COVER Story

25 Most Shocking Patient Reviews January 2023 
www.RateAHospital.com
25 shocking hospital reviews posted this January at our patient ratings site rateahospital.com. Many of the hospitals highly advertise paid decorative recognitions from several national tabloid outlets.
5 Horrific Patient Reviews From 2022 
www.RateAHospital.com
There were hundreds of patient reviews for 2022. The most common terms patients used to describe their care on the Service are “horrible” and “if I could rate them zero stars”.  
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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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Group Purchasing Oligopoly
​The Fleecing of US Healthcare
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 ​
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“We believe the mediocre performance of US hospitals is intricately tied to: outdated hospital accreditation methods; unpoliced GPO anticompetitive business practices; lack of hospital systems executive accountability; ineffective CMS pay-for-performance programs; overabundance of defensive medicine.”
​ Yisrael M. Safeek, MD, MBA
Chairman & CEO, The SafeCare Group
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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Hospitals
Do They Care About You?
How Good Is Your Hospital?
Quality
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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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Hospital Horror Stories
From RateAHospital.com
Patient reviews of 25 accredited hospitals, some with heavily-touted letter grades. 
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GPO Cartels
​Risking Innovation, Cost, Patients' Lives
American Exceptionalism
Shorter Lives, Poorer Outcomes, Highest Costs
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2022 Hospital of the Year 
5-star overall performance
Since 2013, www.100SafeCareHospitals.com site allows health consumers to find and compare quality of care at over 4,500 accredited hospitals, including over 130 Veterans Administration (VA) medical centers and over 50 military hospitals, across the country.   
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The Worst Hospitals
Which One Is Yours? ​
Ratings On 348 Hospital Systems
How Did We Rate Yours? 
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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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​Telemedicine
National Cancer Center of Tokyo ​
Smart Card
Healthcare IT Innovation for Patient Safety​​​
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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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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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Innovating Healthcare Excellence 
First Decade of The SafeCare Group
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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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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Portes Tournantes Hospitaliers
The Readmissions Cycle
End of Fee for Service
Really?
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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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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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Physician Burnout
A Synopsis
​The Audacity Of Dope
Untold Story of the Opioid Epidemic​​​​​
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