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MedErr DataApplication Ltd.
News
Release
Release
Date:
January
10,
2007
Release
#:
002
New
Company
Picks
Charleston,
SC
as
Headquarters,
Challenges
Medical
Industry
Leaders
to
Reduce
Errors,
Save
Lives
and
Limit
Rising
Healthcare
Costs
MedErr DataApplication Ltd.
to
launch
early
in
2007,
goal
is
to
save
92,000
lives
per
year
&
reduce
healthcare
costs
A
new
company
aiming
to
globally
reduce
medical
errors
has
chosen
Charleston,
SC
as
its
headquarters.
MedErr DataApplication Ltd.,
which
plans
to
launch
in
early
2007,
is
challenging
hospitals
across
the
nation
to
be
proactive
in
reducing
medical
errors,
and
thus,
save
lives
and
help
reduce
the
rising
costs
of
healthcare.
“Millions
of
medical
errors
happen
each
year
at
an
annual
cost
of
92,000
lives
and
an
increased
healthcare
expense
of
up
to
$50
billion,”
says
William
Hoyes,
founder
and
CEO
of
MedErr DataApplication Ltd..
MedErr DataApplication Ltd.
has
invited
individuals
from
the
nation’s
leading
medical
and
computer
science
schools
to
enter
into
a
collaborative
relationship,
where
newly
developed
software
is
used
as a
confrontation
and
deterrence
against
the
global
pandemic
of
medical
errors.
MedErr DataApplication Ltd.
will
be
releasing
its
new
software,
known
as
eAppliedData,
soon
in
2007.
This
software,
along
with
cooperation
from
the
medical
industry,
could
become
the
world’s
first
standardized
prevention
against
what
Hoyes
calls
a
“serious
national
healthcare
embarrassment.”
“There
are
approximately
6,500
hospitals
in
the
country
and
although
each
has
its
own,
individual
program
to
reduce
errors,
the
nation’s
error
rate
continues
to
climb,”
Hoyes
said.
“MedErr DataApplication Ltd.
is
introducing
the
first
inter-facility,
cooperative
and
standardized
confrontation
of
the
disturbing
medical
error
pandemic.”
During
MedErr DataApplication Ltd.’s
research
and
development
stage
of
the
software,
many
individuals
representing
the
nation’s
leading
universities,
medical
schools,
healthcare
systems
and
individual
hospitals
offered
helpful
input
and
promised
continued
review
and
revision.
The
process
of
reporting
errors
is
similar
to
the
“aviation
model,”
used
in
major
industrial
settings
such
as
petroleum,
nuclear
energy,
chemical
manufacturing
and
the
aviation
industry,
to
confront
serious
but
preventable
accidents.
“This
time-proven
method
of
reducing
errors
is
presented
to
the
world’s
healthcare
system
in a
Web
accessible
database
referred
to
as
eAppliedData,”
Hoyes
said.
The
way
it
works:
the
software,
called
eAppliedData,
collects
error
data
as
input
by
each
hospital,
and
then
applies
the
statistics in
prevention
of similar
future
errors.
Currently,
eAppliedData
is
in
the
final
stages
of
engineering
by
local
software
engineers
and
coders.
Hospitals
may
begin
testing
the
software
as
early
as
January
or
February
this
year.
Hoyes
and
other
MedErr DataApplication Ltd.
supporters,
including
the
highly
proactive
Board
of
Directors
are
eager
to
move
forward
with
the
new
product.
The
company
comprises
leaders
of
the nation's
top teaching
hospitals
for
the
medical
schools
of
Harvard,
Stanford,
Northwestern,
and
University
of
Texas. Directors
include
representatives
from
the
School
of
Public
Policy,
University
of
Chicago,
as
well
as Rochester
Institute
of
Technology.
Other
Directors
include
the
immediate
past
President
of
The
Association
for
Operating
Room
Nurses
(AORN),
the
immediate
past
President
of
The
American
Association
of
Healthcare
Risk
Managers
(ASHRM),
and
President
of
the
American
Hospital
Certification
Center
(Risk
Management).
