DJ Professor Dr. med.StefanF.WinterJoinsManagementBoardofCompuGROUP Holding AG

 
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Koblenz (Germany) - October 15, 2008: CompuGROUP Holding AG, a leading  European 
eHealth company, reports the expansion of  the  group's  management  board:  The 
supervisory board has appointed Professor Dr. med.  Stefan  F.  Winter  a  board 
member of CompuGROUP, effective from October 16, 2008. The forty-eight year  old 
Stefan F. Winter  will  be  specifically  responsible  for  product  management, 
product development and research  with  a  focus  on  medical  decision  support 
systems. 
 
Until the middle of August 2008, Professor Dr. med. Stefan Winter has worked  as 
State Secretary of the Ministry for Labor, Health  and  Social  Affairs  of  the 
federal state North Rhine-Westphalia. Between 1992 and 2005, the  physician  and 
molecular biologist  has  held  various  managerial  positions  at  the  Federal 
Ministry of Health. Among others,  he  also  managed  the  "Prevention,  Disease 
Control and Biomedicine" department. 
 
Similarly, Professor Winter possesses comprehensive experience in  international 
healthcare politics and has  numerous  scientific  contacts  abroad.  From  1992 
until 2004, he was a member of the European Steering  Committee  for  Biomedical 
Ethics at the Council of Europe. In addition he has worked as an advisor of  the 
World Health Organization (WHO) since 2000. 
 
"We are very pleased that with Professor Winter we were  able  to  win  a  well- 
renowned and internationally highly respected manager  for  such  an  important, 
growing  field  as  medical  expert  systems.  With  his   expertise   and   his 
international reputation,  he  will  contribute  enormously  to  the  continuing 
CompuGROUP success story," emphasizes Frank Gotthardt, Chairman of the Board  of 
CompuGROUP Holding AG. 
 
"It is an extremely attractive and exciting challenge  for  me  to  support  the 
expansion of CompuGROUP's medical decision support  systems  field  as  well  as 
product management, product development and  research  of  this  internationally 
operating, well-positioned eHealth company. Like no  other  healthcare  company, 
CompuGROUP stands for innovations which are as well sustainable  and  beneficial 
to all those working  in  healthcare  as  for  patients,"  underlines  Professor 
Winter. 
 
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About CompuGROUP Holding AG 
CompuGROUP is one of the leading  eHealth  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 are based on its unique customer  base  of  about  330,000  doctors, 
dentists, hospitals,  associations  and  networks  as  well  as  other  service 
providers. CompuGROUP is the eHealth company with the  biggest  coverage  among 
eHealth service providers  worldwide.  The  company  operates  in  14  European 
countries, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and in South  Africa  and  currently  employs 
around 2,600 people. 
 
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