Yisrael Mordecai Safeek
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Yisrael Mordecai Safeek MD, MBA, CPE, FACPE is an American Anesthesiologist
and Physician Executive. He is the President and CEO of Integrity Physician Solutions, an organization helping to lead the transformation of health care toward Accountable Care throughout the US. He is the first and currently the only Kentucky
physician appointed to the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
program. since his 2007 appointment. Since 2005, he has been associated with The Joint Commission as a health system
surveyor. More recently, he is involved with the National Quality Forum. He is a Fellow
and Vanguard Advisory Member of the American College of Physician Executives
and is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives
.
innovations that are currently being utilized across the nation.
DON'T SPLAT Fall Prevention Checklist
SAFE SKIN Pressure Ulcers Checklist
SAFE SURGERY Checklist
UTI Bundle
BLUE (Better Lean & Utilization Exchange) Huddles
RED (Readiness Early Disposition) Discharge Plan
, Covenant Health Partners and Chief Quality Officer of the 18-hospital Covenant Health System *http://www.covenanthealth.org/aboutus/history, the largest health system between Dallas and Los Angeles.
As Chief Medical Officer of the second largest Clinical Integration program in the nation, he accelerated the implementation of advanced clinical technologies, facilitated the adoption of evidence-based medicine,and reduced the overuse and misuse of clinical resources. The network aligned independent physicians with the health system's goals and yielded tangible outcomes in patient safety, quality, and efficiency of care.
Before Covenant, Safeek served as Chief Quality Officer at Pikeville Medical Center and Clinics, *http://www.medicalleader.org/, National Hospital of the Year http://www.medicalleader.org/blog/2009/11/pikeville-medical-center-named-national-hospital-of-the-year and state Malcolm Baldrige Award winner.
In the early 1990s, he was a shareholder of Cleveland Community Hospital through the for-profit Community Health Systems
and served on the executive committee of the board.
He later served in dual roles as CEO of medical practices and Medical Director
of hospitals in Tennessee and Kentucky. He was also CEO of a physicians billing company and was actively involved in revenue cycle management.
in the operating room resulting in safer anesthesia care. He currently serves on the Advocacy and Patient Safety task forces of the American College of Physician Executives
.
He has mentored hospital leaders on sentinel event
, root cause analysis
, and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
to decrease medical error
.
In 2009, Safeek participated in "Clashing Paradigms: A New America?” – a Texas state-wide executive panel on healthcare reform,.
In 2010, Safeek worked with a team at The Joint Commission to produce the Systems Tracer "Evaluating Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE) and Focused Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE) Processes". This effort culminated with the OPPE and FPPE Booster Pak.
(NPSF), the American Society for Quality
(ASQ), and Healthcare Financial Management Association
(HFMA).
Physician Executive MBA program *http://www.pemba.utk.edu/, Medical training Vanderbilt University
*http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/.
Safeek received Patient Safety training from The Joint Commission, National Quality Forum, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
, National Patient Safety Foundation
, and the American College of Physician Executives
.
He is a Six Sigma
champion and has received Aim, Measure, Change/PDSA
training from the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
program. He is a consultant on Lean Six Sigma
; Kaizen
/Value Stream Mapping
and Toyota Production System
.
He holds certifications from:
1.The Joint Commission Hospital Accreditation Program – 2005–present.
2.The Joint Commission Outpatient-Based Surgery Program – 2009–present.
1.The Certifying Commission in Medical Management from the American College of Physician Executives
.
2.The American Board of Medical Specialties
in Anesthesiology.
3.The National Board of Medical Examiners
.
".
Failure to Anticipate, Failure to Activate, and Failure to Resuscitate
Failure to Anticipate, Failure to Activate, and Failure to Communicate
School of Business PEMBA Advisory Council, and Lexus
Advisory Boards.
