Mike Piskie 
A peer-reviewed study in the American Journal of Surgery found that treating a single Stage IV (full-thickness) pressure ulcer costs hospitals an average of $129,000 per admission, largely due to complications such as sepsis and organ failure. The authors concluded that early prevention and intervention are far more cost-effective than treatment after ulcer progression.
Key takeaways – This meta-analysis published in Advances in Skin & Wound Care confirms that real-time pressure monitoring systems can reduce the risk of pressure injuries by up to 88%, demonstrating their effectiveness as a clinical prevention tool.
At the Johns Hopkins Burn Center, real-time pressure mapping reduced the hospital-acquired pressure injury rate by 44.4%, eliminated full-thickness pressure injuries, and lowered costs by 43.8%, demonstrating significant effectiveness in the burn ICU.
In a retrospective analysis at Henry Ford Hospital’s medical ICU, continuous bedside pressure mapping reduced pressure ulcer incidence by 94% and was reported by staff to improve repositioning effectiveness, comfort, and adherence to protocols.
At Vanderbilt University Medical Center, real-time pressure visualization was used in 46 patients across 509 patient-days, resulting in zero new pressure injuries, high clinician satisfaction, improved repositioning effectiveness and patient comfort.
This real-world clinical poster from Floyd Medical Center shows that using a real-time pressure visualization monitor led to a 71% reduction in hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) over 5 months in the critical care unit, by guiding staff to reposition patients more effectively and reduce peak pressure exposures.
This Floyd Medical Center poster showed that using real-time pressure monitoring reduced hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) by nearly 90% and enabled staff to maintain peak pressures below ~45 mmHg, a threshold associated with significantly lower HAPI rates.
A clinical poster from the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital (VISN 8) showed that with pressure visualization technology, 90% of high-risk spinal cord injury patients avoided new pressure injuries, and existing Stage 2 injuries healed when pressure was reduced.
At the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center, a stepwise prevention program that included real-time pressure visualization reduced preventable pressure ulcers (PPUs) from 5 per quarter to 0, maintaining 0 PPUs across 2 consecutive quarters.
At Villa Maria Care Center, Continuous Bedside Pressure Mapping over two months prevented all new pressure ulcers in 15 high-risk residents, supported healing of existing ulcers with no recurrence, and became an integral part of the pressure ulcer prevention program.