COVER Story

Mediocre Hospital Outcomes Report 
Analyzing The Puzzle of Poor U.S. Hospital Care With Recommendations
  Compared to other developed nations U.S. healthcare ranked dead last. While coming in last place is horrible in itself (for a country that boasts about having the best healthcare system in the world), it is the sheer number of lives that are affected that really matters.
Group Purchasing Oligopoly
​The Fleecing of US Healthcare
GPOs are contributing to the fleecing of America through an organized pay-to-play racket. 
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American Exceptionalism
Shorter Lives, Poorer Outcomes, Highest Costs
The U.S. scores poorly on many key health measures, including life expectancy.
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GPO Cartels
​Risking Innovation, Cost, Patients' Lives
Drug Purchasing Cartels
​GPOs Fighting The Import of Cheaper Drugs​
Ethics of Drug Sales
​Drug Industry Payments​
​Patient Harm by EMR
Where EHR Went Wrong ​
Doctor Burnout by EMR​Where EHR Went Wrong ​​
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"GPOs are known as the 'medical mafia'.
Under the safe harbor, GPOs became nothing more than a gatekeeper.
​GPOs literally sell market share to the highest bidder in the form of sole-source contracts."
Phillip Zweig, Journalist & Author
Hospital Horror Stories
From RateAHospital.com
Patient reviews of 25 accredited hospitals, some with heavily-touted letter grades. 
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Ratings On 348 Hospital Systems
How Did We Rate Yours? 
GPO Cartels
​Risking Innovation, Cost, Patients' Lives
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Orchestrating Intelligent Healthcare
Second Decade of The SafeCare Group
The SafeCare Group's focus over the coming decade is Intelligent Healthcare – kick-starting America's healthcare revolution with artificial intelligence (AI) software to improve healthcare outcomes. 
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Trumping Political Ideology
Middle East Quality Initiatives
Veteran Leadership
It's Time to Improve the Patient Experience
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Afghanistan
Conflict & COVID
With major protracted wars, bombing of healthcare facilities, killing health personnel and a pandemic is the last thing that a country desire.
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Philippines
Better Days to Heal
Italy
Indignities to the Dead
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Trumping Political Ideology
Middle East Quality Initiatives
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Yemen Cooperating through New Technology, Devices, and Evidence-based Medicine. 
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Swiss Watch
Switzerland's Precision Healthcare
Fjording Ahead
Norwegian Integrated Healthcare
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Rateahospital.com
The Voice of the Patient
We have put together several patients’ reviews of hospitals over the past months that highlight poor services from healthcare providers.
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How Good Is Your Hospital?
Quality
Rate A Hospital
Patients Lives Matter
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​​Exemplary Hospital Leadership
Singapore General Hospital 
​​The CEO led the hospitals staffs in a pledge of commitment to the Hand Hygiene Program.
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Inspiring Excellence Everyday
NRMC
Paving the Road to World Class
Unity Health
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Hospitals
Do They Care About You?
Caring hospitals do not have to convince you by using the word “caring” in their slogans.
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The Worst Hospitals
Which One Is Yours? ​
​​Blue Island's Healthcare Blues
A Mayor's Fight To Save Healthcare For His City.
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Intensivists At Night
Putting Resources In The Right Place
Management by intensivists has become a quality indicator for many ICUs and many institutions have hired full-time intensivists for both day and night coverage in the ICU.
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End of Fee for Service
Really?
Portes Tournantes Hospitaliers
The Readmissions Cycle
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The Epidemic of Physician Burnout
Devouring the Soul of Medicine 
​Physicians feel trapped by tedious bureaucratic tasks and constant bombardment of new regulations. 
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​The Audacity Of Dope
Untold Story of the Opioid Epidemic​​​​​
Physician Burnout
A Synopsis
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Intelligent Healthcare
Exploiting Synergies Between AI and Human Intelligence
The SafeCare Group has spearheaded and revolutionized the field of AI within healthcare to realize game-changing clinical, operational, and financial opportunities for hospitals. 
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Smart Card
Healthcare IT Innovation for Patient Safety​​​
​Telemedicine
National Cancer Center of Tokyo ​
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Insulin Sticker Shock
Americans Deserve Better Drug Pricing
Diabetics in the US are doing everything they can to get the drug which allows them to continue to live – insulin.  Around since the 1920’s, the cost has risen over the past decade three-fold. 
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​Blank Pills
Counterfeit Medicine Trafficking 
Counterfeit Medicines & Devices
Global Impact​​
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