Becker’s Healthcare Podcast Why Acute Kidney Injury Is Now a Top Patient Safety and Financial Priority
Feb 11, 2026
Todd Dunn, CEO of Accuryn and kidney-monitoring innovator, discusses why acute kidney injury is now a top patient safety and financial priority. He highlights blind spots in kidney care and limits of legacy tools. He explores how automation and continuous urine monitoring can improve detection and reduce clinician burden. He also covers scaling innovations and aligning operations and data for adoption.
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AKI Is A Widespread Patient Harm
- Acute kidney injury (AKI) is now a declared patient harm and occurs about once every 10 seconds in the U.S. each year.
- Legacy diagnostics and catheters delay recognition and contribute to long-term patient harm and system costs.
Measurement Blind Spots Conceal Kidney Risk
- Hospitals often miss AKI because they don't measure it or put it on dashboards.
- Relying on serum creatinine and 1930s-era Foley catheters blinds systems to early kidney distress.
Pull AKI Data And Prioritize Prevention
- Pull your AKI data now and make it visible across quality dashboards before reporting begins in 2028.
- Prioritize preventing progression to stage two or three by creating systemwide dialogue and measurement.
