EANS-News: CompuGROUP Holding AG: Study - Third Industry Pillar in the Healthcare System holds up under Scrutiny

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Subtitle: CompuGROUP has forward-looking results for Decision Support

Koblenz (euro adhoc) - At this year´s MEDICA, CompuGROUP Holding AG, one of the
leading worldwide providers of eHealth, will present the first concrete results
for one of their most important Medical Decision Support Systems(MDSS). A study
of the care received by almost 5,000 participant patients in the IV project "AOK
aktiv + vital", a joint project with the AOK of Hessen, demonstrated that
workflow-integrated software solutions improve patients' health and at the same
time are instrumental in resource and cost savings. Currently, more than 6,000
patients are cared for as part of the "AOK aktiv + vital" project.

One of the notable results of the innovative, software-assisted program for
diabetic and at-risk patients: Approximately every third patient who was
outside of recommended parameters at the start of the program had blood
pressure and triglyceride levels already within the targeted region after the
first three months. This positive trend was maintained and improved during the
subsequent year of review and had improved with particular regard to the marker
for long-term blood sugar control, the HbA1c level. "One of the medical quality
indicators we looked at were the so-called triglycerides. When they decrease,
the patient is either eating better, getting more exercise or the physician has
prescribed medication that improves the overall risk profile. That was exactly
our goal - to adapt the affected patient´s life to the risk constellation,"
said Professor Dr. med. Stefan F. Winter, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of
CompuGROUP Holding AG. Members of his team were instrumental in helping to plan
the medical concept of AOK aktiv + vital 2007 and they translated it into a
fully integrated software solution.

In addition, an independent medical expert panel monitors the current guideline-
based contents and their results. MEDICA president Professor Dr. med. Werner
Scherbaum is also a member of this panel. "Together with the AOK, we had these
analyses and the evaluation of the program carried out by independent,
university-associated companies. The results came in two weeks ago and quite
honestly, it was more than we expected," continued the CMO, who meanwhile was
looking at the results from seven quarterly periods, as well as the first
documentation of more than 1.000 patients.

"We see these very promising results as a renewed challenge to anchor our
Medical Decision Support Systems in the healthcare system as a new, third
pillar of the industry," said CompuGROUP´s Chief Executive Officer, Frank
Gotthardt, at the company´s MEDICA press conference on Wednesday. "Up to now,
the industry was primarily dedicated to the two pillars drug therapy and
medical products, but an additional option is increasingly developing and has
shown itself to be efficient as well as effective: The use of intelligent
software to optimize the utilization of all resources in the healthcare system,
consistent with an increase in efficiency and quality," said the company
founder. Mr. Gotthardt also pointed out that, in part, there was evidence of
savings amounting to several thousand Euros per patient per year. "Even though
these are initial trend analyses that have to be honed further, we are
certainly on the right path and we will continue to follow the results with
interest, together with healthcare professionals and economists. It has been
worth it to have lived through numerous childhood illnesses, which one
encounters with every new, visionary project."

MEDICA, the worldwide largest event for experts in the medical sector,
celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. CompuGROUP is also represented at
the trade fair with numerous subsidiaries, in pavilion 15, C32.

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 2,800 people.

Further inquiry note:
Barbara Zörner
Tel.: 0261-8000 1293
E-Mail: [email protected]
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issuer: CompuGROUP Holding AG
Maria Trost 21
D-56070 Koblenz
phone: +49 (0)261 80 00-0
FAX: +49 (261) 8000 1166
mail: [email protected]
WWW: http://www.compugroup.com
sector: Software
ISIN: DE0005437305
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stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt, free trade: Berlin,
Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München
language: English

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