Abstract: A process for reducing the cost associated with providing patient care including the costs associated with the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers is provided. The process provides for the review of the present status and medical history of a patient, and the presence of one or more triggers is then evaluated. The process then matches each one of the triggers with a plurality of protocols. One or more protocols are then performed, dependent upon each of the triggers matched. The ongoing status of the patient is then monitored to determine any change therein, and the performance of the protocols is correspondingly adjusted. In one aspect of the invention at least a portion of the process is performed by a risk evaluation unit, wherein information associated with the present status, medical history, and ongoing status is supplied thereto. The process further generates a report including an intervention schedule.