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National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP) Podcast with Dr. Lee Ruotsi, MD, CWSP, ABWMS, UHM - Let's Get the Documentation Right
Episode 98
Thursday, 23 October, 2025
This episode explores the critical gaps in pressure injury documentation and education within healthcare settings. Host Dr. Joyce Black and guest Dr. Lee Ruotsi dive into the challenges physicians face, including limited training, time constraints, and misconceptions about skin care responsibilities. They emphasize the importance of accurate skin assessments, especially with new electronic clinical quality measures relying on chart data. The conversation highlights the lack of wound care education in medical school curricula and the need for systemic change to better prepare future providers. Listeners will hear about successful educational initiatives and the importance of top-down support from healthcare leadership. This episode offers practical insights and a call to action for improving pressure injury care across all levels of healthcare.
