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3rd Quarter Edition 2019
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Overcrowded ERs, waiting lists to see doctors, and now hospital closures are becoming a pandemic crisis in our nation. The ability to receive immediate medical care should not become a privilege in a thriving and abundant country- but a fundamental right. Unfortunately, this is becoming a new reality for many hardworking Americans. For these hardworking Americans, a hospital closure is just the beginning of the collapse of a community. For example, in heartland communities like Blue Island, IL a hospital closure is leaving locals in dire straits.
In our cover story, we are talking to the Mayor of Blue Island, Mr. Domingo Fabian Vargas, JD to discuss how a hospital closure is affecting his community and beyond. Mayor Vargas explains that the hospital closure in his community “would be a domino effect because a lot of the businesses in Blue Island depend on it - from restaurants to the dry cleaners, car washes, gas stations, etc. So, it would be one thing after another. The Safecare Group brings you this story in an exclusive Interview with Mayor Domingo Fabian Vargas, JD, Blue Island, Illinois By Yisrael M. Safeek, MD, MBA, CPE, FACPE. It is the story of one community’s fight to keep its ability to access local health care and a Mayor’s determination to fight the closure of his community’s main hospital.
In our cover story, we are talking to the Mayor of Blue Island, Mr. Domingo Fabian Vargas, JD to discuss how a hospital closure is affecting his community and beyond. Mayor Vargas explains that the hospital closure in his community “would be a domino effect because a lot of the businesses in Blue Island depend on it - from restaurants to the dry cleaners, car washes, gas stations, etc. So, it would be one thing after another. The Safecare Group brings you this story in an exclusive Interview with Mayor Domingo Fabian Vargas, JD, Blue Island, Illinois By Yisrael M. Safeek, MD, MBA, CPE, FACPE. It is the story of one community’s fight to keep its ability to access local health care and a Mayor’s determination to fight the closure of his community’s main hospital.
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2nd Quarter Edition 2019
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The intersection of technology and faith has been a widely controversial topic as our societal norms continue to shift, influencing how we raise our families, and interact with our peers, playing a major role in how we vote and shape the world. However, how has the intersection of technology and faith affected patient care? Specifically, should religious hospitals receiving Medicare dollars be compelled to perform abortions? To explore these issues, we have a riveting interview with Reverend Mark B. Safeek.
Rev. Safeek is a retired clergyman and The SafeCare Group board member who has devoted his life to teaching the Gospel and showing how we can still live a faith-based life in a technology driven world. In this interview, Rev. Safeek discusses that “given the immense power for good and the incredible attractiveness of today's dazzling and elegant technologies, technology is attractive because of the God-given allure of the new thing. Slowly, we are developing machines and other things that make up a human’s likeness over time. I guess this is where we are heading after all: The quest to knowing and understanding God. When we take the time to really think about technology from a biblical point of view, we learn that technology is a God-given gift.”
Rev. Safeek is a retired clergyman and The SafeCare Group board member who has devoted his life to teaching the Gospel and showing how we can still live a faith-based life in a technology driven world. In this interview, Rev. Safeek discusses that “given the immense power for good and the incredible attractiveness of today's dazzling and elegant technologies, technology is attractive because of the God-given allure of the new thing. Slowly, we are developing machines and other things that make up a human’s likeness over time. I guess this is where we are heading after all: The quest to knowing and understanding God. When we take the time to really think about technology from a biblical point of view, we learn that technology is a God-given gift.”
1st Quarter Edition 2019
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During the summer of 1956, the field of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) was founded at a workshop at Dartmouth University. Simply put, AI is the practice of leveraging algorithms to parse data, learn from it, and then enable proactive, predictive interventions. In its infancy, the lack of appropriate computer hardware hindered the growth of AI technology. However, as we entered the early decades of the 21st century, access to large amounts of data (known as "big data"), faster computers and advanced machine learning techniques were successfully applied to many problems throughout the economy thus expanding the application of AI.
