page_title: Yisrael Mordecai Safeek
section_title: National presentations
hierarchical_section_title: Yisrael Mordecai Safeek / National presentations
caption_attribution_description: English: Dr. Safeek giving the featured address in Buena Vista, FL
context_page_description: Yisrael Safeek is an American physician, author, and healthcare software company executive. For the past 29 years, Safeek occupied a wide spectrum of roles within the US healthcare system - doctor, medical director, hospital co-owner, Joint Commission surveyor, Malcolm Baldrige Board of Examiners, health system Chief Medical Officer, book author, speaker, and software developer. Safeek made the short list for United States Undersecretary of Health. In 2010, he founded The SafeCare Group, a healthcare software firm with headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky with the motto of "Innovating Disrupting Transforming" healthcare. Before founding The SafeCare Group, Safeek served in the dual roles as system Chief Quality Officer of Covenant Health System and at the time the largest health system between Dallas and Los Angeles, and first Chief Medical Officer of the second largest clinical integration program in the US, Health Partners. As Covenant, Safeek accelerated the implementation of advanced clinical technologies, facilitated the adoption of evidence-based medicine, and reduced the overuse and misuse of clinical resources.
context_section_description: Since 2005, Safeek has mentored hospital boards, executive leadership, and medical staffs on quality, patient safety, teamwork initiatives, disruptive behavior, and the OPPE and FPPE. He presented the keynote address for doctors and teamwork.
  Safeek has been a vocal advocate for physician leadership to improve healthcare quality, patient safety, and the patient experience. Safeek advocated for more physician leaderships in government and leading healthcare organizations. Safeek stated, "the role of medical administrators (Chief Medical Officer) is no longer that of a diplomatic liaison between the medical and the administrative staff. They are now responsible for customer satisfaction, financial performance and clinical results."
   In 2013, Safeek presented at the Florida Association of Medical Staff Services on OPPE and FPPE. His topics were, "Linking FPPE/OPPE to Privileges" and "Best Practices for FPPE/OPPE."
  In 2012, he was featured by the American College of Physician Executives Knowledge Worth Sharing Series for his video teleconference of "Credentialing and Privileging: A Prescription for Accountable Care". Safeek highlighted how passage of national health care legislation created a need for better credentialing of physicians to participate in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), citing the "patient safety vacuum".
  In 2012, Safeek was also interviewed regarding the current state of OPPE and FPPE across the nation, highlighting the struggles for healthcare organizations.
   In 2012, Safeek was the keynote speaker at The 15th Annual Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals Symposium focusing on "Accountable Credentialing and Privileging: Adopting Strategies for Better Health, Better Care, and Better Value." In 2012, Safeek was also the featured speaker at the 6th Annual Credentialing Resource Center Symposium focusing on "Preparing for The Joint Commission's OPPE and FPPE Systems Tracer".
  Between 2010 and 2011, he served on the Advocacy and Patient Safety task forces of the American College of Physician Executives. At the AMP Symposium in 2011 in Chicago, he presented the importance of physician leadership in attaining the Triple Aims of Accountable Care.
  
  Safeek participated in the featured webcast: Assessing the competence of low- and no-volume practitioners In 2011, Safeek was the featured speaker at Cincinnati-based Catholic Health Partners Physician Leadership Academy, discussing strategic solutions to the OPPE and FPPE.
  In 2009, Safeek represented Covenant Health System in a Texas statewide executive panel with diverse politicians and executives on healthcare reform.
  Safeek was recognized as 2007 Outstanding Physician Leader of the Year. Safeek left Covenant Health System to found The SafeCare Group to enhance quality, patient safety, and efficiency to national healthcare.
caption: Safeek addressing the 15th AHAP at Lake Buena Vista in 2012
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