Whereas hospital-acquired pressure ulcers/injuries are a significant problem that cause harm in terms of morbidity, mortality, and cost for Americans covered through Medicare or Medicaid, those covered by private commercial health insurance, and the uninsured; Whereas the prevalence and impact of pressure ulcers/injuries and their associated complications and expenses kill over 60,000 patients per year while impacting over 2,000,000 Americans; Whereas these complications cost the United States at least $9,000,000,000 to $11,000,000,000 per year based on data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and economists project that this issue could surpass $25,000,000,000 by 2020; Whereas the physiologic process describing pressure ulcer/injury formation is not completely understood, and there are multiple factors that contribute to their development including decreased mobility, moisture, nutrition deficits, friction, obstructed lymph flow, dehydration, and impaired tissue perfusion; Whereas these complications may be indicative of the end of life or organ failure; Whereas pressure ulcers/injuries may develop despite the caregiver’s diligent use of currently known and accessible prevention methods; Whereas there is adequate evidence that multiple factors are involved in the formation of a pressure ulcer/injury that require additional research to effectively understand the protocols necessary to relieve the pressure ulcer/injury burden to the patient, health care provider, and government; Whereas information provided by the CMS Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics in October 2017 identified that hospital-acquired pressure ulcer/injury incidence rates have increased by 58.4 percent between the first quarter of 2016 and the first quarter of 2017