Financial Support for a System wide MRI Safety Program: It Pays for Itself!

An effective MR safety program is designed to ensure the safety of patients and staff in the MRI environment. The necessity to expand MR safety programs to address burgeoning clinical needs is at odds with the current financial constraints in health care and the need for greater operational efficiency, including the paring of any non-revenue generating activity. This includes an investment in a comprehensive MR safety program.
Join Randy Parker, RT(MR) MRSO MRSC, Lead MR Safety Officer at Corewell Health, as he details the development of a scheduling and device clearance process that maximizes patient safety and operational efficiency. A cost accounting of this process has demonstrated that the reduction of lost revenue from cancelled exams due to unsafe devices more than underwrites the cost of operating the program.
The expanded inventory of biomedical devices requires increasing levels of vigilance about their safety in the MRI environment. This places a greater burden on staff to perform these clearances. This can result in significant delays or downtime within the department, reduced productivity, or an adverse event.
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