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March 17, 2025
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From Guideline to Bedside: Making Pressure Injury Prevention Actionable
September 30, 2026
The new guideline changes less than its complexity suggests. Two wound care experts say the real work is turning it into protocols, workflows and data that bedside teams can act on. The updated International Pressure Injury Guideline will not lower pressure injury rates on its own. Its value depends on whether each facility turns it into clear protocols,…
NewsVA/DOD 2026 Pressure Injury Guideline Recommends SEM Measurement to Find Damage Days Before It Shows
September 24, 2026
Pressure injuries cost VA facilities up to $3.6 billion a year. In one study the guideline reviewed, patients assessed with SEM had 93% fewer pressure injuries. LOS ANGELES, September 24, 2026 -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) have published their clinical practice guideline for pressure injuries, and it…
Blog, EducationUnderstanding the Pressure Injury Prevention Guidelines
August 26, 2026
Only One Advanced Assessment Technology Earned a Recommendation in the International Pressure Injury Guideline On August 7, 2026, the NPIAP/EPUAP/PPPIA International Pressure Injury Guideline published its Advanced Technologies for Skin and Tissue Assessment chapter; the first update to the guideline since 2019. Clinical practice guidelines are intended to give clinicians clear guidance on how to…
Blog, WebinarZero 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…
NewsSEM 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…
Blog, Education, WebinarSEM 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…
WebinarZero 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…
Blog, EducationComprehensive 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…
Blog, EducationTransforming 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…
Blog, EducationeCQM 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…