The aim of introducing an ECM system was to remove the paper archive and thereby save space. The ECM suite from OPTIMAL SYSTEMS contains all the important functionalities for the security of medical and management documents and data and offers audit-proof archiving for the legally specified time periods. Supporting the numerous data exchange standards (HL7, COLD, and XML, among others) on the part of the ECM system, which is essential for the integration of various subsystems, continues to be very important.