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Subtitle: - eHealth-company CompuGroup Medical AG strengthens its market position with the gradual implementation of an umbrella brand strategy - The „secret" market leader becomes more and more perceptible internationally - Power of innovation and Best Practice for future requirements of healthcare systems

Koblenz (euro adhoc) - November 14, 2011. For almost 25 years CompuGroup Medical (CGM) has been a provider of eHealth solutions and a demanded expert in healthcare. The company has about 90 subsidiaries in 20 countries. With the gradual implementation of the umbrella brand strategy, CGM will further strengthen its pioneering role in the worldwide eHealth-market. By now CGM is one of the worldwide leading providers of medical information- and communication technologies.

"CGM holds a worldwide market share of up to 70 percent and serves all actors in healthcare directly or indirectly. Positioning our successful products and brands under the umbrella of CompuGroup Medical will remarkably improve the perception of our role as market leader", emphasizes Frank Gotthardt, CEO of CompuGroup Medical AG. By now users of CGM solutions already benefit from the international Know-how transfer and the innovative power of a strong medium sized group. "Thanks to our market position our customers can be sure that our products are continuously developed and provided on the long-term focusing on our users' wishes. For this, alone more than 2,500 employees are engaged in our software development teams ", says Gotthardt.

Medical knowledge doubles circa every four years. It is becoming harder and harder for individual users to keep up to date. The new solutions from the field Software Assisted Medicine (SAM) that CGM will present at the MEDICA provides support: "The SAM products support physicians in their work and present important medical information regarding the actual case", explains Gotthardt.

SAM also supports physicians in guideline-compliant patient care and delivers individualized diagnosis support. Independent from time and place SAM provides the user with exactly the medical patient-individualized knowledge he needs at the moment of treatment. Building on the international subsidiaries' expertise CGM continuously conceptualizes new SAM-modules, that respond to changing conditions in healthcare.

The CGM - product world may be experienced at the international medical trade fair MEDICA in Düsseldorf from November 16 to November 19.

About CompuGroup Medical AG CompuGroup Medical is one of the leading eHealth companies in the world. Its software products are designed to support all medical and organizational activities in doctors' offices, pharmacies 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. CompuGroup Medical's services are based on a unique customer base of over 385,000 doctors, dentists, hospitals, pharmacies and networks as well as other service providers. With locations in 20 countries and customers in 34 countries worldwide, CompuGroup Medical is the eHealth company with one of the highest coverage among eHealth service providers. Approximately 3,600 highly qualified employees support customers with innovative solutions for the steadily growing demands of the healthcare system.

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 company:     CompuGroup Medical AG
             Maria Trost 21
             D-56070 Koblenz
phone:       +49 (0) 261 8000-0
FAX:         +49 (0) 261 8000-1166
mail:        investor@cgm.com
WWW:         www.cgm.com
sector:      Software
ISIN:        DE0005437305
indexes:     
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt, free trade: Berlin,
             Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München 
language:    English

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