[Intl_DxMedPhys] TJC and NQF update to Sentinel Events List

[Travis Greene]

Colleagues,

I came across this information in a social media post regarding MRI safety.

The Joint Commission and National Quality Forum have released their January 2026 report, "Aligning Patient Safety Event Reporting: 2025 Updates to Sentinel Events and Serious Reportable Events".  The 2025 NQF SRE list now has 28 events in four categories, with 23 updated/modified from the 2011 list and several new additions.

TJC will adopt the updated SRE list into its SE list effective January 1, 2027, giving accredited organizations time to prepare. Reporting remains voluntary, but TJC expects accredited organizations to identify these events, perform root cause analysis, and implement improvements to prevent recurrence.  Of interest to us, SRE 5 and SRE 6 relate to MRI Safety.


  *   SRE 5: Introduction of an unapproved, unscreened, or inappropriately approved device, implant, or object into an MRI Zone IV.
  *   SRE 6: Patient harm associated with an MRI-related thermal injury.

For complete details, please see the attached report.  (2025 SE & SRE Report<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://digitalassets.jointcommission.org/api/public/content/b4e8988066e74717ae9801edb2bfb9de?v=e0ff96a2__;!!KGKeukY!yHalqw2LntpjV0KyVuGkrIx9M19ApDNRf5WlfG9-YA39tx-gQrdMBS6DPaj_N0q48x8QVbdsH77WPg9EGUrrrebIsyENjjPVL27onA$ >)

Travis

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