Anesthesiologist
An anesthesiologist or anaesthetist is a physician trained in anesthesia and peri-operative medicine....
and Physician Executive. He is the President and CEO of Integrity Physician Solutions, an organization helping to lead the transformation of health care toward Accountable Care throughout the US. He is the first and currently the only Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
physician appointed to the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recognizes U.S. organizations in the business, health care, education, and nonprofit sectors for performance excellence. The Baldrige Award is the only formal recognition of the performance excellence of both public and private U.S. organizations given by...
program. since his 2007 appointment. Since 2005, he has been associated with The Joint Commission as a health system
Health system
A health system can be defined as the structured and interrelated set of all actors and institutions contributing to health improvement. The health system boundaries could then be referred to the concept of health action, which is "any set of activities whose primary intent is to improve or...
surveyor. More recently, he is involved with the National Quality Forum. He is a Fellow
Fellow
A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. The term fellow is also used to describe a person, particularly by those in the upper social classes. It is most often used in an academic context: a fellow is often part of an elite group of learned people who are awarded...
and Vanguard Advisory Member of the American College of Physician Executives
American College of Physician Executives
The American College of Physician Executives is the nation's oldest and largest health care organization for physician executives - doctors who hold leadership and management positions. Its members include CEOs, COOs, CMOs, CQOs and health system officers. Its central offices are located in Tampa,...
and is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives
American College of Healthcare Executives
The American College of Healthcare Executives is an international professional association of healthcare executives Its central offices are located at 1 N. Franklin Street in Chicago, Illinois, USA. ACHE is one of the healthcare industry's top professional associations...
.
Patient Safety innovations
Dr. Safeek is credited with several patient safetyPatient safety
Patient safety is a new healthcare discipline that emphasizes the reporting, analysis, and prevention of medical error that often leads to adverse healthcare events. The frequency and magnitude of avoidable adverse patient events was not well known until the 1990s, when multiple countries reported...
innovations that are currently being utilized across the nation.
DON'T SPLAT Fall Prevention Checklist
SAFE SKIN Pressure Ulcers Checklist
SAFE SURGERY Checklist
UTI Bundle
Efficiency of Care innovations
Safeek also pioneered best practices that has impacted efficiency of care by streamlining care processes.BLUE (Better Lean & Utilization Exchange) Huddles
RED (Readiness Early Disposition) Discharge Plan
Accountable Care leadership
Dr. Safeek served in the dual roles as the Chief Medical Officer of (at the time) the second largest accountable care organizationAccountable care organization
An accountable care organization is a type of payment and delivery reform model that seeks to tie provider reimbursements to quality metrics and reductions in the total cost of care for an assigned population of patients. A group of coordinated health care providers form an ACO, which then...
, Covenant Health Partners and Chief Quality Officer of the 18-hospital Covenant Health System *http://www.covenanthealth.org/aboutus/history, the largest health system between Dallas and Los Angeles.
As Chief Medical Officer of the second largest Clinical Integration program in the nation, he accelerated the implementation of advanced clinical technologies, facilitated the adoption of evidence-based medicine,and reduced the overuse and misuse of clinical resources. The network aligned independent physicians with the health system's goals and yielded tangible outcomes in patient safety, quality, and efficiency of care.
Before Covenant, Safeek served as Chief Quality Officer at Pikeville Medical Center and Clinics, *http://www.medicalleader.org/, National Hospital of the Year http://www.medicalleader.org/blog/2009/11/pikeville-medical-center-named-national-hospital-of-the-year and state Malcolm Baldrige Award winner.
In the early 1990s, he was a shareholder of Cleveland Community Hospital through the for-profit Community Health Systems
Community Health Systems
Community Health Systems Inc. is a Fortune 500 company based in Franklin, Tennessee. It is the largest non-urban provider of general hospital healthcare services in the United States in terms of number of acute care facilities. As of May 2009, it operates 120 hospitals in 28 states. After...
and served on the executive committee of the board.
He later served in dual roles as CEO of medical practices and Medical Director
Medical director
As laboratory director,means that you are responsible for the overall operation and administration of the laboratory, including the employment of competentqualified personnel. Even though you have the option to delegate some...
of hospitals in Tennessee and Kentucky. He was also CEO of a physicians billing company and was actively involved in revenue cycle management.
Patient Safety leadership
As a medical director, Safeek implemented Crew Resource ManagementCrew Resource Management
Crew resource management or Cockpit resource management is a procedure and training system in systems where human error can have devastating effects. Used primarily for improving air safety, CRM focuses on interpersonal communication, leadership, and decision making in the cockpit...
in the operating room resulting in safer anesthesia care. He currently serves on the Advocacy and Patient Safety task forces of the American College of Physician Executives
American College of Physician Executives
The American College of Physician Executives is the nation's oldest and largest health care organization for physician executives - doctors who hold leadership and management positions. Its members include CEOs, COOs, CMOs, CQOs and health system officers. Its central offices are located in Tampa,...
.
