Financial Review
HPS revenue development (including acquisitions and exchange rate effects)
| (EUR million) | 2009 | 2008 | Change |
| Ambulatory Information Systems | 148.3 | 102.6 | 45% |
| Hospital Information Systems | 75.3 | 53.9 | 40% |
| Sum | 223.6 | 156.5 | 43% |
Growth from acquisitions in HPS resulted from the first-time consolidation of the following acquired entities
| (EUR million) | First-time consolidated revenue 2009 |
| Profdoc (acquired in 2008) | 21.1 |
| All For One (acquired in 2008) | 12.4 |
| Noteworthy Medical Systems | 7.2 |
| Fimesan/ SMI/ Microcosmos | 2.0 |
| Other | 1.7 |
| Sum | 44.4 |
In the HCS segment, revenue was EUR 66.8 million compared to EUR 68.8 million in 2008. This represents a decrease of 3 percent. Revenue in Communication " Data contracted 11 percent, from EUR 36.9 million in 2008 to EUR 32.9 million in 2009. The decline in Communication " Data revenue is due to the effects of regulatory changes in Germany. The business volume in Workflow " Decision Support has remained relatively stable during 2009 with a 3 percent year-on-year growth coming primarily from the first time consolidation of revenue in the acquired company Promed (EUR 1.0 million). The 13 percent growth in Internet Service Provider revenue stems from the migration of customers to a new technical platform in France as well as the general uptake of online connections by CompuGROUP's AIS customers.
HCS revenue development (including acquisitions and exchange rate effects)
| (EUR million) | 2009 | 2008 | Change |
| Communication & Data | 32.9 | 36.9 | -11% |
| Workflow & Decision Support | 23.7 | 22,9 | 3% |
| Internet Service Provider | 10.2 | 9.0 | 13% |
| Sum | 66.8 | 68.8 | -3% |
In the CHS segment, there was no revenue from third parties within vita-X during 2009. This represents no change from 2008. Patient Content revenue was EUR 2.4 million, which is decline of EUR 1.1 million compared to 2008. It has been a difficult market for media productions in 2009 and CompuGROUP has sold all its shares (100 percent) in medi cine Medienproduktions GmbH at January 1st 2010.
Changes in currency exchange rates going from 2008 to 2009 reduced revenue by EUR 5.0 million.
