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HILTON HEAD, SC (March 26, 2001) – QualityMetric, Inc., developers of the industry’s most widely used health outcome assessments, and invivodata, inc., scientific experts in the collection of real-world patient experience data in clinical trials, have formed a partnership to adapt a family of QualityMetric assessment tools to a handheld platform. While these assessments are primarily administered using printed questionnaires or on computers today, the new collaboration makes possible the use of handheld devices to administer these assessments.

QualityMetric outcome assessment tools, SF-36®, SF-12® and SF-8™ Health Surveys, are recognized as standards for monitoring health outcomes from the patient point-of-view. SF-36 is the most widely used patient-based health status survey in the world. It has been translated into more than 40 languages and the subject of more than 2,000 peer-reviewed publications worldwide. SF-12 generates an abbreviated health profile consisting of two summary measures of physical and mental health. SF-8 does the same with even fewer questions and represents a major advance in the application of SF technology to achieve both brevity and comprehensiveness in U.S. and international population surveys. SF-8 is currently being used by such organizations as the Department of Defense, Roper-Starch Worldwide, GlaxoSmithKline, and Johnson & Johnson.

“We are pleased to work with invivodata to optimize these proven assessments for administration using handheld devices,” said John E. Ware, Ph.D., CEO of QualityMetric. “invivodata’s experience in collecting real-world patient assessments using handheld technology, grounded as it is in solid behavioral science, makes them a natural partner for us.”

invivodata, inc. brings years of experience in the development, validation, and deployment of subjective assessments of patient experience in real time and in the study subjects’ natural environment. invivodata’s handheld platform, invivosystem, also boasts superior patient compliance with study protocols, regularly achieving mean compliance rates above 95% over the course of a trial. Sponsors, researchers and patients all benefit from this better compliance through more accurate, valid, and timely data, improving the monitoring of patient quality of life during clinical studies.

“The use of QualityMetric’s health outcome assessment tools with our invivosystem handheld platform will enable study sponsors to increase the quality of data collected from subjects,” added Saul Shiffman, Chief Science Officer for invivodata. “This adds a dimension to clinical research that will give study sponsors access to better tools to conduct their scientific research. QualityMetric is unquestionably the leader in health outcome measurement tools, and this partnership will pave the way for more sensitive and data-rich clinical trials.”

QualityMetric and invivodata will collaborate on both the development and validation of the new formats required for assessments using handhelds. Changes in the assessments will include modifications made for varying user interfaces, screen size, and momentary versions of the assessments (in some cases). Once the handheld versions of these assessments are validated, they will be available for license directly from QualityMetric.

About QualityMetric

QualityMetric, Inc is a privately held company, founded by John E. Ware, Jr., Ph.D. in 1997. Ware is best known for developing the SF-36® Health Survey and other outcomes assessment tools widely used in health care. QualityMetric offers practical and scientifically-sound health measurement solutions to health industry clients. QualityMetric's team of scientific professionals assist with strategic planning, provide analytic services, and deliver health assessment products in an ever-changing health care environment. QualityMetric is based in Lincoln, RI. For more information, please visit QualityMetric.

About invivodata, inc.

invivodata, inc. delivers the first and only system that gives the sponsor control over their diary data – integrating behavioral and clinical science with handheld technology to deliver a full-service patient experience diary solution that optimizes patient compliance. invivodata is the only company that can guarantee patient compliance. invivodata can deliver this unmatched guarantee because of their unique Palm-based solution for gathering real time, real world patient experience data. Employed to date in dozens of trials, involving thousands of subjects, invivodata’s product is mature and market-ready. Valid, reliable, timely data efficiently delivered by invivodata saves time and reduces risk, yielding confidence in a sponsor’s study and security in their data. invivodata, inc., a privately held company, is headquartered in Scotts Valley, California. The clinical trials operations center is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information on invivodata inc., please visit invivodata inc.