On this episode of WOCTalk, we sit down with Michele Deppisch, PT, CWS, FACCWS, President-Elect of the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP), to discuss the Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM) titled “Hospital Harm-Pressure Injury” (HH-PI).
Michele provides a comprehensive overview of this initiative, which identifies the development of a single new pressure injury of any stage as a key indicator of care quality. She details the rollout timeline and critical documentation rules—such as grace periods for conditions present on admission—while clarifying that previously anticipated exclusions will not apply. Tune in to learn essential strategies for interdepartmental preparation, managing “start clock” challenges in the Emergency Department, and ensuring accurate documentation across every patient encounter.
Resources:
National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP)
NPIAP eCQM Resources
NPIAP International Guidelines
eCQI Resource Center
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) eCQM Library
WOCN® Society eCQM Navigation Center
WOCNext® 2026 Session on Electronic Clinical Quality Measure HH-PI
About the Speaker
Michelle Deppisch, PT, CWS, FACCWS, is a self-employed wound care consultant. She is a physical therapist and holds certifications as a Clinical Wound Specialist from the American Board of Wound Management and as a Fellow in the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists. Her expertise and dedication extend to various leadership roles within the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (or NPIAP), where she currently serves as President-Elect on the Board of Directors. Michele’s commitment to advancing the pressure injury prevention is further exemplified by her role as the NPIAP Task Force Resource for the Electronic Clinical Quality Measure: Hospital Harm-Pressure injury or HH-PI, secretary for the Prophylactic Dressing Standards Initiative, Co-Chair to Education Committee, and she serves on the Standards Committee She has authored numerous resources for NPIAP, most notably the Root Cause Analysis/OR Toolkit 3.0 and published and presented works for S3I on the clinical relevance of support surface tests.
Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant.