The CMR Program Playbook: How to Launch and Scale Cardiac MRI

A step-by-step operational roadmap for imaging directors

Cardiac MRI (CMR) is no longer limited to large academic medical centers. But staffing shortages and operational complexity make launching or scaling a program seem too difficult.

Drawing from our experience helping organizations across the country launch and grow successful CMR programs, this playbook gives you an actionable roadmap you can put to work immediately.

Inside, you’ll learn how to:

• Set the four foundations every program needs: personnel, equipment, patient demand, and governance
• Choose the right first protocol and build MRI schedules that hold their timings
• Track the KPIs that protect scan quality and referral trust from day one
• Build a referral base across internal teams, external networks, and neighboring facilities
• Use AI-assisted image acquisition to grow throughput without adding staff or scanners, so technologists at all experience levels can run consistent scans