Quantros and Premier Enter Agreement to Advance Patient Safety.

MILPITAS, Calif. -- Quantros, the market leader in medical errors data management, to distribute Quantros Safety and Risk Management application via the Premier member hospital network

Premier, Inc., a leading alliance of not-for-profit hospitals and healthcare systems and Quantros, Inc., a pioneer in web-based medical errors/incident reporting and analysis, today announced a definitive agreement and collaborative relationship between the two companies. This agreement provides Premier member hospitals and clients with access to the Quantros Safety and Risk Management software suite. As part of this agreement, Premier will distribute and offer the Quantros Safety & Risk Management products and services as part of its own Safety Advisor solution.

"This agreement between Quantros and Premier is a significant step forward for advancing patient safety and making our healthcare systems safer," said Sanjaya Kumar, MD, President and CMO, Quantros, Inc. "This relationship delivers significant benefit to Premier member hospitals by enabling them to track, manage, and analyze adverse event and near miss data in an enterprise-wide, web-based system. The arrangement with Premier, a known leader within the hospital safety arena" continued Dr. Kumar, "is further validation for Quantros and its leadership position within this important, growing market."

"We are excited about adding Quantros Safety and Risk Management software to Safety Advisor. Inclusion of Quantros's application will expand the Premier Healthcare Informatics clinical comparative database to include adverse event and near miss data and enhance the ability of healthcare organizations to identify and address patient safety issues proactively," said Stephanie Alexander, senior vice president and general manager of Healthcare Informatics at Premier.

As part of it's commitment to safety, Premier also operates the Premier Safety Institute which provides safety resources and tools to promote a safe healthcare delivery environment for patients, workers, and their communities. "The addition of the Quantros Safety & Risk software will enable hospitals to improve occurrence reporting and analysis which will support their efforts to create a culture of safety" Alexander said.

Under the terms of the agreement, Premier will exclusively market and sell the Quantros Safety and Risk Management application as the data management solution for adverse event and near miss reporting within its vast hospital member and client network.

About Premier, Inc.

An alliance of not-for-profit hospitals and healthcare systems, Premier helps healthcare organizations achieve high levels of clinical quality and financial performance. Through Premier, members share knowledge and resources to create powerful solutions to everyday challenges. Premier offers the Advisor Suite which provides performance measurement, reporting and improvement solutions to hospitals and health systems. Each component includes access to Premier's unrivaled databases, identification of performance improvement opportunities and ongoing support. www.premierinc.com/informatics

About Quantros, Inc.

Quantros is the leading developer of software products that help hospitals digitize, organize, automate and analyze information regarding patient safety and benchmarking as well as providing support for accreditation and compliance. Quantros has applications tailored for leading healthcare providers, payers and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Our standardized, browser-based platform automates tedious manual processes and delivers real-time data that makes your organization more informed and productive. Quantros products are currently used by more than 900 hospitals. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley and maintains a sales network throughout the United States.