Model Design by Kelly Emrick, DHSc, PhD, MBA

How Do I Use the MRI Safety Dashboard

The following MRI Safety Dashboard is a live, measurable safety and quality-control hub designed for MRI leaders, technologists, radiologists, and staff who share responsibility for patient and team safety in the magnetic resonance environment. When you first open the dashboard, you’ll land on the Start (Mission Control) panel, where a row of KPI cards across the top gives you an at-a-glance view of overall compliance, open incidents, overdue training, average ferromagnetic alarm acknowledgment time, and any MR-Unsafe events requiring immediate review, this strip is your daily “is everything okay?” check. Below that, eight clickable nav cards take you directly to each monitored safety area; a compliance streak counter tracks your consecutive days of Met conditions; and a bar chart visualizes compliance percentages across all sections, so you can instantly spot which area needs attention. To begin exploring, click Load Sample Data in the top-right corner. This populates the dashboard with realistic MRI safety entries so you can see the full system in action before adding your own data. To work with your own information, you can either Import a CSV (download any of the seven templates from the Start panel, fill them in, and upload, the dashboard auto-detects which section the file belongs to) or type entries directly using the Add Row forms inside each tab. Each tab addresses a critical safety domain: Zones provides an interactive ACR four-zone facility map where clicking any zone reveals its access requirements and safety controls (Zone I public, Zone II screening, Zone III restricted, Zone IV magnet room); Readiness tracks whether patient screening forms are complete, signed, and MRMD-reviewed before every scan; Implants verifies that implant MR conditions are met and MRMD approval is documented, flagging any MR-Unsafe or Unknown-status devices; RF Heating confirms that padding, skin-loop avoidance, and coil positioning checks happen before every scan to prevent thermal burns; Contrast screens for renal function (eGFR), allergy history, and documented consent before gadolinium administration; Ferromagnetic is a two-part panel combining a realistic drill simulator , where you can practice your FMD alarm response time with a randomized trigger delay , and a full alarm log that tracks acknowledgment times against your target; Training monitors who is current on annual MR safety training and who needs renewal, color-coding staff as Current, Due Soon, or Expired; and Incidents logs near-misses, projectile events, burns, contrast reactions, and sentinel events, tracking each one through to closure. Every entry you make generates a real-time Met / Not-Met status chip, and each section displays Conditions cards that tell you plainly whether your facility is meeting its benchmarks (for example: “Readiness rate ≥ 90%” or “Average ferromagnetic ack ≤ 30 seconds”). The Benchmarks tab lets you customize these thresholds to match your facility’s policy; any change instantly recomputes every Met/Not-Met status across the dashboard. As you use the tool, the Safety Achievements badge wall on the Start panel unlocks milestones such as Safety Starter, Lightning Response, Training Pro, and Zone Master, providing teams with a gamified incentive to build consistent habits. What the information tells you: the dashboard converts the everyday work of MRI safety into visible, trackable signals, a drop in readiness compliance means screening discipline is slipping, an elevated average ferromagnetic ack time means staff need refresher drills, a growing number of Not-Met implants signals a gap in MRMD workflow, an overdue-training KPI tells you someone on your team is working outside their certification window, and an open-incident count tells you what follow-ups your safety committee owes closure on. Taken together, these indicators help leaders catch small problems before they become serious events, demonstrate compliance during Joint Commission or ACR surveys, and foster a culture where prevention, consistency, and continuous improvement are visible to everyone on the team. All of your data is stored locally in your browser; nothing leaves your device. The small “DATA” pill at the top of each section always tells you whether the numbers came from manual entry, a CSV import, or sample data, so everyone knows exactly what they’re looking at. This dashboard is designed to support, not replace, your facility’s MRI safety policies, ACR guidance, and the clinical judgment of your MR Medical Director.