Professor Dr. med. Stefan F. Winter Joins Management Board of CompuGROUP Holding AG

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Koblenz (euro adhoc) - Koblenz (Germany) - October 15, 2008:
CompuGROUP Holding AG, a leading European eHealth company, reports
the expansion of the group's management board: The supervisory
board has appointed Professor Dr. med. Stefan F. Winter a board
member of CompuGROUP, effective from October 16, 2008. The
forty-eight year old Stefan F. Winter will be specifically
responsible for product management, product development and
research with a focus on medical decision support systems.

Until the middle of August 2008, Professor Dr. med. Stefan Winter has
worked as State Secretary of the Ministry for Labor, Health and
Social Affairs of the federal state North Rhine-Westphalia.
Between 1992 and 2005, the physician and molecular biologist has
held various managerial positions at the Federal Ministry of
Health. Among others, he also managed the "Prevention, Disease
Control and Biomedicine" department.

Similarly, Professor Winter possesses comprehensive experience in
international healthcare politics and has numerous scientific
contacts abroad. From 1992 until 2004, he was a member of the
European Steering Committee for Biomedical Ethics at the Council
of Europe. In addition he has worked as an advisor of the World
Health Organization (WHO) since 2000.

"We are very pleased that with Professor Winter we were able to
win a well- renowned and internationally highly respected manager
for such an important, growing field as medical expert
systems. With his expertise and his international reputation,
he will contribute enormously to the continuing CompuGROUP
success story," emphasizes Frank Gotthardt, Chairman of the Board of
CompuGROUP Holding AG.

"It is an extremely attractive and exciting challenge for me to
support the expansion of CompuGROUP's medical decision support
systems field as well as product management, product development
and research of this internationally operating, well-positioned
eHealth company. Like no other healthcare company, CompuGROUP
stands for innovations which are as well sustainable and beneficial
to all those working in healthcare as for patients," underlines
Professor Winter.

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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 about 330,000 doctors, dentists, hospitals,
associations 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 and in South Africa and
currently employs around 2,600 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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