With the support of the Bertelsmann Stiftung, the Center for Hospital Management (CKM) was founded in 1994 as a research institute at the University of Münster. In addition to research on clinical IT and logistics, the center organizes training for the clinic's staff. The Bertelsmann Stiftung is no longer one of the shareholders of the CKM Centrum für Krankenhausmanagement GmbH. The institute has become a completely independent organization.
