MedErr DataApplication Ltd. News Release

Release Date:            February 19, 2007

Release #:                  003

New Member Joins MedErr DataApplication Ltd. Board of Directors

Company Challenges Medical Industry Leaders to Reduce Errors, Save Lives and Limit Rising Healthcare Costs; MedErr DataApplication Ltd. to launch early in 2007

As the current Dean of Trident Technical College’s Business and Technology Division, Robert G. Parker already contributes to the Charleston area educational community. Now, he is also contributing his talents, software business experience and time to help a new company accomplish a hefty goal.

The company is called MedErr DataApplication Ltd., and the goal is saving 92,000 lives a year by helping hospitals identify, prevent and reduce medical errors.

Parker heard about MedErr DataApplication Ltd. when he read a Charleston area media publication highlighting the company’s decision to make its home base in Charleston, SC. Being proactive in nature, Parker called the company’s founder and chairman, William Hoyes, to see how he could get involved.

“When I read about MedErr DataApplication Ltd., I was particularly impressed with the company’s mission and the huge impact it can have in savings lives. The more I learned about the company’s software product, eAppliedData, the more compelling it became. With their product entering its Beta Test phase, I saw an opportunity to help this young healthcare information services company develop its strategic plan and business model for success,” Parker said. “With the state of South Carolina’s emphasis on high-tech economic development through public and private investment, and local college and university assistance, MedErr DataApplication Ltd.’s decision to make Charleston its headquarters is very sound.” 

MedErr DataApplication Ltd. is inviting hospitals to enter into a collaborative partnership, one that uses newly developed software as a tool for decreasing the number of medical errors that occur every year. Once the software is commercially available, it could become the world’s first standardized deterrence against the global pandemic of medical errors.

“There are approximately 7,000 hospitals in the country and although each has its own, individual program to reduce errors, the nation’s error rate continues to climb,” said Hoyes. “Our company is introducing the first inter-facility, cooperative and standardized confrontation of the disturbing medical error pandemic.”

Parker joins an impressive group of distinguished leaders in their fields who are already on MedErr DataApplication Ltd.’s Board of Directors.

Parker, who is originally from the Boston area, has worked in the software industry for over 30 years developing, marketing and servicing enterprise applications for a variety of industries, including healthcare, insurance and pharmaceutical companies. He has been successful with small and large software companies, started two companies of his own and was a senior management member of Atria Software, a start-up company that successfully went public in 1994.

After 30+ years in the software industry, Parker decided to follow his dreams, commenced a new

 career in academia, and moved to a warmer Charleston, South Carolina climate in 2005. “It is remarkable to see how similar the port cities of Charleston and Boston really are,” Parker said.

There are several reasons why Parker was interested in joining MedErr DataApplication Ltd..

“With their product concept, MedErr DataApplication Ltd. will have a dramatic impact on the number of medical errors that occur in hospitals.  The product and the critical information it produces will improve the quality of patient care, reduce hospital operating costs, decrease insurance costs and save lives as a result,” Parker said. “These business and philanthropic benefits are very important to me, the company and its customers.”

But Parker also cites the value to the primary users of the software -- the hospitals -- from a business standpoint.

“The return on investment will be phenomenal,” Parker said, noting that one medical error costs a hospital an average of $32,000. “It’s truly a win-win because the hospitals can gain a huge return on investment, while the result is nothing but positive for the patients, insurance carriers and the public who will all be big winners with this endeavor.”

Parker credits the Internet as being the avenue that allows this type of technology to become a reality.

“This is a concept whose time has come, and MedErr DataApplication Ltd. is taking the lead on bringing it to today’s worldwide healthcare market,” Parker said. “It’s far more economical and appropriate to present this to the world now that we have the Web-based software capability to make it effective. This makes it easy for hospitals to use it, not only here in the U.S., but across the globe.”

While Parker said for now, he’s interested in being a board member and contributing to new ideas for MedErr DataApplication Ltd., he is looking toward other operational responsibilities down the road.

Hoyes, the company’s founder, said he has high hopes for Parker, as well as the other board members who support MedErr DataApplication Ltd.’s goals.

“All you have to do is look at the names, affiliations and relevant experience of our board members to know that the medical industry has a dire need for a single, cooperative approach to reducing medical errors,” Hoyes said. “These proactive board members offer a wide range of talents, experiences and reputations, assets that will ensure the company’s managed growth and success in reducing the global pandemic of preventable medical errors.”

For more information on MedErr DataApplication Ltd., visit www.mederr.com.