This has not been the case in healthcare. Unfortunately, most hospitals don't have technology plans that align well with their strategic goals; and the ability to integrate AI technology into hospital and health-care systems has now become the difference between life and death. In this issue, we are taking an in-depth exploration into how The SafeCare Group® has spearheaded and revolutionized the field of AI within healthcare to realize game-changing clinical, operational, and financial opportunities for hospitals.
This has not been the case in healthcare. Unfortunately, most hospitals don't have technology plans that align well with their strategic goals; and the ability to integrate AI technology into hospital and health-care systems has now become the difference between life and death. In this issue, we are taking an in-depth exploration into how The SafeCare Group® has spearheaded and revolutionized the field of AI within healthcare to realize game-changing clinical, operational, and financial opportunities for hospitals.
4th Quarter Edition 2018
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In Saving American Healthcare – A President Putting American Patients First, SafeCare magazine examines how President Trump took tangible and quantifiable steps towards
addressing the challenges of access, cost, and quality of healthcare.
We would like to recognize these other nine individuals for their 2018 contributions to healthcare: JeffBezos – Amazon (new health care venture addressing healthcare cost); Tianqiao Chen & Chrissy Lou - Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute (Brain-machine interface); Marc Benioff – Salesforce (IT to address healthcare cost and quality); omislavMihaljevic, MD – Cleveland Clinic (Putting Patients First priority); Jaime Dimon – JPMorgan Chase (new health care venture addressing healthcare cost); Ken Langone - Invemed (NYU grant to address physician shortage); Mark & Pricilla Chan Zuckerberg, MD – Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (IDseq- Infectious Disease sequencing hypothesis); Masayoshi Son – SoftBank (AI doctor to increase doctors' consultation efficiency); Sobhi Batterjee – Saudi German Hospitals Group (Addressing healthcare access in Middle East/North Africa).
addressing the challenges of access, cost, and quality of healthcare.
We would like to recognize these other nine individuals for their 2018 contributions to healthcare: JeffBezos – Amazon (new health care venture addressing healthcare cost); Tianqiao Chen & Chrissy Lou - Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute (Brain-machine interface); Marc Benioff – Salesforce (IT to address healthcare cost and quality); omislavMihaljevic, MD – Cleveland Clinic (Putting Patients First priority); Jaime Dimon – JPMorgan Chase (new health care venture addressing healthcare cost); Ken Langone - Invemed (NYU grant to address physician shortage); Mark & Pricilla Chan Zuckerberg, MD – Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (IDseq- Infectious Disease sequencing hypothesis); Masayoshi Son – SoftBank (AI doctor to increase doctors' consultation efficiency); Sobhi Batterjee – Saudi German Hospitals Group (Addressing healthcare access in Middle East/North Africa).
3rd Quarter Edition 2018
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“The greatest asset of a nation is the health of its people.” Dr. William J. Mayo. Brothers, Dr. Will and Dr. Charlie, along with their father- Dr. William Worrall Mayo were known as pioneer physicians who believed in patient first. They built their founding healthcare principles in rural America and cared for all patients. In this issue, we examine how rural healthcare has suffered under Obamacare and how its crushing regulations have ignored and harmed the greatest asset of our nation-its people.
In Rural Healthcare- Oh, Where’s It Gone? Dr. Yisrael Safeek examines how there have been more rural hospital closures under Obamacare than in recent history. Furthermore, we interview Peter Sirois, President & CEO of Northern Maine Medical Center and Chairman of Maine Hospital Association in Preserving Rural Healthcare.
In Rural Healthcare- Oh, Where’s It Gone? Dr. Yisrael Safeek examines how there have been more rural hospital closures under Obamacare than in recent history. Furthermore, we interview Peter Sirois, President & CEO of Northern Maine Medical Center and Chairman of Maine Hospital Association in Preserving Rural Healthcare.
