Friday, September 18th, 2009
For those unfamiliar with the term, a ‘never event’ is a label used to describe an adverse event that is wholly avoidable by simply following established best practices. For example, if you have an accurate count of the surgical instruments before and after surgery, there should never be an event where the patient leaves the OR with a sponge or clamp sewn up inside of them. A retained surgical instrument, or wrong-site surgery, or bed-sores, or patient mis-identification, or medication errors are all examples of ‘never events’.
Some insurance payers are beginning to refuse reimbursement for care that is necessitated by certain ‘never events’, and that list is likely to grow. And while they may not always result in patient injury, I’d like to propose my own list of 5 MRI ‘never events’ which should at least trigger an investigation…
Click To Read The 5 MRI Never Events…
Tags: access control, accident, burn, contraindicated, deposition, device, Gadolinium, GFR, implant, injury, kidney, magnetic, medical, missile, MRI, near-miss, never event, NSF, payer, projectile, renal, resonance, RF, SAR, screening, translational, zones
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Monday, March 16th, 2009
Last year, the United States Supreme Court decided that medical device manufacturers that had gone through the trial-by-fire of a FDA pre-market review are immune from civil action in the state courts for product liability (Riegel v. Medtronic). Just a few weeks ago, the Court threw what many considered to be a major curve-ball when they decided that comparable protections do NOT apply to pharmaceutical manufacturers (Levine v. Wyeth). What does this suggest to MRI providers (Technologists, Radiologists and Administrators)?
Click To Learn What This Supreme Court Decision Suggests…
Tags: accreditation, ACR, approval, civil, court, decision, detection, detector, device, FDA, ferromagnetic, legal, Levine, liability, magnetic, medical, Medtronic, MRI, NSF, pharmaceutical, regulatory, resonance, Riegel, safety, state, suit, supreme, Wyeth
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