The company is a worldwide provider of healthcare software, and has in particular, has maintained market leadership in Germany within the outpatient sector for several years with its various practice management systems (PVS).

[4] In 1984, Jürgen Riebling, Peter Kirchdorfer, Ursula Spitta, Max-Georg Prahl and Walter Schäfer founded Compudent GmbH, which became a public company in 1986.

Its presence extended to Scandinavia, Africa, and Asia, acquiring customers in the sectors of private medical practice, hospitals, and laboratories.

[5] On 31 December 2020, founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Frank Gotthardt resigned from his position and assumed the role of Chairman of the Board of Directors.

[8] In 2017, the company had around 4,600 employees at locations in 19 countries: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the USA.

The company is participating in a collaborative project with five other healthcare entities, funded by the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia (Arzneimittelkonto NRW), aimed at enhancing drug therapy safety (AMTS).

[12][13] Additionally, it has pioneered Software Assisted Medicine, a new approach that leverages information technology to expedite the integration and transfer of new medical knowledge into patient care.

Moreover, CompuGroup Medical has established a "Software Engineering in Healthcare" course in partnership with Koblenz University of Applied Sciences for students.