@aapmhq.bsky.social publication acknowledging the importance of MRI safety training / credentialing for medical physicists acting in MRI safety roles as MRI safety isn’t a minimum requirement for med phys training in the USA.
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@tobiasgilk.bsky.social@aapmhq.bsky.social publication acknowledging the importance of MRI safety training / credentialing for medical physicists acting in MRI safety roles as MRI safety isn’t a minimum requirement for med phys training in the USA.
@tobiasgilk.bsky.socialListen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...) or Spotify (open.spotify.com/show/1KDYV8Z...).
@tobiasgilk.bsky.socialThat question sent us considerably deeper into the strange regulatory landscape surrounding MRI safety.
🎧 Hear the investigation in The Invisible Force — “Who Regulates MRI Safety?”
@tobiasgilk.bsky.socialCalifornia says certain investigative records can remain confidential when there is a “substantial prospect of enforcement.”
Fair enough.
But in this case, that raises an important question:
Enforcement by whom — and of what?
@tobiasgilk.bsky.social🎧 The Invisible Force — Season 3, Episode 5: “Who Regulates MRI Safety?”
Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...) or Spotify (open.spotify.com/show/1KDYV8Z...).
#MRIsafety #MRI #PatientSafety #Radiology #HealthcareSafety #TheInvisibleForce
@tobiasgilk.bsky.socialWhen we asked California’s health department, its answer raised more questions than it resolved — including whether the agency responsible for licensing hospitals believes it has jurisdiction over MRI at all.
We went looking for answers.
@tobiasgilk.bsky.socialMRI is used millions of times every year in hospitals and imaging centers.
But here’s a surprisingly difficult question:
Who actually regulates MRI safety?
#MRIsafety #MRI #PatientSafety #Radiology #HealthcareSafety #TheInvisibleForce
@tobiasgilk.bsky.socialThank you to all of our listeners for helping make Invisible Force a success!
Thank you to our sponsor, CAIREreporting, our supporters, Joe Barwick and Steve Blackler of Aegys PRO MRI, and my co-host, John Posh!
@tobiasgilk.bsky.socialThis week the Invisible Force podcast crossed 20,000 downloads on the main podcasting platforms (including Apple Podcasts and Spotify). This doesn't count the listeners from Aunt Minnie, or YouTube, so we probably actually crossed 20,000 a few weeks ago!
@tobiasgilk.bsky.social@tobiasgilk.bsky.socialWhile Cal/OSHA may have determined that there was only one 'citable' offense, the 327 pages they produced further substantiated many of the CMS findings, and also brought to light new concerns.
Catch this episode tomorrow, September 22, on your favorite podcasting service...
@tobiasgilk.bsky.socialTomorrow our next episode, "S3E4 - One Citation, 327 Pages: The Redwood City MRI Accident," drops detailing the information in the Cal/OSHA investigatory file about the MRI accident in which a nurse was pinned by an ICU bed.
@tobiasgilk.bsky.socialApropos of World Patient Safety Day, yesterday I advised an MRI tech to run, screaming, from their current job based on what sounded like a near-total absence of MRI safety governance structures.
@tobiasgilk.bsky.socialFor MRI physicists who are completing the ACR's MRI Safety Program Assessment Checklist for hospitals / imaging centers, do you know what you ought to be looking for? Attached is a guidance document I prepared (and the ACR refused) for your use.