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- RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG, one of Germany's largest healthcare providers, operates highly specialized maximum- and intermediate-care hospitals offering inpatient, semi-inpatient, and outpatient medical services including acute care, rehabilitation, emergency treatment, cardiology, surgery, neurology, orthopedics, psychiatry, and physical therapy; it manages five key hospital sites—Campus Bad Neustadt, Klinikum Frankfurt (Oder), Universitätsklinikum Giessen und Marburg (UKGM), and Zentralklinik Bad Berka—along with medical care centers, focusing on cross-sector care tied to university research and innovation in digital health such as AI-driven patient assessments and high-speed telematics infrastructure. Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Germany, the company serves patients primarily in Bavaria, Hesse, and other regions through its approximately 18,000 employees, emphasizing sustainability, diversity, and the HOUSE OF BEST CARE concept for staff and patient outcomes. In recent developments, RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG reports solid financial performance for 2024 with revenues up 9.0% to 1.60 billion euros and consolidated profit at 45.2 million euros, alongside ongoing investments under the White Paper Plus agreement with Hesse totaling around 850 million euros by 2032 for modernizing UKGM facilities including surgery wings and psychiatry clinics; CEO Prof. Dr. Tobias Kaltenbach departed the Board of Management as planned in early 2025, while the company advances digital initiatives like the DokPro AI emergency system and received Germany's first high-speed connector license from Gematik in 2024, and continues strategic affiliation with the Asklepios Kliniken Group following the 2020 acquisition.