HEALTHCARE SAFES

How Safes Work for Health Administrators

A SafeDecisions safe will provide your patients with the comfort of knowing that they can focus on healing and not on their personal belongings. Don’t let theft reduce your patient satisfaction or cost your hospital in fines and compensatory costs. Make The SafeDecision!

Hospital or hospital-ity?

The radical change in patient expectations is both an opportunity and a challenge…business as usual or rapid reinvention.

An unprecedented shift in the way hospitals do business is changing healthcare. Experts warn that hospitals that keep operating according to “business as usual” will have a NEGATIVE 15.8% margin by 2021.

Medicare fined a record 50% of hospitals and underpaid by billions of dollars. Result? An easy 25% of hospitals will be seeking mergers in the next few years.

The Speed of Change is Astounding. Even in an Industry Used to Change

While many industries have remained stable, the hospital industry has undergone rapid change over the last 50 years. We’ve seen vaccines, pacemakers, and robotics but that is nothing… get ready for 3D organ printers, stem cells and more. The next wave of innovation will happen fast and is accompanied by a massive crush of patients and high expectations.

The Boomer Crush Has Begun

From 2011 through 2030, we’ll see a massive 73% increase in the number of Americans over the age of 65. Scientists warn that Baby Boomers are more likely to have higher rates of hypertension, higher cholesterol, obesity and diabetes than any previous generation. This unprecedented influx of work is only one aspect of the challenge for hospitals. Just as they have at every phase of their lives, Boomers are re-writing the rules and creating either extreme pain or supreme success for businesses, and hospitals are no exception. Baby Boomers are nothing like the generations that came before them; they demand customized services and creature comforts. “Self-fulfillment” and “self-realization” were the buzz words of their youth and have carried over into retirement. They have been dubbed the “Me generation.”

Healing and Happiness, My Way

Boomers want it their way, and for good reason. Increased stress leads to longer hospital stays, more postoperative complications, and higher rates of re-hospitalization, resulting in lower reimbursements. Distressed patients are 400% more likely to be categorized in the delayed healing group. The good news? The death rate is lower at hospitals where patient satisfaction scores are high. Hospitals with high satisfaction levels experience almost 33% higher patient volume.

84% of Patients Research Hospitals Before Making a Choice

Adopt a “Hospital” ity Mentality

Factors that make the biggest difference: Staff attitude, wifi access, convenience, patient education, access to personal items. It is estimated that 66% of all adults suffer from nomophobia – “no-mobile-phone phobia”. A single deviation by hospitals in the number of amenities raises a hospital’s demand by 39%. Price is the biggest driver of purchasing decisions in all other industries, yet it is actually the least important to hospital patients. Patients are more likely to choose a hospital or doctor because of personal experience. Personal experience is 250% more important to them than it is in other industries.

Perception IS Reality

Today’s patients expect great care and search for nonclinical factors like convenience, customer service and staff attitudes. Three out of five patients say that hospital reputation is “very important” when choosing a hospital, mattering more than the doctors that practice there or even safety records. It is not necessarily how well you perform that matters-it is how well the market THINKS you performed! By shifting to a client-focused business and marketing strategy, hospitals can reduce costs, attract patients and stay ahead of the competition.

Your patients will enjoy our revolutionary, electronic, patent-protected, one-of-a-kind, easy unlock safes which provide maximum security because they are virtually impossible to break into. They are maintenance free and, if desired, have a lifetime warranty. We provide the maximum level of protection for both your patient’s property and your hospital’s reputation.

Why Choose SafeDecisions?

SafeDecisions is a company dedicated to providing innovative approaches to personal security and peace of mind in today's complicated and often insecure world. SafeDecisions is the exclusive distributor of Assa Abloy’s electronic safes to educational, residential, healthcare and retail markets in North America. At SafeDecisions, we are exceedingly proud of our product and the support services we provide to our clients.

SafeDecisions is dedicated to establishing greater quality of life through this ‘'ESSENTIAL AMENITY'. We supply only the finest product backed by a level of service that is second to none. Our electronic safe has earned the coveted UL listing for security. It's the same state-of-the-art safe installed in more than one million hotel rooms worldwide.

