EANS-News: CompuMED and DATA VITAL merge to form CompuGROUP Arztsysteme Deutschland GmbH
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Koblenz - 30 June 2009: CompuMED Praxiscomputer GmbH & Co KG and die DATA VITAL GmbH & Co KG will merge to form CompuGROUP Arztsysteme Deutschland effective 1 July 2009. With a combined total of over 10,500 users, the two subsidiaries of CompuGROUP Holding AG are among the leading producers of doctor information systems in Germany.
CompuMED M1 is used by practicing physicians in all fields of medicine and especially by outpatient clinics and medical treatment centres to visualize process-based working procedures and cross-sector communication. With its DAVID X software, DATA VITAL is the leading producer of Linux-based doctor information systems in Germany. Offering outstanding system stability and processing speed, DAVID X meets all of the requirements of outpatient treatment facilities.
For the past two years, the two firms have been managed by a single management team, which will continue to ensure product continuity following the merger. "With the products developed by CompuMED M1 and DATA VITAL, CompuGROUP Arztsysteme Deutschland GmbH will play a very strong role in the German market for doctor information systems in the years to come. I am very pleased that our two-year corporate consolidation programme has now come to a successful conclusion. Our users will benefit in future from the combined expertise of the employees of both firms and can continue to rely on the high product quality of their doctor information systems", notes Stefan Hahne, Managing Director of CompuGROUP Arztsysteme Deutschland GmbH in his summary of the benefits of the merger.
The merger of these two companies and the resulting synergy effects bring us another step closer to our goal of increasing the efficiency of the healthcare system by 15%", says Jan Broer, CMO of CompuGROUP Holding AG. "Given the fact that we have the broadest reach among healthcare providers, this objective is entirely realistic.
About CompuGROUP Holding AG CompuGROUP Holding AG 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 2,700 people.
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