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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 Elevated to Recommended Pressure Injury Prevention Technology in Global Guideline

August 13, 2026

SEM Scanning Crosses the Global Guideline Threshold: Elevated to Recommended Pressure Injury Prevention Technology The world’s leading pressure injury Clinical Practice Guideline moves objective focal edema measurement from emerging technology to recommended practice, citing a “window of opportunity for enhanced prevention” driven by earlier detection, safer patient care, improved equity and lower cost. Every nurse…

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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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Zero Harm by Design

July 23, 2026

Why Pressure Injuries Persist and How High-Reliability, Tech-Enabled Prevention Can Make Zero a Reality Watch the webinar on demand now For three decades, hospitals have run pressure injury prevention programs built on risk scores, visual skin checks, and prevention bundles. Rates should have fallen close to zero by now. Instead, severe reportable pressure injuries are…

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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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Connecting the dots: eCQM Hospital Harm – Pressure Injury, TEAM, and CJR-X  

June 25, 2026

Three CMS Programs, One Converging Deadline: Is Your Hospital Ready? If you work in pressure injury prevention, or lead a team that does, the next few years are going to test your hospital's preparation in ways that go well beyond clinical practice. Three CMS programs are now active or approaching at the same time: the…

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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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