2nd Quarter Edition 2018
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SafeCare is celebrating its 3rd Anniversary! It is our privilege to share President Donald J. Trump’s letter to SafeCare Group CEO Yisrael Safeek. It is also our privilege to continue to bring you insightful and informative articles that impact quality, safety, and value around the world. In this issue, we are pleased to introduce Mr. Ray Montgomery, CEO of Unity Health.
Mr. Montgomery discusses how Unity Health has become a haven for health care for multiple cities, counties, and communities in the American South. His organization accomplished the elite 100 SafeCare Hospitals making the inaugural 2013- 100 SafeCare Hospitals listing, and two consecutive years including our 5th anniversary 2018 listing. In a quest to discover Unity Health’s sauce for success, The SafeCare Group leadership interacted with several members of Unity Health’s leadership team in order to bring you Paving The Way To World Class By Yisrael M. Safeek, MD, MBA, CPE, FACPE.
Mr. Montgomery discusses how Unity Health has become a haven for health care for multiple cities, counties, and communities in the American South. His organization accomplished the elite 100 SafeCare Hospitals making the inaugural 2013- 100 SafeCare Hospitals listing, and two consecutive years including our 5th anniversary 2018 listing. In a quest to discover Unity Health’s sauce for success, The SafeCare Group leadership interacted with several members of Unity Health’s leadership team in order to bring you Paving The Way To World Class By Yisrael M. Safeek, MD, MBA, CPE, FACPE.
1st Quarter Edition 2018
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SafeCare is proud to honour our 100 SafeCare Hospitals. For the fifth year in a row, The SafeCare Group® has published the 100 SafeCare Hospitals® listings. The 100 SafeCare Hospitals is truly disruptive to the healthcare status quo, supporting improvements in healthcare quality through disruptive, yet holistic metrics of HRRP, HVBP, and HACRP. Only about two percent of all US hospitals earn 100 SafeCare Hospitals® distinction. In other words, 100 SafeCare Hospitals are 100 hospitals with low infections, low complications, low readmissions, high patient satisfaction, and high value!
In this issue, we are interviewing Kirk Solieau, MHA, FACHE- the President and CEO of Natchitoches Regional Medical Center- which is one of the 2018 100 SafeCare Hospitals. Since 2013, Mr. Solieau has served as CEO of Natchitoches Regional Medical Center, a 227-bed health system serving the Louisiana North Western Parishes of Natchitoches, Sabine, Winn and Red River Parishes.
In this issue, we are interviewing Kirk Solieau, MHA, FACHE- the President and CEO of Natchitoches Regional Medical Center- which is one of the 2018 100 SafeCare Hospitals. Since 2013, Mr. Solieau has served as CEO of Natchitoches Regional Medical Center, a 227-bed health system serving the Louisiana North Western Parishes of Natchitoches, Sabine, Winn and Red River Parishes.
4th Quarter Edition 2017
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It is our humble privilege at SafeCare Magazine to honor the 45th President of the United States with our 2017 Safe Care Person of the Year, President Donald J. Trump. “The time has come to take action to improve access, increase choices, and lower costs for healthcare,” stated President Donald J. Trump. This was not only one of President Trump’s platform promises but it has now become a mission of his administration. In this issue, we are highlighting President Trump’s executive order on health care to allow the sale of health insurance across state lines, expand insurance options, and end taxpayer subsidies (corporate welfare) to billion dollar insurance companies.
With this recognition, we also want to highlight how President Trump has authorized his cabinet to look into ways of giving Americans a truly competitive national marketplace and getting businesses to set up "tax-free health reimbursement arrangements" for workers. President Trump’s other healthcare accomplishments include new initiatives for veterans like the use of video technology and diagnostic tools to remotely conduct medical examinations, and allowing veterans to use mobile devices and computers to schedule, reschedule or cancel appointments at VA facilities. In addition, we commend the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis which finally allows the full resources of the government to tackle a medical epidemic.