Our unparalleled service includes:

  • Remote Unlock Feature
  • UL Listed (1037) Anti-Theft
  • A 24/7 Customer Care hotline
  • Consultants who work with patients and hospital officials when needed
  • Emergency on-site service calls
  • Revolutionary locking system with interlocking deadbolt mechanism
  • Audit Trail System: Safe’s internal computer records opening and closing events with date and time
  • Simple 4-digit PIN code operation
  • Administrative security override access
  • Battery changes every two years during term of the agreement
  • Register safe on-line or via toll free number
  • One piece, cold-pressed curved door-over 70% stronger than a flat steel door
  • Solid arc-welded heavy gauge steel construction with recessed back for superior strength and security
  • Extended solid steel bolt hinges for maximum security and durability
  • Anti-tamper, auto lock function
  • Highly visible LED display

The Product

SafeDecisions' core product is the most technologically advanced in-room electronic safe in the world. Our safes are manufactured by the world's largest supplier of security locking systems, ASSA ABLOY. With over 46,000 employees, annual sales over $8.3 billion, and over 200 companies worldwide, they are the leader in the industry. Our strategic partner, Assa Abloy invented the electronic safe in 1979 and has installed more than 1 million safes in over 5,000 properties, in more than 160 countries. ASSA ABLOY is ranked on Forbes’ list of the world’s 100 most innovative companies.

Our product is the highest quality safe of its kind and is featured in the finest hotels worldwide. The use of electronic safes has been common practice within the hospitality industry for decades. Our in-room safe is currently used in Ritz Carlton, W Hotels, Peninsula, Four Seasons, Westin, Intercontinental, and many other hotels worldwide. The need for this amenity is highly recognized by hotels in direct response to their guests' expectations for privacy and comfort. Now, SafeDecisions seeks to provide that same privacy and comfort to patients.

SafeDecisions Remote Unlocking feature, not available anywhere else in the safe industry, assists hospital personnel with the ability to unlock a patients safe should there be a problem because a patient forgot their unlock code. This unparalleled program functions independently - without the need for hardwiring.

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Just How Safe Are Our Safes?

A SafeDecisions safe is the only electronic safe to earn the coveted Underwriter's Laboratories Inc. (UL) security listing. To earn the UL rating, our safe had to pass these rigorous tests:

  • Break-in resistance
    The safes go through a rigorous testing process using an array of tools—screwdrivers, hammers, stun guns and crowbars—to attempt to break into the safe.
  • Jarring resistance
    The testers dropped the safe from various heights, then hammered it and tried to crush it with a steel wrecking ball.
  • Endurance
    The testers simulated 100 years of use by changing the batteries 50 times and opening and closing the safe 6,000 times.
  • Temperature test
    Strategic components were tested for a period of 85% humidity and 86° Fahrenheit.

Our safes withstood everything the testers threw at it!

The Benefits for Patients

At SafeDecisions, our main priority is to provide your patients with unparalleled security, reliability and peace of mind. The pace of change is break-neck. Consider the changes in hospitals in the last 60 years. Disease, equipment, research, facilities, staff and breakthroughs have certainly evolved and all look considerably different than they did in 1955. Did you know that 33% of all patients choose hospitals based on word of mouth advice from friends and family and 41% of consumers said social media affected their choice of physician or hospital! On average, customers now tell 15 people about their good experiences and 24 people about their bad ones. The average American patient profile has changed. Patients are aging Baby Boomers who demand greater care, attention and customization. They want less hospital and more hospitality. Patient health will always be a priority, but studies have found that the little things make a big difference in patient satisfaction and therefore profitability.

1. Protection
SafeDecisions safes authorize only users who can be positively identified giving you and your patients the maximum level of protection for both patient property and your hospital’s reputation. Each patient has their own private code; thereby reducing the likelihood of potential loss or theft.

2. Privacy
Studies have found that patients who have been victims of crimes, like theft, experience a disruption in their life which can significantly impede their healing process. SafeDecisions safes create "peace of mind" with the convenience of providing a secure place to store personal items.

3. Flexibility
Our safes are developed to operate over any mix of network and system infrastructure, enabling seamless integration with a remote unlock feature in case of emergencies.

SafeDecisions has the best technology available to provide your patients the maximum protection and convenience possible.

Endorsements

UL has given our safes an anti-theft endorsement, which is a prestigious achievement to earn from a company that operates in 46 countries, with 64 laboratories, and operates as one of the safety testers for OSHA.

Besides the verification of the scientific community, our customers have employed our security solutions to great effect:

"If you’re looking for quality products and overall outstanding service and customer satisfaction, then your best bet is SafeDecisions. It’s the best Decision you can make!"

Ernest Valladares Jr.
Manager Public Safety Department
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
3815 Highland Ave.
Downers Grove, IL 60515

"Patients regularly complement our organization for providing such an amenity, as they have mentioned how wonderful it is to have access to their valuables during their stay, but all the while keeping their valuables secure."

Mark A. Hardtke, MS Mercy Hospital & Medical Center, | Chicago

"SafeDecisions is an amazing company that provides great service. The staff is always available to answer questions and they maintain our safes up to date by providing support. Our patients and caregivers love the safes and feel confident when they are admitted that their items are secure."

Patricia Roman
Director of Patient Relations
Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, NY

Products

SafeDecisions carries a wide range of products to suit your distinctive specifications and needs. Please click on the models below for more details and options

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