Regionally,
leading
South
Carolina
hospitals
have
contributed
valuable
input
into
the
final
version
of
eAppliedData
through
suggestions
regarding
the
process
of
error
data
entry.
“South
Carolina
hospitals
are
no
different
than
those
in
other
states. Error
rates
are
high,”
Hoyes
said.
“Some
of
the
leading
South
Carolina
healthcare
facilities
attempt
to
record
all
errors, to
varying
degrees
of
success,
but
none
have
a
daily
avenue
that
has
produced
reduced
error
rates.
This
is
very
similar
to
the
practices
of
the
vast
majority
of
our
nation’s
hospitals.”
Hoyes
is
excited
to
call
South
Carolina
home
for
the
new
company,
knowing
it
could
greatly
impact
thousands
of
lives
each
year.
He
stated,
“South
Carolina
should
be
proud
that
it
will
be
the
headquarters
for
the
first
standardized
confrontation
and
deterrence
against
the
global
pandemic
of
medical
errors.”
MedErr DataApplication Ltd.’s
Board
of
Directors:
Randolph
Smoak,
M.D.
Dr.
Smoak
has
served
at
the
highest
positions
in
the
medical
field
having
been
the
155th
President
of
the
American
Medical
Association
(AMA),
and
Past
Chairman
of
the
World
Medical
Association,
(WMA).
He
is a
former
Commissioner
of
the
Joint
Commission
on
Accreditation
of
Healthcare
Organizations
and
member
of
the
National
Quality
Forum
(NQF).
Barry
Robert
Davis,
M.D.,
Ph.D.
Dr.
Davis
recently
accepted
an
appointment
as
Director
of
Biostatistics,
Amgen,
Inc.
headquartered
in
Thousand
Oaks,
CA.
Amgen
is a
highly
successful
pharmaceutical
company
marketing
many
specialty
compounds.
In
the
immediate
past,
Barry
was
Professor
and
Director,
Division
of
Biostatistics
and
Director,
Coordinating
Center
for
Clinical
Trials,
University
of
Texas
School
of
Public
Health
at
Houston.
He
consults
with
numerous
companies
to
include
the
majority
of
the
world’s
pharmaceutical
firms,
Microsoft,
the
National
Aeronautics
and
Space
Administration
(NASA),
and
various
universities
and
foundations.
Dr.
Davis
has
over
250
published
papers,
reports
and
contributed
book
chapters.
His
work
includes
in-depth
U.S.
Food
and
Drug
Administration
experience
and
contribution.
His
peer
review
activity
includes
over
22
healthcare
and
scientific
journals
such
as
The
Lancet,
Journal
of
American
Medicine
Association
(JAMA),
and
the
New
England
Journal
of
Medicine.
Tomas
Philipson,
Ph.D.
Dr.
Philipson
is a
Professor
in
the
Harris
School,
Public
Policy,
University
of
Chicago
and
a
faculty
member
in
the
Department
of
Economics
and
Law
School.
He
is a
visiting
Fellow
of
The
World
Bank
and
has
served
as
the
Senior
Economic
Advisor
to
the
Commissioner,
U.S.
Food
and
Drug
Administration,
as
well
the
Administrator
of
the
Centers
for
Medicare
and
Medicaid
Services.
Pamela
Popp,
MA,
JD,
DFASHRM,
CPHRM
Ms.
Popp
is
an
operational
Senior
Director
–
Risk
Management
–
Stanford
University
Medical
Center
with
over
20
years
of
relative
experience.
She
is
the
immediate
past
President,
American
Society
for
Healthcare
Risk
Management,
(ASHRM)
as
well
as
President,
American
Hospital
Association’s
(AHA)
Certification
Center.
Ms.
Popp
has
worked
with
the
nation’s
largest
healthcare
liability
carriers
and
many
multi-hospital
systems.
Patrick
Jordan,
EMBA
Mr.
Jordan
is
an
operational
Vice
President
within
Partners
Healthcare
Group,
a
multi-hospital
system
owning
and
operating
the
world’s
leading
healthcare
facilities.
