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Loren Bonner, DOTmed News Online Editor | September 10, 2012
From the September 2012 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
Expenditures that might normally get approved become harder to obtain when money is tight. This includes MRI safety devices, locks on doors, and educational opportunities for MRI technologists.
MRI safety device manufactures, like the ones interviewed for this story, are well aware of their customers’ concerns about money and have introduced ferromagnetic screeners at lower price points.
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“Budgets are always a concern, but not implementing preventative measures can be more expensive when litigation, increased insurance premiums and professional reputation are considered if an accident does happen,” says ETS Lindgren’s Berg.
After involvement as an expert witness and consultant in more than 300 MRI safety-related legal cases to date, Kanal says that “prospective MR safety planning and implementation of basic MR safety policies is by far the safest and most cost effective outcome for all parties involved.”
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