Safecare Medical Center

 
Yes, we are open!

For your convenience, Safecare will be open for Presidents Day on Monday, February 20, 2012. Call us and schedule an appointment today.
 

Safecare is very happy to announce that Richard Wilbur, M.D. has received the 2011 Patients' Choice Award!

Dr. Wilbur's patients have selected him for the Patients' Choice Award in 2011. More than 200,000 patient reviews and ratings are gathered each month. This top rating has only been awarded to Dr. Wilbur and a select few of the nation's most beloved doctors.

Dr. Wilbur's patients have taken the time to compliment him in areas such as: bedside manner, the amount of time spent with them, the courtesy of his staff, appropriate follow-up, and their overall opinion of him as a physician. Quite simply, Dr. Wilbur is one of the best!

Dear Safecare Friends:

We are happy to announce that the Hallandale office is in the process of remodeling! We are not closing the office during this time.

Thank you for your votes!

Safecare Medical Center, winners of Best Health and Medical Services in Hollywood, FL

CLICK HERE to read page 25 in the November 2011 issue.

We are pleased to announce that Veronica Munera M.D. has joined Safecare Medical Center and will be practicing at our Hallandale office. In June 2011, she completed her Internal Medicine Residency at North Shore, Forest Hills Hospital located in Forest Hills, NY.

Moreover, Veronica Munera, M.D. speaks fluent English and Spanish. She has been employed at a Specialists Clinic as a General Practitioner located in Medellin, Colombia and was also a Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center located in Pittsburgh, PA.

Please welcome Dr. Munera to Safecare Medical Center.  We are delighted to include her with our wonderful group of physicians currently practicing at our Hallandale and Hollywood offices: Chiapone Ting M.D., Sailesh Dave M.D., Enrique Ciklik M.D., and Richard Wilbur M.D.

Voting has opened for the Hollywood Gazette Best of Hollywood contest!

Please CLICK HERE to cast your vote! Select the "Business - Best Medical  Services" category under the drop down menu.

ATTENTION ALL PATIENTS:

Safecare Medical Center will not prescribe a controlled substance on the first office visit.

If you are expecting a prescription for a controlled substance please locate another physician's office for your prescription.

Dear Safecare Friends,

DON'T FORGET! Voting will open on September 11th for the Hollywood Gazette Best of Hollywood 2011 Competition. Safecare has entered under the category:

Best Health and Medical Services in Hollywood

Please check back with further voting information!

Safecare is happy to announce that Veronica Munera M.D. will be joining the practice within the next month. Please check back for more information.

The Ice Cream Social had a great turn out at both locations. We had a wonderful time in Hallandale on Friday and the ice cream was delicious! 

Thank you to all of our patients for choosing Safecare Medical Center as your Primary Care Physicians' office.

We all had a wonderful time at the Ice Cream Social yesterday at the Hollywood office. The ice cream was absolutely EXCELLENT!

Thank you for attending and we look forward to seeing everyone at the Hallandale office today!

Dear Safecare Medical Center Patients:

The flu vaccination will be coming soon in the month of October!

It is highly recommended by the Center of Disease Control and Prevention that any individual over the age of 6 months should get their annual flu vaccination.

For more information on when the 2011 flu vaccination will be available at Safecare, contact us and make an appointment.

Hallandale: (954) 454-6300    

Hollywood: (954) 989-7441

Individuals that have a higher risk of obtaining flu related complications include:

• Pregnant women
• Children younger than 5, but especially children younger than 2 years old
• People 50 years of age and older
• People of any age with certain chronic medical conditions
• People who live in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities
• People who live with or care for those at high risk for complications from flu

CLICK HERE for more information on the flu vaccination.

CLICK HERE for the flu vaccination Fact Sheet.

Check back here for updates and pictures of the event!

Dear Medicare qualifying patients: The enrollment period for 2012 has changed. The new dates are: October 15, 2011 - December 7, 2011. Please contact us if you have any questions.

CLICK HERE to download the Medicare Enrollment Period Tip Sheet.

CLICK HERE to download the Medicare & You 2011 Information Booklet.

Please read Dr. Wilbur's latest article on the benefits of Bariatric Surgery. The article can be found on Dr. Wilbur's Page.

Safecare Medical Center is now offering the flu vaccine, and will soon be providing the H1N1 vaccine to our patients. You can protect yourself and your family by getting vaccinated.

According to the Center for Disease Control:

Every year in the United States, on average:

• 5% to 20% of the population gets the flu;
• more than 200,000 people are hospitalized from flu-related complications; and
• about 36,000 people die from flu-related causes.
  

• Children aged 6 months up to their 19th birthday
• Pregnant women
• People 50 years of age and older
• People of any age with certain chronic medical conditions
• People who live in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities
• People who live with or care for those at high risk for complications from flu, including:
  
  • Health care workers
  • Household contacts of persons at high risk for complications from the flu
  • Household contacts and out of home caregivers of children less than 6 months of age (these children are too young to be vaccinated)

The single best way to protect against the flu is to get vaccinated each year.

• Click here for a link to the Center for Disease Control fact sheet on the Seasonal Influenza Vaccine.  Provided is information on when to get vaccinated, who should get vaccinated and useful facts to help you get through flu season.

Click Here for a listing of the new extended hours at both our Hollywood and Hallandale locations.

Hello & Welcome to the NEW (and Improved) Safecare.com

We will be adding new content regularly to the site. For now, please check out the informative medical articles written by Dr. Wilbur on a number of commonly discussed topics. You can access the articles here.