DoctorQuality Appoints Dr. Tom Lundquist to Chief Medical Officer; Patient Safety Leader to Expand Capabilities of DoctorQuality.

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PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 2003

DoctorQuality, Inc.(TM), a leading provider of patient safety products and services, today announced the appointment of Tom Lundquist, MD, MMM, to Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Lundquist will be responsible for ensuring that clinical excellence and patient safety remain the primary drivers for DoctorQuality.

He also will serve as a clinical and operational liaison, establishing the relationships that assist client hospitals in further enhancing cultures of blame-free error reporting and improved patient safety.

"We feel extremely fortunate to have attracted Tom to our team," John Gebhart, President and CEO of DoctorQuality, said. "His hospital experience as an administrator and leader of patient safety initiatives is exactly matched to our goal of providing not only the product expertise, but the culture expertise, necessary for effective improvements in healthcare."

Together with its more than 100 client hospitals, DoctorQuality has aggregated a database of more than 75,000 adverse events and near misses. Dr. Lundquist will be instrumental in the ongoing analysis of this national database - exploring with clients best practices for addressing process improvements.

Previously Dr. Lundquist was Vice President, Performance Improvement, of Allegheny General Hospital, a 600-bed academic medical center located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a member of the senior hospital administrative team, his position included leadership roles in Clinical Quality Management, Patient Flow Improvement, Patient Safety, Clinical & Operational Performance Improvement, Risk Management, and Serious Event Review. Prior to that, he served as Medical Director for Allegheny University Medical Practices. His nine years of clinical experience include both primary care practice and hospitalist practice.

Dr. Lundquist received a Bachelor of Science from Penn State University. He received his Doctor of Medicine from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and went on to complete his Residency at The Johns Hopkins Children's Medical & Surgical Center. He then completed his Masters in Medical Management at Carnegie Mellon University.

About DoctorQuality, Inc.

Founded with a mission for patient safety, DoctorQuality, Inc. provides healthcare organizations with solutions that aid in improving quality of care. DoctorQuality's integrated suite of products, developed by healthcare veterans, identifies, tracks and analyzes medical adverse events and near misses, and provides comparative and benchmarking capabilities that permit proactive implementation of best practices and improvements in healthcare safety overall.

Together with its more than 100 clients, DoctorQuality has built the largest known database of medical adverse events and near misses for hospitals and healthcare facilities. For further information regarding DoctorQuality's RPM solution, visit www.doctorquality.com or call 610/828-9955 ext. 225.