He has mentored hospital leaders on sentinel event
Sentinel event
A Sentinel Event is defined by The Joint Commission as any unanticipated event in a healthcare setting resulting in death or serious physical or psychological injury to a patient or patients, not related to the natural course of the patient's illness...
, root cause analysis
Root cause analysis
Root cause analysis is a class of problem solving methods aimed at identifying the root causes of problems or events.Root Cause Analysis is any structured approach to identifying the factors that resulted in the nature, the magnitude, the location, and the timing of the harmful outcomes of one...
, and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Failure mode and effects analysis
A failure modes and effects analysis is a procedure in product development and operations management for analysis of potential failure modes within a system for classification by the severity and likelihood of the failures...
to decrease medical error
Medical error
A medical error may be defined as a preventable adverse effect of care, whether or not it is evident or harmful to the patient. This might include an inaccurate or incomplete diagnosis or treatment of a disease, injury, syndrome, behavior, infection, or other ailment.-Definitions:As a general...
.
National presentations
Since 2005, Safeek has mentored and coached medical staffs on quality, patient safety, and teamwork initiatives, disruptive behavior,and the OPPE and FPPE in over 30 states.In 2009, Safeek participated in "Clashing Paradigms: A New America?” – a Texas state-wide executive panel on healthcare reform,.
In 2010, Safeek worked with a team at The Joint Commission to produce the Systems Tracer "Evaluating Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE) and Focused Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE) Processes". This effort culminated with the OPPE and FPPE Booster Pak.
Memberships
He holds memberships in the National Patient Safety FoundationNational Patient Safety Foundation
The National Patient Safety Foundation is an independent not-for-profit 501 organization.-Programs:Stand Up For Patient SafetyThis program provides a way for organizations to participate in the patient safety movement both within their environment and across their communities...
(NPSF), the American Society for Quality
American Society for Quality
American Society for Quality , formerly known as American Society for Quality Control , is a knowledge-based global community of quality control experts, with nearly 85,000 members dedicated to the promotion and advancement of quality tools, principles, and practices in their workplaces and in...
(ASQ), and Healthcare Financial Management Association
Healthcare Financial Management Association
The Healthcare Financial Management Association is a non-profit membership organization for healthcare financial management executives. The organization is based in Westchester, Cook County, Illinois...
(HFMA).
Education
Business training University of TennesseeUniversity of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
Physician Executive MBA program *http://www.pemba.utk.edu/, Medical training Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...
*http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/.
Safeek received Patient Safety training from The Joint Commission, National Quality Forum, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is a part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, which supports research designed to improve the outcomes and quality of health care, reduce its costs, address patient safety and medical errors, and broaden access to effective...
, National Patient Safety Foundation
National Patient Safety Foundation
The National Patient Safety Foundation is an independent not-for-profit 501 organization.-Programs:Stand Up For Patient SafetyThis program provides a way for organizations to participate in the patient safety movement both within their environment and across their communities...
, and the American College of Physician Executives
American College of Physician Executives
The American College of Physician Executives is the nation's oldest and largest health care organization for physician executives - doctors who hold leadership and management positions. Its members include CEOs, COOs, CMOs, CQOs and health system officers. Its central offices are located in Tampa,...
.
He is a Six Sigma
Six Sigma
Six Sigma is a business management strategy originally developed by Motorola, USA in 1986. , it is widely used in many sectors of industry.Six Sigma seeks to improve the quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the causes of defects and minimizing variability in manufacturing and...
champion and has received Aim, Measure, Change/PDSA
PDSA
The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals is a veterinary charity in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1917 by Maria Dickin to provide care for sick and injured animals of the poor...
training from the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recognizes U.S. organizations in the business, health care, education, and nonprofit sectors for performance excellence. The Baldrige Award is the only formal recognition of the performance excellence of both public and private U.S. organizations given by...
program. He is a consultant on Lean Six Sigma
Lean Six Sigma
In recent years, some practitioners have combined Six Sigma ideas with lean manufacturing to yield a methodology named Lean Six Sigma. Lean manufacturing – addressing process flow and waste issues – and Six Sigma, with its focus on variation and design, are viewed as complementary disciplines in...
; Kaizen
Kaizen
, Japanese for "improvement", or "change for the better" refers to philosophy or practices that focus upon continuous improvement of processes in manufacturing, engineering, game development, and business management. It has been applied in healthcare, psychotherapy, life-coaching, government,...
