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CompuGROUP has forward-looking results for Decision Support

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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.

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E-Mail: bzo@compugroup.com

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