CareScience Announces That Its Participation in the 100,000 Lives Campaign Contributed to the Calculation of an Estimated 122,300 Lives Saved.

PHILADELPHIA -- CareScience, a division of Quovadx, Inc. (Nasdaq: QVDX) providing care management, clinical analysis and clinical quality improvement solutions, announced today that its participation in the 100,000 Lives Campaign in providing data and analysis support, and in its role as an official data intermediary partner, contributed to the calculation of an estimated 122,300 number of lives saved in this unprecedented national initiative. The landmark 18-month Campaign was initiated by the nonprofit Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in December of 2004 and challenged U.S. hospitals to save 100,000 lives through the implementation of six proven healthcare interventions. More than 3,000 hospitals have joined the Campaign - representing an estimated 75 percent of U.S. hospital beds. Dr. Donald Berwick, president and CEO of IHI, announced the national results of the Campaign on June 14.

"We are proud to have played a role in the success announced today by Dr. Berwick, and applaud the work of both IHI and our many hospital customers, whose passionate participation resulted in this success," said Thomas Zajac, president of CareScience and executive vice president for Quovadx. "We are committed to partnering with our customers and supporting IHI in this continuing effort. Leveraging our data analysis, risk assessment and process improvement solutions and expertise, our customers continue to implement and measure the impact of the campaign's initiatives, resulting in better clinical care processes and saved lives."

"When we decided to launch the Campaign, we didn't know if hospitals could take on another challenge," said Dr. Berwick. "But they have risen to this challenge impressively. The participating hospitals have not only prevented an estimated 122,300 unnecessary deaths, but they've also proven that it's possible for the healthcare community to come together voluntarily to rapidly make significant changes in patient care. I have never before witnessed such widespread collaboration and commitment on the part of healthcare leaders and front-line staff to moving the system giant steps forward."

Hospitals participating in the Campaign agreed to implement one or more of the following six quality improvement changes:

--Activate a Rapid Response Team at the first sign that a patient's condition is worsening and may lead to a more serious medical emergency.

--Prevent patients from dying of heart attacks by delivering evidence-based care, such as appropriate administration of aspirin and beta-blockers to prevent further heart muscle damage.

--Prevent medication errors by ensuring that accurate and continually updated lists of patients' medications are reviewed and reconciled during their hospital stay, particularly at transition points.

--Prevent patients who are receiving medicines and fluids through central lines from developing infections by following five steps, including proper hand washing and cleaning the patient's skin with "chlorhexidine" (a type of antiseptic).

--Prevent patients undergoing surgery from developing infections by following a series of steps, including the timely administration of antibiotics.

--Prevent patients on ventilators from developing pneumonia by following four steps, including raising the head of the patient's bed between 30 and 45 degrees.

As an official data intermediary partner, CareScience supported the national aggregate case-mix data and analysis to support the calculation of the "lives saved" data.

"At Quovadx, we feel strongly that the 100,000 Lives Campaign has played an important role in raising the collective consciousness of quality of care, and has helped to focus resources on quality initiatives and incentives," added Harvey A. Wagner, president and chief executive officer, Quovadx. "We are pleased to support our customers and the healthcare industry to improve patient care and allow them to achieve financial and clinical success."

IHI expects to announce plans at its National Forum in December for the next stage of this healthcare improvement initiative. In the interim, the national community of Campaign participants will redouble its efforts, committing to fully spread the Campaign's improvement interventions throughout each participating facility and enact plans to sustain gains in performance. Simultaneously, IHI will work with expert groups and high-achieving facilities to explore new areas for hospital improvement that will be introduced in the next phase of the Campaign - complete with a new, ambitious aim for saving lives.

The 100,000 Lives Campaign is supported through unrestricted philanthropy from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the Cardinal Health Foundation, the Colorado Trust, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Rx Foundation, Baxter International, the Blue Shield of California Foundation, and the Leeds Family Foundation. National aggregate case-mix data and analysis supporting the Campaign's "lives saved" calculation is generously provided, without restriction for use, by CareScience (a QUOVADX division), Solucient and the Premier Perspective(TM) Database.

About CareScience

CareScience, a division of Quovadx, Inc. (NASDAQ: QVDX), assists hospitals in translating organizational vision and goals into quality improvement plans that optimize patient outcomes and operational performance, increase staff efficiency and reduce costs. CareScience supplies the people and technology to help its customers ensure that high-quality care is delivered, throughout the healthcare system, through clinical data access and clinical process transformation. For more information, please visit www.carescience.com.

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (www.ihi.org) is a not-for-profit organization leading the improvement of healthcare throughout the world. Founded in 1991 and based in Cambridge, Mass., IHI is a catalyst for change, cultivating innovative concepts for improving patient care and implementing programs for putting those ideas into action. Thousands of healthcare providers, including many of the finest hospitals in the world, participate in IHI's groundbreaking work.

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