"Joint Commission visits can be nerve racking.
CMS financial penalties can lead to layoffs.
Trust me. I've been there too!"
Yisrael M. Safeek, MD, MBA
CEO, The SafeCare Group
CMS financial penalties can lead to layoffs.
Trust me. I've been there too!"
Yisrael M. Safeek, MD, MBA
CEO, The SafeCare Group
OUR LEADERS
Yisrael Safeek, MD, MBA, CPE, FACPE
CEO, The SafeCare Group Dr. Safeek spent the last 25 + years offering strategic leadership within the US healthcare system - doctor, medical director, previous hospital owner, 10 years Joint Commission surveyor, 5 years Malcolm Baldrige Board of Examiners, 18-hospital Chief Medical Officer, book author, speaker, and software developer. Dr. Safeek made the short list for United States Undersecretary of Health. Prior to founding The SafeCare Group, Dr. Safeek served in the dual roles of Chief Medical Officer and Chief Quality Officer for an 18-hospital health system in two states with a $2.5 billion annual budget. He was employed by The Joint Commission for close to 10 years, and worked on the Medical Staff Systems Tracer, OPPE and FPPE, and received commendation for the Joint Commission's Patient Flow Tracer. Dr. Safeek was one of the first Kentucky physicians to be appointed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and served for half a decade on the Malcolm Baldrige Program Board of Examiners. He is the author of the peer-reviewed CAUTI Bundle (published 2010) that is widely utilized, and 12-point “I AM FOR SAFETY” Surgical Checklist (published 2010). He is also the author of the book, Credentialing and Privileging for Accountable Care, published by the American College of Physician Executives. |
Rachel H. Safeek, MPH
Interim COO, SafeCare Analytics Rachel received her MPH from Emory University Rollins School of Public Health. She is also a graduate of Duke University, graduating with Honors Distinction with a BA in Global Health Policy. Rachel previously served as a Clinical Research Coordinator for HIV and Hepatitis C studies at Duke University Medical Center, and Clinical Research Coordinator at Grady Infectious Disease Ponce Clinic for the Center for AIDS research. Rachel's work has been featured in the Huffington Post and in National journals and magazines, including the Philippine Journal of Nursing, SafeCare Magazine, and research presentations at the International AIDS Society Conference (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia-2013), the Universities for Global Health Consortium (Boston, MA- 2015), and the National Pepper Conference for Research on Aging (Washington, DC, USA-2015) . |
our STRATEGY
BEST-IN-CLASS
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great quality
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value-added
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