Press Release 01/2010
April 16, 2010
CompuGroup Medical NE
Management Board member Professor Winter switches to freelance consulting for CompuGroup Medical
Professor Dr. med. Stefan F. Winter will from 1st May 2010 switch from his position as Board Director to conduct freelance consulting activities for CompuGroup Medical. The change has been made due to personal realignment in the area of international healthcare.
Professor Winter, doctor, scientist, former State secretary and WHO adviser, has been involved with the company as a member of the Management Board since 2008. He has given a major impetus to the global positioning of CompuGroup Medical and the medical focus of the Medical Information Technology company. In his time as Board Director, professor Winter has made particular contributions in the important areas of Medical Decision Support, in addition to medical e-learning, the modern form of medical knowledge transfer. "Medicine in the future is inconceivable without intelligent use of Medical Information Technologies. The implementation of such medical IT infrastructures, adapted to the individual needs of global health systems, is one of the core tasks of public health policy and medical research", says professor Winter.
Professor Winters expertise will still be used by CompuGroup Medical in the future. "I am delighted that we will be able to continue to address strategic issues and challenges for global health system with professor Winter", said company founder and CEO Frank Gotthardt.
In the future professor Winter intends to concern himself increasingly with social, medical, and scientific issues in international health policy, alongside his consulting activity for CompuGroup Medical.