PHARMAGEST INTERACTIVE : Strategic technological partnership with CEGEDIM

Boulogne-Billancourt and Villers-lès-Nancy, 9 November 2018  6:30 p.m. (CET)
PRESS RELEASE

Cegedim and Pharmagest announce a strategic technological partnership in France

Providing interoperability for healthcare professionals across non-hospital and hospital segments
as a solution for addressing low physician density areas and population ageing in France

Cegedim (Euronext Paris - Compartment B - FR0000053506 - CGM), an innovative technology and services company, and Pharmagest (Euronext Paris - Compartment B - FR0012882389 - PHA), the French pharmacy information technology leader, announce a partnership in France to streamline patient health care pathways and relations between non-hospital and hospital segments by leveraging their software expertise.

Two major players promoting efficiencies across health care pathways in France

Increasing efficiencies of the healthcare system depend in large part on making available information system tools to healthcare professionals in both the non-hospital and hospital segments. These professionals require reliable and secure real-time or near-real-time patient information fully integrated in their different business applications. With existing interoperability systems having demonstrated their limits, only a strong technological partnership between two major players will lead to the development of a reliable and efficient health information system.
That is why Cegedim and Pharmagest have partnered to ensure the interoperability of their software solutions and databases in France.

Better patient care: the keystone of the partnership

The secure and efficient exchange of relevant information between healthcare professionals is essential for guaranteeing the quality of healthcare, particularly for the elderly and those living in low physician density areas, notably through tele-consultation and remote monitoring solutions.

For that reason, the interoperability of and process for exchanging information between the solutions of the Cegedim and Pharmagest groups concerns relations between:

This strong strategic partnership will enable the two partners to widely deploy in both non-hospital and hospital segments their innovative tele-consultation and remote medical monitoring solutions.

About Pharmagest Group - Pharmagest Group is the French pharmacy information technology leader, with a market share of more than 42% and more than 1,000 employees. The Group's strategy is based on a core business of improving healthcare through information technology innovation and developing two priority areas: 1/ Services and technologies for patients and healthcare professionals, with a focus on assisting pharmacies in patient medication compliance; and 2/ technologies for improving the efficacy of healthcare systems.
This strategy is executed through specialised business lines developed by Pharmagest Group: pharmacy IT solutions, e-Health solutions, solutions for healthcare professionals, solutions for pharmaceutical laboratories, connected health devices and apps, and a sales financing marketplace....
These businesses are grouped within four divisions: Pharmacy - Europe Solutions; Health and Social Care Facilities Solutions; e-Health Solutions and Fintech.

For all the latest news go to www.pharmagest.com
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About Cegedim - : Founded in 1969, Cegedim is an innovative technology and services company in the field of digital data flow management for healthcare ecosystems and B2B, and a business software publisher for healthcare and insurance professionals. Cegedim employs more than 4,200 people in more than 10 countries and generated revenue of €457 million in 2017.
Cegedim SA is listed in Paris (EURONEXT: CGM).

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