COVER Story

GPO Cartels
​Risking Innovation, Inflating Cost, Killing Patients
"...GPOs are buying exclusivity at the risk of innovation, at the risk of cost, at the risk of lives of patients,”
Makan Delrahim, Former Assistant Attorney General, United States.
"Big GPO shareholder facilities stick with their GPOs because they and/or their executives get share backs aka patronage fees,"
Phillip Zweig, Journalist & Author, 2021 Healthcare Person of the Year 
Group Purchasing Oligopoly
​The Fleecing of US Healthcare
We have a symbiosis of sleazy Group Purchasing Organizations sharks masquerading a step-above the law, touting “value” and “savings”, while all the while contributing to the fleecing of America through an organized pay-to-play racket.
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Hospital Horror Stories
From RateAHospital.com
Patient reviews of twenty five different acute care, accredited hospitals, some with heavily-touted high letter grades, and all delivering shabby care, horrible treatments, and poor services to vulnerable healthcare consumers.
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Drug Purchasing Cartels
​GPOs Fighting The Import of Cheaper Canadian Drugs​
Ethics of Drug Sales
​Drug Industry Payments​
Patient Harm by EMR
​Where EHR Went Wrong ​
Doctor Burnout by EMR
​Where EHR Went Wrong ​​
Keeping Spirits Up
​Virtuous Humor ​​
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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
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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Gaffe Machine
Biden's Mental Decline
Trumping Political Ideology
Middle East Quality Initiatives
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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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The Worst Hospitals
Which One Is Yours?
Each year, an estimated quarter of a million patients (up to 440,000) die from medical errors.
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100 SafeCare Hospitals
Recognizing Healthcare Excellence
​​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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