What Thieme Compliance does

Thieme Compliance GmbH is a German digital health company specializing in patient informed consent, anamnesis, and documentation solutions for healthcare institutions in the DACH region. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Erlangen, the company operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Thieme Group, a German medical publishing conglomerate. Its primary product is the E-ConsentPro software suite — a modular platform comprising a core module for electronic consent management, mobile apps for tablet-based patient education, a patient-facing module enabling at-home anamnesis capture, and a documents module with FHIR server integration for hospital-owned documents. Complementing the digital offerings is a content library of over 2,000 paper-based informed consent forms covering 30+ medical specialties in up to 16 languages, plus patient education films distributed as film packages.

The company generates revenue through a hybrid model combining recurring software licenses and subscriptions for E-ConsentPro (quote-based annual pricing), transactional print form sales via its webshop with volume discounts scaling up to 15%, prepaid print credits for digital printing, and monthly subscription packages on its E-Consent Online Portal. Distribution is omnichannel: direct enterprise sales consultation and on-site process analysis for digital implementations, a self-service e-commerce webshop for print forms, and a self-service online portal for hybrid customers. Its go-to-market targets three primary customer segments — hospitals (Kliniken), medical care centers (MVZ), and individual or group doctor's practices — with named enterprise clients including Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Universitätsmedizin Magdeburg, RHÖN-KLINIKUM IT Service GmbH, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Arberlandkliniken, St. Joseph-Stift Bremen, Luisenhospital Aachen, and Alb Fils Kliniken.

Name

Thieme Compliance

Legal name

Thieme Compliance GmbH

Website

https://thieme-compliance.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Thieme Compliance GmbH provides digital and paper-based patient informed consent, anamnesis, and documentation solutions — built around its E-ConsentPro software suite and a library of 2,000+ validated consent forms — to hospitals, medical care centers, and physician practices across the DACH region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Compliance Software

NAICS

Document Preparation Services (56141)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Clinical Forms, Templates & Digital Consent (eSignature) (HLACAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Interoperability Standards, Profiles & Implementation (HL7/FHIR/IHE) (HLACABAA)

Keywords

• Informed consent software
• Patient anamnesis software
• Electronic consent forms
• Healthcare compliance software
• Patient education films

Headquarters

HQ city

Erlangen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses and Subscriptions: E-ConsentPro software solutions offered as licenses with ongoing updates and support. Version 10.0.1 currently available as a security update.
2. Print Informed Consent Forms: Physical paper forms sold in units (typically 50 forms per unit) with prices ranging from €13.25 to €52.64 depending on form type and language. Volume discounts available based on order value.
3. Print Credits (Druckguthaben): Webshop print credits for digital printing of forms. Purchased in advance and deducted as forms are printed.
4. Online Portal Subscription: E-Consent Online portal with packages offering different volumes of printed forms. Payment via credit card or SEPA direct debit. Framework contracts and invoice payment available for larger institutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Thieme Compliance provides the E-ConsentPro modular software suite for digital patient informed consent, anamnesis, and documentation processes, complemented by paper-based informed consent forms (Aufklärungsbögen) and patient education films (Aufklärungsfilme). The portfolio is purpose-built for hospitals, medical care centers (MVZs), and doctor's practices across German-speaking markets, backed by a content library of over 2,000 legally validated forms spanning more than 30 medical specialties.

Product overview

Thieme Compliance offers a unified portfolio of patient informed consent solutions spanning both digital and paper-based formats. The core digital platform is E-ConsentPro, a modular software family that includes the Grundmodul (base module), E-ConsentPro mobile (tablet-based consent), E-ConsentPro Patient (home-based digital anamnesis), and E-ConsentPro documents (digital document handling with FHIR integration). The E-Consent Online Portal provides web-based access to consent forms. Complementing the digital offerings are Aufklärungsbögen (paper consent forms available in over 30 specialties and multiple languages) and Aufklärungsfilme (patient education films). The products serve clinics, medical care centers, and physician practices, addressing patient intake, anamnesis, and informed consent processes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• E-ConsentPro: Electronic solution for medically and legally founded patient informed consent, available as a core module with optional add-ons including E-ConsentPro mobile, E-ConsentPro documents, and E-ConsentPro Patient.
• E-ConsentPro mobile
• E-ConsentPro documents
• E-ConsentPro Patient

Products and services

• E-ConsentPro Grundmodul

Quantifiable outcome

• Elimination of paper-based workflows for patient documentation
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Thieme Group (Parent Company)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThieme Compliance is part of the Thieme Group, a leading provider of medical information and solutions. This affiliation provides access to medical content expertise, distribution channels within the healthcare sector, and the established brand reputation of the Thieme Group in the German healthcare market.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Phreesia: Phreesia is a leading US-based digital patient intake platform that automates registration, consent, and anamnesis workflows for healthcare providers. It is the most direct global analog to Thieme Compliance's E-ConsentPro suite, addressing the same core problem of digitalizing front-end patient documentation and consent capture.
• i-SOLUTIONS Health: i-SOLUTIONS Health is a German hospital IT vendor (now part of the i-SOLUTIONS Group) providing KIS, radiology, and clinical workflow software. It is a direct comparable for DACH hospital clinical software procurement and a potential competitor to E-ConsentPro in mid-sized German hospitals.
• MEONA GmbH: MEONA is a German vendor of clinical software, including KIS, patient flow, and clinical documentation tools used by German university hospitals. It addresses overlapping clinical workflow and documentation needs with Thieme Compliance, particularly in the same KHZG-funded procurement cycles.
• NEXUS AG: NEXUS AG is a German healthcare IT vendor focused on hospital information systems, pathology, and clinical documentation. It serves many of the same DACH hospitals as Thieme Compliance and is a likely competitor or integration partner for digital consent and clinical documentation workflows.

Emerging players

• Doctolib: Doctolib is a leading European patient-facing healthcare platform, dominant in France and Germany, expanding into digital patient communication, intake, and telehealth. It is an emerging adjacent competitor in DACH patient engagement workflows that overlap with Thieme Compliance's patient-facing functionality.

Broad incumbents

• Epic Systems: Epic is the dominant US EHR vendor and an emerging player in European large hospital deployments, including in DACH. Its MyChart patient portal and integrated consent features represent a long-term bundling threat to best-of-breed consent vendors like Thieme Compliance in greenfield hospital contracts.
• Oracle Health (formerly Cerner): Oracle Health is one of the largest global hospital EHR vendors with substantial European footprint. Its integrated patient portal and clinical documentation suite competes in the same enterprise hospital procurement processes as Thieme Compliance.
• Agfa HealthCare: Agfa HealthCare is a global enterprise imaging and hospital IT vendor with presence across Europe. It competes in the same hospital IT buying centers as Thieme Compliance and could add consent and patient documentation capabilities to its hospital platform.
• CompuGroup Medical (CGM): CGM is the largest European healthcare IT vendor, headquartered in Germany, with deep penetration into KIS/PVS and ambulatory practice systems. It overlaps with Thieme Compliance by serving the same DACH hospital and practice base, and is a natural bundling competitor for consent and patient documentation functionality.
• Dedalus Group: Dedalus is a major European hospital IT vendor providing KIS, EHR, and clinical documentation platforms across DACH, Italy, France and the UK. It competes in the same hospital IT procurement cycles as Thieme Compliance and could bundle patient consent/intake capabilities into its clinical suite.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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