These
hospitals
serve
as
the
teaching
facilities
for
Harvard
University,
School
of
Medicine
and
include
Massachusetts
General,
Faulkner
and
Wellesley
Hospitals.
William
Duffy,
R.N.
MJ
(Health
Law),
CNOR
Mr.
Duffy
is
an
operational
Vice
President
of
Nursing,
Evanston
Northwestern
Healthcare
Corporation
and
responsible
for
clinical
and
fiscal
performance
of
inpatient
nursing
care
units
at
Evanston
Hospital
while
having
corporate
responsibility
for
the
peri-operative
services
at
two
other
facilities.
These
hospitals
are
among
the
top
15
rankings
in
the
world
and
represent
some
of
the
teaching
facilities
of
Northwestern
University
School
of
Medicine.
Mr.
Duffy
is
also
the
immediate
past
President
of
the
Association
of
Operating
Room
Nurses,
(AORN)
Fernando
Naveda,
Ph.D.
Dr.
Naveda
is
Professor
and
Chair,
Department
of
Software
Engineering,
Rochester
Institute
of
Technology.
Relevant
experience
includes:
systems
analyst
including
analysis,
design,
implementation
and
maintenance
of
software
programs;
Assistant
Professor
of
Computer
Science,
University
of
Kansas;
Director
of
Microsoft
Software
Engineering
Program,
University
of
Scranton,
as
well
as
consulting
with
numerous
corporations.
Michael
R.
Reyes
Mr.
Reyes
is
currently
President
&
CEO
of
Idea!
Worldwide
and
Chairman
of
the
Idea!
Innovation
Center,
a
multi-national,
multi-disciplined,
multi-business
enterprise,
directing
business
development,
strategy,
finance,
IP
and
marketing
efforts
for
its
member
companies.
Mr. Reyes’s
professional
experience
spans
25
years
as a
Creative
Director
for
Omnicom, DDB
Worldwide/TracyLocke.
His
work
on
numerous
Fortune
500
companies
has
received
national
and
international
acclaim
including
the
coveted
Clio
award.
Relevant
experience
includes:
Humana,
HCA,
Orchid
Cellmark,
Texas
A&M
School
of
Nursing
and
BioFirst
Pharmaceuticals.
Mr.
Reyes
serves
on
numerous
corporate
boards
and
is
currently
a
Board
Member
of
HCA
-
Corpus
Christi
Medical
Center
and
its
Performance
Improvement
Committee.
Additionally,
Mr.
Reyes’
civic
contributions
include
serving
as
Chairman
of
the
American
Diabetes
Walk
Across
America,
American
Heart
Association
- CC,
Member,
President’s
Council
Texas
A&M
University-CC
and
Trustee,
Corpus
Christi
Independent
School
District
Education
Foundation.
William
E.
Hoyes,
MBA
Mr.
Hoyes
is
the
founder
and
President
of
MedErr DataApplication Ltd.,
Ltd.
He
has
over
35
years
experience
as a
specialist
in
healthcare
employee
safety,
patient
quality
of
care
and
pharmaceutical
marketing.
Mr.
Hoyes
authored
the
“OSHA
Compliance
Manual
for
Healthcare
Facilities,”
Aspen
Publishers.
He
is
the
former
President
of
GMI,
a
healthcare
safety
company
that
contracted
with
over
half
of
the
nation’s
hospitals.
He
was
involved
in
the
national
hospital
marketing
efforts
of
Wyeth
Laboratories
and
Ohio
Medical
Products,
as
well
as
supervising
the
Physician
Continuing
Education
Program
for
Wyeth
Labs.
“All
you
have
to
do
is
look
at
the
names
and
affiliations
of
our
board
members
to
know
that
the
medical
industry
has
a
dire
need
for
a
single,
cooperative
and
standardized
approach
to
reducing
medical
errors,”
Hoyes
said.
“These
proactive
board
members
offer
a
wide
range
of
talents,
experiences
and
reputations,
assets
that
ensure
managed
growth
and
success
in
reducing
the
global
pandemic
of
preventable
medical
errors.”
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