EDITORIAL BRIEF
Read Now SOFTWARING SAFECARE – A Relentless Commitment to Safer Outcomes
Sarju Bharucha, JD
​Healthcare outcomes have deteriorated over the last decade despite more regulations, more business alliances, and more technology. Billions of dollars are invested in healthcare software each year, yet there is paltry improvement in patient safety. In this issue, we are bringing you an exclusive interview with Yisrael M. Safeek, MD, MBA, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of The SafeCare Group, who is driving the industry in providing SaaS-based applications to help hospitals excel at Joint Commission OPPE and CMS HVBP, HRRP, HACRP reimbursement programs.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Read Now AN EMR PATIENT SAFETY VULNERABILITY – One Patient's Name 22 Different Ways
Y. Mordechai Safeek
Yisrael M. Safeek, MD, MBA, CPE, FACPE
​Of all the errors that cause damage to the health of patients in the Emergency Room, 4% are the result of misidentification. The figure rises to 13% in surgeries and a startling 67% in transfusions.

PATIENT SAFETY
Read Now IT FOR PATIENT SAFETY - Supporting Care Decisions at the Point of Care
Christopher Huckvale, MD, MSc
Josip Car MD, PhD, DIC, MSc​
Masanori Akiyama, MD, PhD 
Safurah Jaafar, MD, MPH, MBA 
Tawfik Khoja, MD, FRCGP
Ammar Bin Khalid, MCS
Aziz Sheikh, MD, MSC, FRCGP
Azeem Majeed, MD FRCP FRCGP FFPH
Information technology may reinforce existing barriers and introduce new barriers to error by preventing specific unsafe actions.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
BIG DATA AND VISUAL ANALYTICS - From Pipe Dream to Reality
Noreen Kamal PEng, PhD, MASc
Samuel Wiebe MSc, MD, FRCPC
Jordan DT Engbers, PhD
Michael D Hill, MD MSc FRCPC
Visual Analytics is more than just visualization of the data; it is an approach that combines visualization, human factors and data analysis.

100 SAFECARE HOSPITALS
BENCHMARKING HOSPITAL PERFORMANCE - Using Health Analytics 
Viju Raghupathi, PhD
Wullianallur Raghupathi, MCom, MBA, PhD, LLM
Of industrialized nations worldwide, the U.S spends the most on healthcare and the most on healthcare per capita, even though the quality of healthcare by specific measurements remains relatively low.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Read Now EMPATHY AND TECHNOLOGY - Can they Connect?
Carolyn L Lindgren, PhD, RN 
If the health care practitioner looks at all the computer screens that show the physiological state of the patient it is assumed by some that they have communicated with the patient and know that patient. But of course, those screens do not tell the whole story of the individual.

MEDICAL DEVICES
DIAGNOSTIC OB ULTRASOUND – How Safe?
Kazuo Maeda, MD, PhD 
Diagnostic ultrasound users should know ultrasound physics, device function mechanisms, thermal and mechanical indices, the statements of ultrasound organizations, and so on. In the end, the ultrasound user is responsible for the safety of diagnostic ultrasound.

SafeCare Cover Story
Read Now Softwaring SafeCare - A Relentless Commitment to Improving Healthcare Outcomes
Full, in-depth interview by Sarju Bharucha, JD, Editor-In-Chief, with The SafeCare Group's CEO and Chairman Yisrael M. Safeek, MD, MBA who is driving the industry in providing SaaS-based applications to help hospitals excel at CMS Reimbursement Programs, and Joint Commission OPPE. 

PATIENT SAFETY
Read Now HOSPITAL PATIENT SAFETY - It Rests On Communication
Linda Christmann, MD, MBA
To be sure, the electronic medical record has done a good job of making us typists instead of communicators. Communication has never been more important. Breakdowns in communication can be deadly, or may leave the patient with “physical, emotional, or financial” consequences.

REGULATORY
ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS - Policy Challenges of Meaningful Use
David Randall, PhD
The U.S. Recovery Act of 2009 and the accompanying HITECH Act of 2009 provided an enormous financial boost toward adoption of electronic health records with over $34 Billion appropriated to fund provider information technology hardware and software solutions.

MEDICAL DEVICES
MEDICAL ROBOTICS – From Golem to Superhero   
Giora Weisz, MD
In order to have a complete independent machine that does not need constant manipulation by a physician and can make some decisions, there is need to integrate high level of artificial intelligence.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
BIG DATA IN HEALTHCARE - For Whom the Bell Tolls?
Sven Van Poucke, MD
Michiel Thomeer, MD
Admir Hadzic MD, PhD
The health care sector generates bountiful data around the clock, which can paradoxically complicate our quest for information, knowledge, and ‘wisdom’. 

MEDICAL DEVICES
IMPROVING RADIOLOGY QUALITY – Tracking Patient Specific Radiation Dose
Teresa Wu, MS, PhD 
The number of children taking the CT scans could reach four million annually, with 50% of the examinations being potentially unnecessary.

QUALITY
MEASURING QUALITY OF CARE - What is Good Quality Healthcare Pt 4
Magne Nylenna, MD,
Oyvind Bjertnaes, PhD,
Ingrid Sperre Saunes,
Anne Karin Lindahl, MD, MHA
As a basis for hospital choice or as a tool for trust building, indicators may also be used to communicate with the customers/patient.