 You know that feeling that develops in the pit of your stomach during the 'clack-clack-clack' of the ascent on a roller coaster... that feeling when you know that the exciting acceleration is just about to hit? That's what we feel right now as 2007 approaches.Not that 2006 hasn't been quite a ride itself because there has been more published this year on MRI facility planning, operations and safety than in many years previous. Many of this year's articles can be viewed from our website by clicking here.
But later this month we expect to see a JCAHO Sentinel Event Alert on MRI safety which will likely stir a frenzy that will extend into 2007 for JCAHO accredited MRI facilities.
Hopefully by February or March the new version of the ACR White Paper, completely re-written and retitled ACR Guidance Document for Safe MR Practices: 2007, will be available for downloading.
Of course, those of you who receive the MRI Newsletter will be the first to learn all of the critical details of each of these developments.
For those of you who have a paid subscription to the MRI Newsletter, this will be your final full-access version unless you renew your subscription this year.
For those of you who receive the complimentary, limited-access version and are enjoying the December issue's features, we want to make sure that you get to read up-to-date MRI news for the whole next year. Please take this opportunity to subscribe.
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As always, we hope that you will contact us if you have any questions about anything you read in the newsletter, or if we can be of any assistance to you.
Tobias Gilk
Junk Architects, PC
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Watch For JCAHO Sentinel Event Alert on MRI Safety!
Subscribers read last month about a JCAHO Sentinel Event Alert on MRI safety issues that is expected to be released this month! We believe that this is a concrete indicator that MRI facility safety will be growing in importance for JCAHO site surveys in the coming year. Of course, we will notify our readers as soon as the Alert is released and will follow with updated information on changes to site surveys.
MRI Newsletter - Article Archive Is Now On Line!
Don't forget that we now have the archive of previous MRI Newsletter articles available. Click here to see all the articles that are available.
While the archive index is available to everyone, only subscribers will be able to access the full text of the articles, except the published public issues.
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Special Public Access Article
The New 10 Questions:
Part 1 of 2
By Robert Junk, AIA, AHRA and Tobias Gilk
It has been a couple of years since we introduced our Ten Questions to Ask Your MRI Architect. In that time, this litmus test of basic technical and operational knowledge of MRI safety issues has been widely used and, unfortunately, abused. To celebrate the success of the Ten Questions and to keep one step ahead of those who would try to fake expertise in the planning and safety issues relevant to MRI safety, we’re proud to introduce a new Ten Questions!
Click here to be taken to the full article.
Special Public Access Article
Calculate Your MRI Suite Safety Score.
By Tobias Gilk
A recurring theme of many of our recent presentations has been process management: evaluating and quantifying where you are and determining where you would like to be. This can apply to any number of quality assurance factors for imaging providers, from no-show appointments, to repeat scans, to patient throughput. Today, however, we will help MRI facilities put a score to the safety provisions of their practice to help identify how effective your current safety practices are and, more importantly, identify ways to improve safety for your patients and staff.
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Special Public Access Article
MRI Risk Isn't Standing Still:
Are You?
By Tobias Gilk
MRI magnet technology marches steadily forward, improving year over year. As the technology improves, we find new clinical applications to allow us to expand the use of these phenomenal devices. We may see a change the mix of patients in response to a dynamic referral situation. Overall, MRI is treating more patients every year with ever-growing acuity levels but our MRI facilities are frozen testaments to our assessments of needs of years past. So why is it so vitally important to re-evaluate the safety provisions of our MRI facilities?
Click here to be taken to the full article.
Articles In The Works
In the upcoming months we will be sharing articles with you on a number of topics, from tools that are immediately applicable, to strategies that will help your facility on into the future. Several planned upcoming articles include:
- The 10 Answers To The 10 Questions
- MRI Suite Level Designations?
- Forthcoming MRI Suite Design Guidance
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