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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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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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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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Pressure Injury Prevention Technology: A Clinical Guide to How it Works, What’s Cleared, and What to Ask

May 28, 2026

Pressure injury prevention technology is evolving rapidly. From support surfaces and thermography to SEM scanning and physiologic monitoring, healthcare organizations are facing more choices than ever before. But with so many technologies entering the market, one important question remains:  How should clinical leaders evaluate them?  That was the focus of our recent webinar, Pressure Injury Prevention Technology: A Clinical Guide…

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Using Rapid Tests of Change Accelerate the Path to Zero Pressure Injuries

April 23, 2026

For many clinical teams, the challenge in pressure injury prevention is not knowing what to do. It is knowing how to implement change quickly, consistently, and in a way that actually delivers outcomes. That is the focus of our latest webinar, “Using Rapid Tests of Change to Accelerate Your Path to Zero Pressure Injuries,” featuring…

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Prevention Starts with Biology: Rethinking Pressure Injury Prevention

March 18, 2026

  At the core of the issue is a reliance on subjective assessment methods. Traditional prevention approaches such as risk scoring tools and visual skin assessments are widely used but inherently limited. They depend on what clinicians can see and interpret, yet pressure injuries begin beneath the skin, often days before any visible signs appear.  This…

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Why Visual Skin Assessment Is the Blind Spot Preventing Zero Harm

February 19, 2026

Visual skin assessment may be the blind spot preventing Zero Harm and earlier, objective detection has proven to change outcomes in all clinical settings. Check out the full webinar here or read the quick summary below. Pressure injuries are classified by CMS as preventable harm. Yet despite standardized risk tools and routine visual skin assessments,…

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