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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. Read Full Article

This UAB tertiary teaching-hospital study found that patients who developed hospital-acquired pressure ulcers incurred substantially higher costs and longer stays. Adjusted analyses showed costs of $29,048 vs $13,819 and length of stay of 20.9 vs 12.7 days, confirming pressure ulcers independently drive excess inpatient utilization beyond baseline severity. Read Full Article