Tobias Gilk

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Joint Commission may survey for MRI safety

Historically, MRI has not been much of a spot on Joint Commission surveyors' radars. That situation changed this past January 1, when the Joint Commission's Environment of Care standard primarily began to address physical life-safety issues, MRI architectural consultant Tobias Gilk explains.

March 4, 2009

Sink or swim: Why a hand sink is crucial in the MR suite

As MR is used for an increasing number of interventional applications, infection control provisions will continue to grow in importance, including hand sinks in the MR suite. MRI architectural consultant Tobias Gilk explains why MR suite providers and facilities need to plan for hand sinks for all future MRI installations, and addresses some of the technical challenges of installing hand sinks in the MRI suite.

March 13, 2008

Total process management for efficient MRI suites

Today, financial pressures are compelling diagnostic imaging facilities to maximize referrals and squeeze more patients in and out of the scanner in a limited time period. Simultaneously, MRI safety is a major concern with organizations like the American College of Radiology releasing new guidance on MRI safety. These recommendations insist on changes that may not be anticipated. In order to comply, which do you choose: throughput or safety? And is a third option -- both -- a realistic one? The experts from MRIPlanning.com offer some answers to these questions.

August 7, 2007

What does your MRI vendor know about your quench vent that you don't?

The recent catastrophic failure of a major vendor's MR scanner is raising some serious questions. MRI architectural consult Tobias Gilk discusses the difficulty in identifying issues with cryogen vent pipe systems, and asks the million-dollar question for all MR operators: Is your quench vent safe?

July 2, 2007

Stand around and wait -- stat! What's your imaging suite emergency procedure?

A cardiac patient has a heart attack while getting onto the MR patient table -- what do you do? Suprisingly, for many facilities there are no requirements beyond calling 911! MRI architectural consultant Tobias Gilk takes a look at evaluating emergency procedure plans and discusses how facilities can prepare for emergencies like code situations.

June 10, 2007

MR guidelines: Elevating standards of practice and care

The new American College of Radiology guidelines for safe MR practices changes the standards for MR safety for far more than radiologists. MRI architectural consultant Tobias Gilk explains how the new guidelines have changed the legal landscape for nearly everyone who works in support of MRI equipment and the care it provides.

May 9, 2007

MRI and patient safety: Still waiting to go global

MRI patient safety has improved around the globe with the adoption of clinical and physical screening tools that enhance best practices, greater attention to operational protocols, and better suite layouts. But despite the numerous safety standards and practices, their implementation has been irregular, uneven, and far from universal among facilities, according to MRI architectural consultant Tobias Gilk.

April 23, 2007

An open letter to MRI equipment vendors

Vendors of devices and equipment are invaluable to the safe and effective delivery of care in the MRI environment. But when hyperbole and marketing innuendo cloud the real safety properties of MRI products, vendors undermine the safety of patients and staff that their products are intended to support, according to MRI architectural consultant Tobias Gilk.

April 11, 2007

MR suite level designations: Don't let complex procedures overwhelm your facility

Over the past 20 years, the only MRI elements that have changed more than the equipment are the patients and the prescribed therapies they receive in the MRI suite. The fundamental shifts in the way the modality is used warrant a review of operations and the physical facilities through which care is delivered. MRI architectural consultant Tobias Gilk discusses MRI suite level designations, which can help define the appropriate levels of design to support clinical practice.

March 26, 2007

How to calculate your MRI suite safety score

How effective are the safety practices in your MRI suite? Find out how your facility scores when it comes to safety by using this interactive calculator, developed by MRI architectural consultant Tobias Gilk. Your score can help determine how effective your current safety practices are and, more importantly, help identify ways to improve safety for your patients and staff.

February 7, 2007

Mri Calculator Big

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Top 10 Gold Social

Body composition analysis, MRI safety topped 2024's most read articles

While COVID and radiology salaries hit the top of AuntMinnie.com's Top 10 most-read posts of 2023, they rounded out the bottom of this year's list.

Neiman Hpi

Neiman index outperforms Charlson for predicting imaging use

Mammogram Patient

40% of women in their 40s forgo biennial breast cancer screening

Corporate Transparency

Practices must comply with the Corporate Transparency Act

Kidneys

Kidneys appear to tolerate Lu-177 treatments

Body composition analysis, MRI safety topped 2024's most read articles

While COVID and radiology salaries hit the top of AuntMinnie.com's Top 10 most-read posts of 2023, they rounded out the bottom of this year's list.

December 20, 2024

Top 10 Gold Social

Neiman index outperforms Charlson for predicting imaging use

By Kate Madden Yee

The Neiman Imaging Comorbidity Index outperforms the Charlson Comorbidity Index for predicting advanced imaging use.

December 20, 2024

40% of women in their 40s forgo biennial breast cancer screening

By Amerigo Allegretto

About two in every five women in their 40s do not undergo biennial breast cancer screening per USPSTF recommendations.

December 20, 2024

Mammogram Patient

Practices must comply with the Corporate Transparency Act

By Healthcare Administrative Partners

A new column from Healthcare Administrative Partners discusses the impact of the Corporate Transparency Act on medical practices.

December 20, 2024

Corporate Transparency

Kidneys appear to tolerate Lu-177 treatments

Kidney-absorbed doses of lutetium-177 (Lu-177)-based treatments for prostate cancer and neuroendocrine tumors appear to be below toxicity thresholds.

December 19, 2024

Higher Medicaid-to-Medicare reimbursement ratios boost imaging use

By Kate Madden Yee

Higher Medicaid-to-Medicare reimbursement ratios are linked to increased likelihood of Medicaid patients receiving CT, MR, ultrasound, and x-ray imaging.

December 19, 2024

Money Hundred Bills

AI algorithm 'harmonizes' brain MRI data from different scanners

By Kate Madden Yee

A novel machine-learning algorithm used with MRI can harmonize brain volumetric data of patients undergoing Alzheimer's disease assessment gathered from different scanners.

December 18, 2024

Recommendations address AI bias, data transparency

By Amerigo Allegretto

New recommendations seek to make medical AI safe and effective for everyone by tackling the issues of bias and transparency.

December 18, 2024

Artificial Intelligence Ai Suit

AdvaMed applauds House Task Force on AI report

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

AdvaMed commended the end-of-year report submitted to the U.S. Congress on December 17 by the House Task Force on AI.

December 18, 2024

Artificial Intelligence Ai Abstract 400

African American men respond more favorably to Ra-223 therapy

African American men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer may respond more favorably than white men to treatment with radium-223.

December 17, 2024

Prostate Imaging

What radiology trainees should know heading into 2025

Radiologists discuss specialty and job market: 10 takeaways.

December 17, 2024

Radiology Practice Models 2024

Solis acquires San Antonio, TX imaging centers

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Solis Mammography has acquired Avestēe Women's Imaging Centers in San Antonio, TX.

December 16, 2024

Breast Screening Mammo

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