DataPros Named as Member of the Early Adoption Group for adoption of GS1 Standards in Healthcare… DataPros for Healthcare has been named by GS1 Healthcare US as part of the Early Adoption Group (EAG) for adoption of the GS1 Standards in Healthcare. The EAG is made up of members from all arenas of the healthcare supply chain industry that will focus on implementing the Global Data Synchronization Network® (GDSN®) in order to share standardized healthcare product information. The GDSN initiative will ultimately ensure that all members in the healthcare supply chain utilize identical, current, and reliable product data. This will lead to improved patient safety, as well as supply chain efficiency. The EAG is working as a team to incorporate the use of the GDSN in daily electronic transactions. DataPros for Healthcare will be part of the presentation about the results at the GS1 Healthcare US meeting in Chicago, October 6 through 8, 2009. FULL GS1 Healthcare US Press Release.

IT WAS GREAT SEEING YOU… at AHRMM 2009 here in Tampa, Florida. DataPros is already preparing for Denver, Colorado in 2010. If we missed you at the show or if you could not attend, please feel free to contact us directly and discover how DataPros can assist in optimizing your hospital’s efficiency with the foundation of good data.

**PRESS RELEASE** DataPros Enables Implementation of GS1 Standards in Healthcare…

Tampa, FL (July 14, 2009) – DataPros for Healthcare, an active member of GS1 Healthcare US, is driving the adoption of GS1 data standards in the healthcare industry by helping healthcare organizations prepare for use of the Global Data Synchronization Network® (GDSN®). The Tampa-based firm is contributing its experience to the development of an industry roadmap for the GDSN that will serve as an adoption model for stakeholders in the healthcare supply chain.

The adoption model will assist in the documentation of early experiences and lessons learned in order to provide the industry with real-world use cases and benefits. “As a leading independent provider of data integration services in the healthcare industry, DataPros for Healthcare is well positioned to support this effort,” said Daniel Wilkinson, vice president of business development for GS1 US.

Global data standards for healthcare will improve patient safety, supply chain efficiency, traceability, and accurate data synchronization among hospitals and healthcare systems across the United States.

“We are excited to be working with GS1 Healthcare US on such an important initiative in the healthcare industry,” said Allen Esses, president of DataPros for Healthcare. “As a leading provider of data integration solutions and champions of data integrity, we embrace these standards and believe our expertise is a valuable asset for the future use of the Global Data Synchronization Network in healthcare.”

DATAPROS IN THE NEWS: Gulf Coast Business Review Article “CONTENT IS KING”… It’s no surprise that Tampa company DataPros for Healthcare likes to use a quote from Sherlock Holmes on its Web site. “The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession,” Holmes once said in one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s crime novels. Gathering and enhancing accurate, critical data for better decision making is the primary business for DataPros. But instead of doing it for Scotland Yard like Holmes, DataPros does it for hospitals and medical centers. READ FULL STORY in Gulf Coast Business Review.

**PRESS RELEASE** DATAPROS FOR HEALTHCARE SAVES HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER $1M...
pricePAL™ SOFTWARE’S EFFICIENCY GAINS ACCEPTANCE IN THE MARKET

Tampa, FL (April, 2009) – A software tool developed by DataPros for Healthcare for Penn State University’s Hershey Medical Center saved the hospital more than $1 million in supply costs in the first year.

“DataPros was able to work with us to develop a contracts and spend reporting tool that saved us time looking for contracts, and gave us data to correct pricing problems with vendors,” said James Rohacek, administrator of support services integration for the institution.

DataPros for Healthcare and Hershey Medical Center have been working together for about a year to develop software to include a robust electronic contract database, and a group of spend reports to monitor price discrepancies and buying opportunities.

The medical center discovered DataPros for Healthcare’s pricePAL™ solution after experiencing frustration with its current paper filing systems, and the limitations of their information system to keep up with changes to prices and contracts. Since the initial development, DataPros for Healthcare has been able to gain acceptance in the market and improve the product with five other early adopters.

“We have been able to leverage the success at Hershey with other major academic institutions to fully develop the contracts, spend analytic, and custom reporting features of the product,” explained Allen Esses, president of DataPros for Healthcare. “In the current cost savings environment, the appetite for this type of solution is stronger than ever.”

WHO WE ARE… Founded in 2003, DataPros for Healthcare is the leading independent data cleansing company in the United States. DataPros for Healthcare is a fast-growing company employing more than 50 people with its headquarters in Tampa, Florida. The company provides data cleansing, data management and a range of consulting services for hospitals and integrated delivery networks across the country. We are engaged by GS1 Healthcare US, the organization that implements the GS1 global data standards for healthcare, to write the roadmap for the adoption and implementation of the Global Data Standardization Network (GDSN) throughout the healthcare industry.