With this recognition, we also want to highlight how President Trump has authorized his cabinet to look into ways of giving Americans a truly competitive national marketplace and getting businesses to set up "tax-free health reimbursement arrangements" for workers. President Trump’s other healthcare accomplishments include new initiatives for veterans like the use of video technology and diagnostic tools to remotely conduct medical examinations, and allowing veterans to use mobile devices and computers to schedule, reschedule or cancel appointments at VA facilities. In addition, we commend the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis which finally allows the full resources of the government to tackle a medical epidemic.
3rd Quarter Edition 2017
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As we explore the various facets ofmedicine, there are surgeries that defy what men ever thought they could accomplish. One of these surgeries include Coronary Artery Bypass and Grafting (“CABG”). Surprisingly, each year nearly one million CABG surgeries are performed worldwide. Initially, this heart-stopping and electrifying procedure of intricately grafting to coronary arteries involved only saws, forceps, sutures, and human hands. It has now progressed to include novel technologies, including robots.
In this issue, we are bringing you an exclusive interview with Dr. Peter McKeown, MD, MBA, MPA, MPH, a Harvard educated physician leader, internationally renowned heart surgeon, and SafeCare Group advisor to delve into the questions that probe the pros and cons of these new technologies across all facets of medicine. For example, questions such as “how big a role should technology play? How do we assess new procedures and technologies?”
In this issue, we are bringing you an exclusive interview with Dr. Peter McKeown, MD, MBA, MPA, MPH, a Harvard educated physician leader, internationally renowned heart surgeon, and SafeCare Group advisor to delve into the questions that probe the pros and cons of these new technologies across all facets of medicine. For example, questions such as “how big a role should technology play? How do we assess new procedures and technologies?”
2nd Quarter Edition 2017
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SafeCare has now officially been in operation for two years. Over the past year, we stayed true to our mission of delivering information on the people, ideas, organizations and novel
technologies affecting safe, efficient, and quality healthcare to the sector’s most influential leaders. We continue to push the limit on how patient safety can be further defined and
improved by serving you articles that expand your thinking and help you improve your organization.
For our 2nd Anniversary Edition, we explore the great mind of former Astronaut James P. Bagian, MD, PE and look outside our own universe for answers in “Applying NASA to Healthcare.” In this interview, you will discover many similarities between healthcare and aeronautics, and how the healthcare industry is applying proven safety pillars from aerospace engineering to save lives. Additionally, Dr. Yisrael Safeek, MD, MBA, CPE, FACPE, presents the Safe Care Magazine 2nd Anniversary edition special “Is Safe Healthcare Rocket Science?” for reading that’s “out of this world!”
technologies affecting safe, efficient, and quality healthcare to the sector’s most influential leaders. We continue to push the limit on how patient safety can be further defined and
improved by serving you articles that expand your thinking and help you improve your organization.
For our 2nd Anniversary Edition, we explore the great mind of former Astronaut James P. Bagian, MD, PE and look outside our own universe for answers in “Applying NASA to Healthcare.” In this interview, you will discover many similarities between healthcare and aeronautics, and how the healthcare industry is applying proven safety pillars from aerospace engineering to save lives. Additionally, Dr. Yisrael Safeek, MD, MBA, CPE, FACPE, presents the Safe Care Magazine 2nd Anniversary edition special “Is Safe Healthcare Rocket Science?” for reading that’s “out of this world!”
1st Quarter Edition 2017
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In this issue, we are bringing you an exciting exclusive interview with His Excellency Dr. Tawfik Khoja, called “Safe Care Trumping Political Ideology.” It is an in depth coverage of the Gulf States Cooperating through New Technology, Devices, and Evidence-based Medicine. Dr. Khoja is the Director General, of the Executive Board Health Ministers’ Council for Gulf Cooperation Council States (GCC).
