EANS-News: Changes in the Laboratory Market: CompuGroup Medical (CGM) Networking Physicians and Laboratory Service Providers

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Subtitle: - Consolidation and progressive privatization - Search for
stable IT-partners with international structures and solutions for
the future - Concerning lab solutions, CGM offers a powerful
laboratory solution and international best practice coupled with
networking with the outpatient sector.

Koblenz (euro adhoc) - August 16, 2012. The trend in the Laboratory
market is clearly recognizable: the concentration process is in full
swing creating new structures. This also holds true for IT- vendors.
With laboratory solutions in 20 countries, CompuGroup Medical
possesses global knowledge of the industry for laboratories of all
sizes.

Following the privatization of hospitals and the outsourcing of
hospital laboratories, the laboratory business has been focusing on
fewer and fewer suppliers. Currently in Germany, nearly 60% of
private laboratories belong to large laboratory networks.
Furthermore, the laboratory performance is becoming more and more
technical on an international level. Causes for this are high levels
of automation and mechanization, such as the introduction of chip
technology or the POC analysis (Point of Care).

This development presents new challenges for the vendors. The systems
must be programmed in multiple languages and must also do the
international standards justice. It is no longer sufficient to
further develop existing systems. Rather, solutions for internal and
external networking and smart management tools which support the
workflow must be made available. So far, the IT market focuses and
operates only on a national level. Few IT vendors have international
expertise and the necessary country-specific market knowledge.

One such vendor is CGM. As a world leader in eHealth, the company
interacts with customers in 34 countries, including 1,500
laboratories with large instillation in 20 countries. The foundation
consists of the lab solutions already successfully in use today. "In
recent months, we have seen a pleasant increase in orders for the
laboratory market, for example, in the emerging Russian market",
confirms Frank Gotthardt, Chief Executive Officer of CompuGroup
Medical AG. This is also attributable to the considerable investments
in product development, especially in the development of laboratory
solutions.

CGM possesses the necessary performance and market knowledge
necessary to implement international solutions according to customer
specific requirements in a reasonable time frame. The systems and
their components already cover the complete range of services in the
laboratory. In addition, CGM focuses on interfaces, for example, the
networking solution CGM LAB Connect which organizes the workflow in
complex orders and in the transfer of laboratory results to a wide
range of receivers.

"In CGM we have found a competent partner. CGM offers completely
digitalized systems that create quick and accurate requests, good
workflow at the laboratory and reliable notification of diagnosis
results," says Geir Nordheim, Project Manager at Nye Ahus, rather
enthusiastically. Nye Ahus, with its hospital in Norway, sets new
standards with the aim of becoming the most modern hospital in
Europe.

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 19 countries and customers in 34 countries worldwide,
CompuGroup Medical is the eHealth company with one of the highest
coverage among eHealth service providers. Approximately 3,500 highly
qualified employees support customers with innovative solutions for
the steadily growing demands of the healthcare system.

Further inquiry note:
CompuGroup Medical AG
Barbara Müller
Consultant Press & Media
P +49 (0) 261 8000-6100
F +49 (0) 261 8000-3100
e-mail: press@cgm.com

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company: CompuGroup Medical AG
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