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Koblenz (euro adhoc) - Koblenz - 25 March 2009: CompuGROUP Holding
AG, Europe's leading e-health service provider, supports physicians
and statutory health insurance funds with intelligent software and
future-oriented communication solutions. The firm, an expert,
experienced partner to physicians and health insurers,presented
new health-care options at the regional conference of the CDU in
Koblenz.

The Health-Care Fund and the reform of the fee system have
imposed severe financial burdens on physicians and statutory
health insurance funds alike. "New health service options" offer
one way of coping with these burdens. These options focus on
services provided by family doctors. All statutory health
insurance funds are required to offer family physician contracts
by 1 July 2009.

Within the context of this model, family doctors act as "guides"
within an integrated health-care system. The problem is that many
physicians are not certain which health insurers have concluded
so-called selective contracts with specialists and outpatient
clinics in a given region or what services (e.g. outpatient
surgery) are covered by such contracts. Prescribing physicians often
lack a complete overview of the various rebate agreements
offered by pharmaceutical companies. This situation is further
complicated by the fact that patients tend to expect
efficiently coordinated treatment, detailed guidance from their
doctors and, most importantly, transparency with respect to courses
of treatment. All of these factors combine to pose a
significant challenge for family doctors - one that cannot be met
without effective IT support.

CompuGROUP provides user-friendly electronic communication tools in
support of regional, interdisciplinary cooperation among
physicians, hospitals and therapists. With the aid of these
tools, duplicate examinations and cases of mismedication can be
prevented and the length of hospital stays can be reduced. The goal
is to achieve effective coordination of all medical and
nursing services, thereby improving the quality of health care
for patients and reducing costs for health insurers.

One such tool is the "DocPortal" information platform, which is
now used by more than 60,000 physicians throughout Germany. Uwe
Eibich, a member of the Board of Directors of CompuGROUP
explained the background behind the development of this tool
at the CDU Regional Conference: "On average, a family doctor in
Germany has only 7.6 minutes in which to examine a patient,
discuss symptoms and findings, recommend a course of
treatment and prescribe medications, if needed. DocPortal
ensures that the physician can obtain information about specific
regional health services offered by health insurers during his
consultation with the patient and is thus able to make the right
decision on the spot." The physician can also search patient
histories (many of them extending over a number of years) for
symptoms, findings, diagnoses, prescriptions, etc. in an expert
database developed by CompuGROUP. On the basis of this
comprehensive information, Eibich explained, to identify related
disorders and even detect previously undiagnosed illnesses at a
very early stage. In order to ensure that this comprehensive
expert information system consistently reflects the most recent
scientific insights, CompuGROUP relies on the support of internal
and external teams of experts representing all relevant disciplines.

"Mr Eibich's presentation was of great interest to us. Calls for
new health service options are a focus of intense discussion in the
political community. Thus it can only be helpful to approach this
issue from a different perspective and to realize that corresponding
solutions have already been developed and implemented
successfully - and by a company from our own region", notes Joachim
Prümm, Managing Director of the Wirtschaftsrat der CDU e.V.
(Economic Council of the CDU, a non-profit organization).

About CompuGROUP Holding AG CompuGROUP is one of the leading
eHealth companies worldwide. Its software products, designed to
support all medical and organizational activities in doctors'
offices and hospitals, its information services for all
parties involved in the healthcare system and its web-based
personal health records contribute towards safer and more
efficient healthcare. The services of CompuGROUP are based on its
unique customer base of around 326,000 doctors, dentists,
hospitals and networks as well as other service providers.
CompuGROUP is the eHealth company with the biggest coverage
among eHealth service providers worldwide. The company operates in
14 European countries, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and in
the USA and currently employs around 2,700 people.

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Further inquiry note:

Maik Jacobs

Tel.: +49(0)261-8000 1284

E-Mail: mja@compugroup.com

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