He has led the Middle East Patient Safety and Quality Initiative with the aim of improving and benchmarking healthcare quality, infection control, and patient safety in the region. Moreover, we present to you our 100 SafeCare Hospitals Rankings for 2017 with 2017 100 SAFECARE HOSPITALS - Top 2% of US Hospitals by Rachel H Safeek, MPH, Yisrael M Safeek, MD, MBA, CPE, FACPE. Dr. Safeek and his team explain why only two percent of all US hospitals earn the 100 SafeCare Hospitals distinction from The SafeCare Group in 100 SAFECARE HOSPITALS - A Balanced Scorecard of Quality, Patient Safety, & Efficiency by Rachel H Safeek, MPH, Yisrael M. Safeek, MD, MBA, CPE, FACPE.
He has led the Middle East Patient Safety and Quality Initiative with the aim of improving and benchmarking healthcare quality, infection control, and patient safety in the region. Moreover, we present to you our 100 SafeCare Hospitals Rankings for 2017 with 2017 100 SAFECARE HOSPITALS - Top 2% of US Hospitals by Rachel H Safeek, MPH, Yisrael M Safeek, MD, MBA, CPE, FACPE. Dr. Safeek and his team explain why only two percent of all US hospitals earn the 100 SafeCare Hospitals distinction from The SafeCare Group in 100 SAFECARE HOSPITALS - A Balanced Scorecard of Quality, Patient Safety, & Efficiency by Rachel H Safeek, MPH, Yisrael M. Safeek, MD, MBA, CPE, FACPE.
4th Quarter Edition 2016
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SafeCare is proud to honour our 2016 Safe Care Person of the Year, Dr. Otto Cars. Dr. Cars truly embodies the aspirations of the SafeCare Person of the Year through the work of his independent international network ReAct (Action on Antibiotic Resistance). ReAct aims for profound change in awareness and action to manage the interacting social, political, ecological, and technical forces that drive the rising rate of antibiotic-resistant infection and the rapid spread of resistance within and between communities and countries. Congratulations Dr. Cars!
In this issue, we are bringing you an exclusive interview with Dr. Cars, who was part of the planning committee and initiated a collaboration with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) to carry out the first scientific study to visualize the gap in the availability of new antibiotics in relation to the burden of infections. Dr. Cars is pushing for a global system for surveillance of antibiotic resistance that would allow us to measure the global disease burden caused by resistant superbugs.
In this issue, we are bringing you an exclusive interview with Dr. Cars, who was part of the planning committee and initiated a collaboration with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) to carry out the first scientific study to visualize the gap in the availability of new antibiotics in relation to the burden of infections. Dr. Cars is pushing for a global system for surveillance of antibiotic resistance that would allow us to measure the global disease burden caused by resistant superbugs.
1st Quarter Edition 2016
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SafeCare has now officially been in operation for a year—and what a year it’s been! Readership has steadily grown worldwide since launching the magazine in 2015. Our mission strives to deliver information on the people, ideas, organizations and novel technologies affecting safe, efficient, and quality healthcare to the sector’s most influential leaders. As we celebrate this special edition, we are providing detailed coverage of The SafeCare Group’s mission to innovate software, analyze data, and publish outcomes.
In this issue, we are bringing you an exclusive interview with Dr. Yisrael M. Safeek, MD, MBA, CPE, FACPE, called “Softwaring SafeCare.” Dr. Safeek is driving the industry in providing SaaS-based applications to help hospitals excel at CMS inpatient and outpatient reimbursement programs, and with the Joint Commission.
In this issue, we are bringing you an exclusive interview with Dr. Yisrael M. Safeek, MD, MBA, CPE, FACPE, called “Softwaring SafeCare.” Dr. Safeek is driving the industry in providing SaaS-based applications to help hospitals excel at CMS inpatient and outpatient reimbursement programs, and with the Joint Commission.
