EANS-News: CompuGroup Medical strengthens its worldwide top position
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Subtitle: - eHealth-company CompuGroup Medical AG strengthens its market
position with the gradual implementation of an umbrella brand strategy
- The secret" market leader becomes more and more perceptible internationally
- Power of innovation and Best Practice for future requirements of healthcare
systems
Koblenz (euro adhoc) - November 14, 2011. For almost 25 years CompuGroup Medical
(CGM) has been a provider of eHealth solutions and a demanded expert in
healthcare. The company has about 90 subsidiaries in 20 countries. With the
gradual implementation of the umbrella brand strategy, CGM will further
strengthen its pioneering role in the worldwide eHealth-market. By now CGM is
one of the worldwide leading providers of medical information- and communication
technologies.
"CGM holds a worldwide market share of up to 70 percent and serves all actors in
healthcare directly or indirectly. Positioning our successful products and
brands under the umbrella of CompuGroup Medical will remarkably improve the
perception of our role as market leader", emphasizes Frank Gotthardt, CEO of
CompuGroup Medical AG. By now users of CGM solutions already benefit from the
international Know-how transfer and the innovative power of a strong medium
sized group. "Thanks to our market position our customers can be sure that our
products are continuously developed and provided on the long-term focusing on
our users' wishes. For this, alone more than 2,500 employees are engaged in our
software development teams ", says Gotthardt.
Medical knowledge doubles circa every four years. It is becoming harder and
harder for individual users to keep up to date. The new solutions from the
field Software Assisted Medicine (SAM) that CGM will present at the MEDICA
provides support: "The SAM products support physicians in their work and present
important medical information regarding the actual case", explains Gotthardt.
SAM also supports physicians in guideline-compliant patient care and delivers
individualized diagnosis support. Independent from time and place SAM provides
the user with exactly the medical patient-individualized knowledge he needs at
the moment of treatment. Building on the international subsidiaries' expertise
CGM continuously conceptualizes new SAM-modules, that respond to changing
conditions in healthcare.
The CGM - product world may be experienced at the international medical trade
fair MEDICA in Düsseldorf from November 16 to November 19.
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 20 countries and customers in 34 countries
worldwide, CompuGroup Medical is the eHealth company with one of the highest
coverage among eHealth service providers. Approximately 3,600 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
Maria Trost 21
D-56070 Koblenz
phone: +49 (0) 261 8000-0
FAX: +49 (0) 261 8000-1166
mail: investor@cgm.com
WWW: www.cgm.com
sector: Software
ISIN: DE0005437305
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Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München
language: English