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Koblenz (euro adhoc) - CompuGROUP Holding AG, one of the world's
leading e-health service providers, has been nominated as a candidate
for the 2009 dfg Award - the most prestigious award conferred in the
healthcare sector.

Germany has one of the best health-care systems in the world. Yet the
healthcare market has been in a constant state of flux for years. It
is influenced by a number of critical political, structural, medical
and economic factors. To be presented for the first time this year,
the dfg Award will honour the achievements of business enterprises,
corporate bodies and associations devoted to progressive improvement
of the healthcare system through innovative action.

CompuGROUP has been nominated as a candidate for this award in
Category I - "Innovation" - for its "LeitsymptomNAVIGATOR", a
software-based early-detection tool for diseases. The tool is part of
the new "e-careNOMIC" product family developed by CompuGROUP for the
purpose of increasing efficiency in the healthcare system.

Background: On average, a doctor has only 7.6 minutes consultation
time with each patient. Drawing from the huge fund of available
medical knowledge and experience, the "LeitsymptomNAVIGATOR" provides
physicians precisely the information they need to render a diagnosis
within that small window. Based on an analysis of a patient's medical
history, doctors are informed immediately about possible disorders
and undetected co-morbidities and have immediate access to a complete
and transparent overview of the sources from which the information is
derived. In this way, the expert system developed by CompuGROUP
facilitates the task of reviewing medical histories, relevant
literature, diagnostic guidelines and treatment recommendations. In
addition to access to medical knowledge, the integration of the tool
into the doctor's workflow plays a crucial role in this context.
CompuGROUP has the broadest reach within the global healthcare sector
and currently serves 330,000 healthcare providers worldwide.

The "LeitsymptomNAVIGATOR" was developed by the CompuGROUP medical
team headed by Dr. med. Dierk Heimann. "The most important aspect in
my opinion is personal contact between physicians and patients. We
would all like to have more time than we now have for our patients.
Thus our hope is that the "LeitsymptomNAVIGATOR" will support my
colleagues in precisely those areas where software analysis can help
- so that they have more time for what really matters - attending to
patients' needs", says Heimann, Medical Director of CompuGROUP
Holding AG, the advantages of the new product.

"Having said that", Heimann adds, "our goal is to use intelligent
software in order to provide physicians only the information they
really need in a given situation. No one can ever have all of the
information relevant to a specific patient whenever it is needed. But
that is precisely what intelligent databases do. And we use them for
that purpose alone. We are firmly convinced that this information
service will become the third key pillar of the healthcare system
along with medication and medical technology."

The six dfg Awards will be presented to the winners at the castle in
Wiesbaden- Biebrich on 25 June 2009.

About CompuGROUP Holding AG CompuGROUP is one of the leading e-health
companies in the world. Its software products designed to support
medical and organizational activities in physicians' surgeries and
hospitals, its information services for all parties involved in the
health sector and its Web-based personal medical files contribute to
the development of a more reliable and efficient health service
system. The basis for the services offered by CompuGROUP is an
unparalleled customer base comprising some 326,000 physicians,
dentists, hospitals and networks, as well as other service providers.
CompuGROUP is the e-health company with the widest global reach among
service providers. The firm operates in 14 European countries,
Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the U.S. and currently
employs roughly 2,700 people.

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Further inquiry note:

Barbara Zörner

Tel.: 0261-8000 1293

E-Mail: bzo@compugroup.com

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