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211 East Ontario Street #1195 Chicago, Il | safestartmedical.comSafeStart Medical, Inc

Richard M Vazquez, MD, FACS

Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery

Northwestern University

The Feinberg School of Medicine

CEO/CMO SafeStart Medical, Inc.

The Surgical Safety Process

Works Most of the Time

http://safestartmedical.com


SafeStart is a patient safety and quality solution designed to

eliminate Never Events in surgery and anesthesia. And…

SAFELY…and on TIME.

SafeStart helps you start your cases…

Delays and Cancellations cost $$$$



Never Events in the US occur 40-80 times per week reported >4,000*

times per year in US = $133 K/event $1.3 Billion

Wrong Site Wrong Procedure Wrong Patient

The problem

The Preoperative Checklist: mandated in all surgical

procedures performed in the U.S.(50,000,000* annually)

*Does not include 65 million image guided procedures

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Why We Fail

Source: www.jcaho.org




EMR’s: A Good Start

Patient Data and Billing

needs satisfied

Another Good Start but Never Events persist



Mark Chassin, MD

President and CEO

The Joint

Commission

President of TJC

Center

For Transforming

Healthcare

2015



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Handoff and Communication Errors

With

SafeStart

Prevent



Prevent

With

SafeStart

Handoff and Communication Errors



Secure Patient or Parent Portal



Correct Spine Segment and SafeStart

by Dr. Cybulski



Print as PDF and

scan to

file or save to EMR

And yes SafeStart

integrates with

any EMR

Completed Checklist



Your EMR

Your EMR cannot outrun your fast cases

Safe Start can outrun

your fast cases


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Doctors Direct believes that SafeStart’s software could make for a significant advance in patient safety, which is the central factor in avoiding medical liability allegations.

DDI heartily recommends the SafeStart product to all of its policyholders.

Kenneth Ludwig

President and CEO

Doctors Direct Insurance, Inc.

❤️




• Observational study of 100 consecutive patients/parents general surgery

• Parent Satisfaction with the surgical safety process

• Parent satisfaction Scores 4.8.- 4.9 out of 5

• Nurses liked SafeStart

Children enjoyed reviewing their heath care info with parents



SafeStart: at Northwestern Lavin Pavilion

• PI Anish Kadakia+Tony Nader (Co-PI)

• Co-Investigators

• Sarah Clark (Anesthesia)

• Steve Gryzlo

• David Kalainov

SafeStart: used for anesthesia safety time out process for nerve blocks



SafeStart: a mobile device and cloud based tool for

surgery efficiency, safety, & patient satisfaction

Created and designed by a surgeon for the surgical team,

patients, and for the places where we care for our patients.


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Eliminate Never Events through process standardization/compliance

Increase patient flow with fewer delays and cancelled cases

Engage Patients and involve them with the safety process

Improve patient satisfaction with the surgical safety process

Measure granular elements of the safety & efficiency process

Improve staff satisfaction and provider/facility communication

Copyright PRODUCT APPEARANCE

A Mobile Solution designed to eradicate Never Events.

SafeStart- a Solution That Provides Significant Value


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Office/Clinic: Appearance of the Completed Record



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OR: Appearance of the Completed Checklist


Documents

The Surgical Safety Process Works Most of the Time Surgical Safety Process Works Most of the Time. SafeStart Medical, Inc 211 East Ontario Street #1195 Chicago, Il | safestartmedical.com