has a direct, evidence-based connection to pressure injury documentation and coding when its findings are interpreted within…

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 Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement eXpanded (CJR-X) Explained

July 1, 2026

A proposed CMS rule could change how almost every acute care hospital in the US is paid for hip and knee replacement surgery. If finalized, CJR-X arrives in October 2027 and most hospitals are not yet prepared. Why This Matters If your hospital performs hip or knee replacement surgery, a significant change to how you are paid…

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Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) Explained

July 1, 2026

Since January 2026, 741 hospitals across the US have been operating under a bundled payment model that ties the full 30-day surgical episode directly to reimbursement. If your hospital is one of them, here is what your team needs to know. Why This Matters Most conversations about hospital quality focus on what happens inside a…

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eCQM Hospital Harm – Pressure Injury Explained

July 1, 2026

A new CMS quality measure is changing how hospitals are held accountable for pressure injuries, and the financial stakes are real. Here is what clinical and quality leaders need to understand before it becomes mandatory in 2028. Why This Matters Pressure injury prevention has always been central to good nursing practice. Now it is also directly…

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The Financial Burden of Pressure Injuries podcast

June 15, 2026

In this episode of The Hospital Finance Podcast, Dr. William Padula, Health Economist and Professor at the University of Southern California, and Martin Burns, CEO at Bruin Biometrics discuss the financial burden of pressure injuries. This post summarizes the conversation and we encourage you to listen to the full podcast episode on The Financial Burden…

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TEDx: What’s Preventing Prevention?

May 28, 2026

Martin Burns Takes to the TEDxUCLA Stage to Sound the Alarm on Preventable Patient Harm. Bruin Biometrics CEO delivered “What’s Preventing Prevention?” at TEDxUCLA highlighting the fact that pressure injuries begin before they become visible; clinicians need objective information while prevention is still possible. On 26 May 2026, Bruin Biometrics CEO Martin Burns joined the…

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Bruin Biometrics Featured in LA Business Journal

April 28, 2026

Scanning for a $27 Billion Issue The Los Angeles Business Journal has featured Bruin Biometrics in a compelling piece on one of healthcare's most costly and underaddressed challenges: pressure injuries. The article explores the staggering scale of the problem, with pressure injuries costing the US healthcare system up to $27 billion annually and affecting an…