SafeQual

What SafeQual does

SafeQual is a cloud-based SaaS provider of safety, quality, risk, and compliance management software for healthcare organizations. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Plainview, New York, the company is privately held, founder-led by Dan Corcoran, and operates as a partnership (SafeQual Health, L.P.) with no disclosed external funding. The platform is organized around 13 modules covering incident reporting, root cause analysis, peer review, claims management, complaints, audits, and employee health workflows, and is positioned as an all-in-one system with unlimited user licensing. Primary customers include hospitals and health systems, with extensions into ambulatory surgical centers, healthcare payers, and hospital HR/employee health functions.

Name

SafeQual

Legal name

SafeQual Health, L.P.

Website

https://safequal.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SafeQual is a cloud-based SaaS platform serving hospitals and healthcare systems with safety, quality, risk, and compliance management software. It offers 13 modules including incident reporting, generative AI-assisted root cause analysis, and integrations with major EMR and HR systems.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Plainview

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription: Cloud-based software-as-a-service with subscription pricing model. The company provides pricing model that allows for large and small healthcare systems to benefit from solutions. Implementation and training services included in partnership.
2. Implementation and Support Services: Service desk provides implementation support and ongoing partnership including customization upon implementation and throughout partnership. Training services include train-the-trainer model and super-user training.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SafeQual provides a cloud-based SaaS platform for healthcare risk management that unifies employee and patient safety, clinical quality, compliance, and risk management into a single all-in-one solution. The platform includes modules for incident reporting, patient experience, employee health, infection prevention, accreditation readiness, claims management, and process improvement, and was the first in the industry to embed generative AI for root cause analysis and corrective actions.

Product overview

SafeQual offers a cloud-based all-in-one software platform for healthcare risk management that enables hospitals to meet CMS Patient Safety Structural Measure (PSSM) objectives. The platform integrates 13 distinct modules: Healthcare Incident Reporting Software for event capture, Patient Experience for complaints and grievances, Employee Health & Safety for staff incidents and compliance, Track & Trend for quality measures, AHRQ Surveys for safety culture assessment, Infection Prevention, Process Improvement Tools (RCA2, FMEA, PDSA), Real-Time Analytics, Accreditation Readiness, Quality Chart Review, Claims Management, and Integration Services for SSO, EMR, HR, and BI connectivity. The platform features generative AI for root cause analysis and corrective actions, workflow automation, Just Culture algorithm, and supports high reliability organization (HRO) principles.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SafeQual Healthcare Risk Management Software Cloud-based enterprise SaaS platform for healthcare organizations that integrates employee and patient safety, clinical quality, compliance, accreditation readiness, and risk management, enabling hospital leaders to pursue zero preventable harm and meet CMS Patient Safety Structural Measure (PSSM) requirements across the care delivery system.
• SafeQual Integration Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 50-85% reduction in labor required for employee health departments
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration13 records

AI capability6 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic and supporting.

• PowerDMScoreTechnology or IntegrationPowerDMS manages policy and accreditation management while SafeQual supports risk reduction for patients and employees. Together they provide a full GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) solution. The partnership creates time for healthcare providers to focus on safe, high-quality patient care.
• Medi-SotacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership essential for creating low friction method to deliver best technology to largest hospital clients affordably in rural America. Extends SafeQual's reach into rural healthcare market.
• ACHC (Accreditation Commission for Health Care)strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerACHC Accreditation Programs created in consultation with industry experts to ensure relevance, value and integrity. Partnership supports customer service through educational approach to enhance quality of healthcare.
• CIHQ (Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality)strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIHQ is a membership-based organization with CMS Deeming Authority to accredit acute care hospitals, critical access hospitals and acute psychiatric hospitals. Partnership supports accreditation compliance.
• EpiccoreTechnology or IntegrationEMR integration to collect patient demographic information. Staff can search for patients and SafeQual auto-fills patient demographics in electronic forms, saving data entry time and ensuring accuracy. Connection via HL7.
• Oracle HealthcoreTechnology or IntegrationEMR integration for patient demographic auto-fill functionality. Connects via HL7 for seamless data flow.
• UKG (Ultipro, Kronos)coreTechnology or IntegrationHR integration to collect employee, volunteer, and physician demographic information. Used for auto-filling forms and providing department leaders with staff health safety compliance information.
• WorkdaycoreTechnology or IntegrationHR integration for employee demographic data collection and health safety compliance monitoring across departments.
• ImprivatasupportingTechnology or IntegrationSingle Sign-On integration for user authentication. End-users do not have to login again to use SafeQual, saving time and providing seamless navigation experience.
• MD-StaffsupportingTechnology or IntegrationCredentialing management system integration to collect physician demographic information and support compliance monitoring.
• VolgisticssupportingTechnology or IntegrationVolunteer management system integration for tracking volunteer compliance and demographics.
• Amazon AWS / QuickSightsupportingTechnology or IntegrationBusiness intelligence integration with AWS QuickSight for data visualization and analytics. Continuous data export capability to Tableau and other BI tools.
• OpenAIcoreTechnology or IntegrationInterfaces to OpenAI utilized by SafeQual to help end users be more efficient at their jobs. Powers generative AI capabilities for root cause analysis and corrective actions.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Riskonnect: Enterprise GRC and healthcare risk management platform with incident, claims, and patient safety modules. Competes head-to-head with SafeQual for hospital and health-system risk/quality/safety buyers.
• RLDatix: Leading healthcare risk, safety, and compliance software platform (formed from the merger of Datix and RL Solutions). Directly competes with SafeQual in patient safety, incident reporting, and risk management for hospitals and health systems.
• symplr: Healthcare governance, risk, compliance, and workforce software suite, including the former Verge Health patient safety platform. Directly comparable to SafeQual across patient safety, quality, and credentialing workflows.
• Quantros: Healthcare safety, quality, and risk management SaaS used by hospitals for incident reporting, regulatory reporting, and accreditation readiness. Closely comparable in product scope and target buyer.

Broad incumbents

• Optum (UnitedHealth Group): Large healthcare analytics and services platform with quality, risk, and population health offerings. Overlaps with SafeQual on payer-side quality and risk reporting and competes for the same healthcare-system wallet.
• Wolters Kluwer Health: Large healthcare information vendor with patient safety, compliance, and clinical decision support offerings (e.g., Sentri7, POC Advisor). Competes with SafeQual via embedded risk and quality modules as part of a broader healthcare portfolio.
• Conduent (Midas+ / Healthcare Analytics): Provides healthcare analytics, performance, and quality measurement suites used by hospitals for quality and safety reporting. Competes with parts of SafeQual's Track & Trend and real-time analytics modules as part of a broader services-heavy portfolio.

Emerging players

• ProcessMap: Risk and compliance management platform with healthcare incident and accreditation modules. Comparable to SafeQual for mid-market hospitals seeking integrated GRC functionality.
• Biovigil: Specialty patient safety platform focused on hand-hygiene compliance and infection prevention workflows. Adjacent competitor within SafeQual's Infection Prevention module footprint.
• Intelex: EHS and quality management SaaS used by healthcare organizations for incident management, audits, and corrective actions. Functionally comparable for the patient/staff safety workflow use cases SafeQual addresses.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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