ADVISORY/DoctorQuality to Host the Patient Safety Insights Conference.

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ADVISORY...for Thursday (June 26)

Patient Safety Insights Conference

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 2003

-- Keynotes Address Patient Safety Collaboration, Culture and Data Reporting

-- National Risk Management Week is Celebrated

DoctorQuality, Inc.(TM), a leading provider of patient safety products and services, will host its Patient Safety Insights Conference in New York City at the Swissotel New York, The Drake, on June 26th. DoctorQuality is hosting its User Group to engage in discussions about best practices, insights gained as a result of working with DoctorQuality's products and services, and product development initiatives to take patient safety to new heights. The keynotes portion of the conference is open to all hospitals and healthcare organizations that are interested in learning more about increasing the quality of patient safety and better understanding the role of culture, data collection and reporting in an overall patient safety program.

"We are very excited about bringing together our users, who we consider our partners in patient safety, and other healthcare organizations in a forum where the focus is on patient safety and best practices," said John Gebhart, Chairman and CEO of DoctorQuality. "Our keynote speakers are leaders in their respective fields and in promoting patient safety in their and other organizations. We are looking forward to hearing their presentations and insights regarding cutting-edge patient safety practices. DoctorQuality thinks this event is an excellent way to honor our client partners and wrap up the celebration of National Risk Management Week."

Keynote presenters will address four critical areas of patient safety: culture, data capture, insights from the information available through DoctorQuality and future initiatives. Keynote speakers include Deeb Salem, MD, Physician-in-Chief, Tufts-New England Medical Center; Edward Bell, Pharm D., Associate Quality Officer, Strong Memorial Hospital; Thomas Lundquist, MD, Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, DoctorQuality; and David Nash, MD, the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. (See agenda below.)

Following the keynote presentations, attendees will have an opportunity to view a demonstration of DoctorQuality's Risk Prevention and Management System (RPM(TM)), a leading medical adverse event and near-miss tracking and reporting system. DoctorQuality's client partners will attend a series of breakout sessions that focus on best practices and innovative offerings from DoctorQuality.

Conference Agenda

7:00 am - 8:00 am   Continental Breakfast
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8:00 am - 10:30 am  The Patient Safety Collaborative: DoctorQuality &
                    Its Clients
                    John Gebhart  - Chairman & CEO, DoctorQuality

                    Fostering a Culture of Patient Safety
                    Deeb Salem, MD - Physician-in-Chief, Tufts-New
                    England Medical Center

                    Capturing the Data & Making it Simple
                    Edward Bell, Pharm D. - Associate Quality Officer,
                    Strong Memorial Hospital

                    Creating Knowledge: Gaining Insights from Incident
                    & Near Miss Reporting
                    Thomas Lundquist, MD - Executive Vice President &
                    Chief Medical Officer, DoctorQuality

                    The Future of the Patient Safety Movement
                    David Nash, MD - Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N.
                    Grandon Professor of Health Policy, Thomas
                    Jefferson University Hospital
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10:30 am - 10:45 am Break
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10:45 am - 12:00 pm Demonstration of DoctorQuality's Risk Prevention
                    and Management System (RPM(TM)) for external
                    attendees
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10:45 am - 3:00 pm  RPM User Group Break-out Sessions
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About DoctorQuality, Inc.

Founded with a mission for patient safety, DoctorQuality, Inc. provides healthcare organizations with a suite of products, services, and solutions, that enables them to achieve their patient safety objectives. DoctorQuality's RPM(TM) system and accompanying product portfolio identifies, tracks and analyzes medical adverse events and near misses, fosters and supports initiatives around instituting blame-free cultures within an organization and provides comparative and benchmarking capabilities that permit the proactive adoption and implementation of best practices and process improvements. RPM is currently utilized by more than 150 facilities nationwide. DoctorQuality also has built the largest known aggregated database of medical adverse events and near misses in the country and expects to exceed 100,000 reported errors by year end. For further information regarding RPM, visit www.doctorquality.com or call Dan Smith at 610-828-9955 ext. 210.