EANS-News: CompuGroup Medical invests 130 Million Euros in health system

Medical information perfectly prepared and available electronically –
thanks to Software Assisted Medicine (SAM)

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Research & Development

Subtitle: Medical information perfectly prepared and available
electronically – thanks to Software Assisted Medicine (SAM)

Koblenz (euro adhoc) - 20. October 2010: In the next five years the
CompuGroup Medical AG will invest 130 Million Euros in the health
system. Operative expenditures will be activated, among other things,
for new and further developments of innovative products already
underway in the Software Assisted Medicine (SAM) line. These
intelligent software solutions support physicians in the precisely
focused preparation of medical knowledge as well as in the making
available of relevant data and patient-specific information and
recommendations ( at the right time and place. Information on the
innovations has been provided by the enterprise in a series of ten
articles. The first article introduces the SAM Server and the SAM
Framework.

The basis of Software Assisted Medicine is the SAM Server: It acts as
both central memory and control unit and organizes the electronic
communication between all parties involved in the health system. The
SAM Framework processes medical knowledge and guidelines as basis
technology in the SAM Server and makes the relevant information
available over standardized interfaces.

The SAM Server as knowledge and information store

The SAM Server is the core element of SAM´s medical knowledge: Here
is where medical treatment paths are stored, patient data squared,
and instructions for guideline-tuned treatment provided. This
information is individually harmonized with the health data of each
and every patient and is displayed in context in the doctor´s and
hospital´s information system ( precisely at the time the physician
needs support and precisely at the place where they are relevant. The
upshot: Better quality of treatment, hence better quality of life.

The SAM Framework provides the framework for the communication

The SAM Framework processes the data on the SAM Server according to
indicated product and makes it available in standardized form over
interfaces. In daily application the SAM Framework thereby makes
possible through this standardization the communication between all
service providers in the health system: resident physicians,
hospitals, rehab centers, old people´s homes, health insurance
companies or medical device manufacturers.

Medical device manufacturers transfer information without frictional
loss

By means of the SAM Framework, f.i., manufacturers of medical devices
can send information to half of the physicians in Germany with no
friction. This is because some one out of two doctors works with a
physician´s information system from CompuGroup Medical and thus
automatically has a connection with the SAM Framework. As an open
system, however, the interfaces of the SAM Framework are available to
all other physicians as well. Integration into the respective system
is simple and can be done in no time at all by every system provider.

About CompuGroup Medical AG CompuGroup Medical is one of the leading
e-health 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 Medical are based on its unique customer base of around
370,000 doctors, dentists, hospitals and networks as well as other
service providers. CompuGroup Medical is the e-Health company with
one of the biggest coverage among e-health service providers
worldwide. The company operates in 14 European countries as well as
in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and in the USA and currently
employs around 3,000 people.

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