The gateway to MRI room safety is here
Every day at hospitals and health care facilities around the world, the safety of patients, technologists and medical personnel is put in danger when an MRI environment is accidentally...
Recent study continues to confirm the impact of distraction on medical errors
Recent study continues to confirm the impact of distraction on medical errors The persistent push to increase patient throughput, an increase in the complexity of clinical procedures and an...
The Symbiotic Relationship Between Patient and Worker Safety in the Healthcare Setting
Recent Publication by the Joint Commission Improving Patient and Worker Safety Opportunities for Synergy, Collaboration and Innovation Health care professionals whose focus is on patient safety are very familiar...
Patient Transfers: A Growing Problem for the Healthcare System
Recent Publication Advocating Investment in Patient Transfer Technologies A great analysis of the growing trend of healthcare worker and patient injuries attributable to manual movement of the patient. This...
A Comprehensive MRI Safety Assessment of a Facility in Ghana Post Projectile Incident
Assessment of Safety Standards of Magnetic Resonance Imaging at the Korle Su Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana An outstanding report on the MRI safety / process and staff knowledge...
ECRI’s Top 10 Health Technology Hazards of 2013
Review of the Most Prevalent Health Technology Hazards and Recommended Remedial Activities from the ECRI Each year, advances in health technologies provide new ways to improve patient care. But some also create...
2013 Update to the ACR Manual on Contrast Media
American College of Radiology Guidance Document Update on Safety in the Use of Contrast Media An outstanding reference document that provides a comprehensive overview of the administration of contrast...
Patient Safety: Hospital Risk – Survey of C-Suite and Risk Managers by AIG
Overview of How Targeting Patient Satisfaction Impacts Safety New emphasis on “Patient Satisfaction” may complicate efforts to improve patient safety.Though safety will continue to be a priority, it may be...
The RADPASS Interventional Radiology Checklist for Safety
Creation of the RADPASS checklist for Increased Safety in Interventional Radiology While there is incredible clinical value in the use of interventional radiologic procedures, the complexity and variety of...
Body MRI Artifacts in Clinical Practice: A Physicist’s and Radiologist’s Perspective
Overview of the Typical Causes of and Remedies for MRI Artifacts Useful information presented as a CME module for the identification of MRI artifact sources and recommendations for the...
MRI Induced Tissue Heating at Metallic Sutures
Recent Study on the Extent of Tissue Heating Created Near a Metallic Suture Site As more and more medical devices and surgical apparatus are cleared for access to MRI...
MRI Toolkit – MRI Best Practices Guidelines – Canada
Excellent collection of documents focused on outlining best practices for MRI efficiency, throughput and patient satisfaction. This effort conducted by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care...