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RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG: Annual General Meeting of RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG on 7th June 2017 in Frankfurt/Main - Seite 2

Our Campus Concept is the Key to the Future

CEO Stephan Holzinger emphasized the strategic direction of the Company in his speech: "The lack of medical care in rural areas will gradually become worse. The structure of small hospitals with 2000 facilities cannot be maintained together with a high quality of treatment. Efficient medical care close to home in rural areas can therefore no longer be guaranteed in the long-term. It is precisely this challenge which we take on with our campus concept to provide an innovative answer which benefits society and offers growth prospects for our Company," Holzinger stated.

The fundamental issue here is to overcome the boundaries which are typical in the healthcare system between in-patient and out-patient medical care, between prevention, rehab and treatment. "Our concept foresees a holistic healthcare campus which is both physically and structurally linked where we connect in-patient and out-patient services as well as a variety of preventative measures and medical services. The aim is to link all medical services which have hitherto existed alongside each other in such a manner so that the treatment process is optimized for the individual patients and they can move easily from one part of the system to another," Holzinger continued.

Intelligent, cognitive IT solutions and innovative communication systems are necessary here in order to optimize the referral and navigation of patients and to assist the physicians in their work. WebEPA⁺, our system for electronic patient records, which is currently being introduced gradually throughout the Company, will play a crucially important role here.

Holzinger: "We are applying this concept in an ideal manner for the first time with our new campus building in Bad Neustadt which will be taken into service in January 2019. In the medium term we wish to market and export our campus concept as an efficient and forward-looking healthcare model for rural areas. We are currently analyzing in a phase model all approx. 400 districts in Germany whether a logistical and legal structure of the campus which is tailor-made for the particular region is potentially feasible."