/Value Stream Mapping
Value Stream Mapping
Value stream mapping is a lean manufacturing technique used to analyze and design the flow of materials and information required to bring a product or service to a consumer. At Toyota, where the technique originated, it is known as "material and information flow mapping"...
and Toyota Production System
Toyota Production System
The Toyota Production System is an integrated socio-technical system, developed by Toyota, that comprises its management philosophy and practices. The TPS organizes manufacturing and logistics for the automobile manufacturer, including interaction with suppliers and customers...
.
He holds certifications from:
1.The Joint Commission Hospital Accreditation Program – 2005–present.
2.The Joint Commission Outpatient-Based Surgery Program – 2009–present.
Board Certifications
He is a diplomat of:1.The Certifying Commission in Medical Management from the American College of Physician Executives
American College of Physician Executives
The American College of Physician Executives is the nation's oldest and largest health care organization for physician executives - doctors who hold leadership and management positions. Its members include CEOs, COOs, CMOs, CQOs and health system officers. Its central offices are located in Tampa,...
.
2.The American Board of Medical Specialties
American Board of Medical Specialties
The American Board of Medical Specialties is a non-profit physician-led umbrella organization for 24 of the 26 approved medical specialty boards in the United States...
in Anesthesiology.
3.The National Board of Medical Examiners
National Board of Medical Examiners
The National Board of Medical Examiners , founded in 1915, is a United States examination board which sets state recognised examinations for medical students. The NBME is an independent, not-for-profit organization and is headquartered on and adjacent to the University City Science Center research...
.
Noteworthy recognitions
In 2008, Safeek was recognized by The Joint Commission for his work in formulating new patient flow standards. He was recognized as 2007 Outstanding Physician Leader of the Year by diverse physician executives.Other Selected publications
Safeek has written on the impact of the Core Measures, National Patient Safety Goals, and IHI bundles to decrease preventable deaths, and improve efficiency of Care to increase the bottom line. He is published in "Physician Executive Journal" and "Healthcare Financial Management AssociationHealthcare Financial Management Association
The Healthcare Financial Management Association is a non-profit membership organization for healthcare financial management executives. The organization is based in Westchester, Cook County, Illinois...
".
- http://net.acpe.org/MembersOnly/pejournal/2010/SeptemberOctober/Safeek.pdf A Hospital Length of Stay Reduction Strategy, September–October 2010
- http://www.hfma.org/Publications/hfm-Magazine/Archives/2010/August/hfm-Magazine--August-2010/ Protocols,Prompters,Bundles,Checklists,and Triggers, August 2010
- http://net.acpe.org/MembersOnly/pejournal/2010/MarchApril/Safeek.pdf A Preventable Mortality Reduction Strategy, March–April 2010
- http://net.acpe.org/MembersOnly/pejournal/2009/JulyAugust/Safeek.pdf No Outcomes, No Incomes, July–August 2009
- http://net.acpe.org/MembersOnly/pejournal/2008/JulyAugust/Safeek.pdf The Expanding Roles of the Chief Medical Officer, July–August 2008
Selected quotes
No outcomes, No IncomesFailure to Anticipate, Failure to Activate, and Failure to Resuscitate
Failure to Anticipate, Failure to Activate, and Failure to Communicate
Board affiliations
University of TennesseeUniversity of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
School of Business PEMBA Advisory Council, and Lexus
Lexus
is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation. First introduced in 1989 in the United States, Lexus is now sold globally and has become Japan's largest-selling make of premium cars. The Lexus marque is marketed in over 70 countries and territories worldwide, and has...
Advisory Boards.
External links
- http://www.co.lubbock.tx.us/drc/upload/PROGRAM.pdf Texas Annual Health Symposium
- http://texasmediationtraining.blogspot.com/ Clashing Paradigms: A New America – Health Care Reform
- http://www.blogger.com/profile/15299195225519546736 Biographical
- http://drsafeeksblog.blogspot.com/ Dr. Safeek's Blog
- http://patapsco.nist.gov/BoardofExam/Examiners_state2.cfm Board Of Examiners
- http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0843/is_4_34/ai_n27943909/?tag=content;col1 Expanding Roles of the CMO
- http://covhp.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=57 Accountable Care Organization
- http://section911.asqquality.org/Documents/Assignable%20Causes%20August%202008%20NL%20FINAL%20VERSION%20v%5B1%5D.pdf Assignable Causes