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"New health service options": CompuGROUP supports health insurers and physicians.

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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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