WALLDORF — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) and Fresenius today announced that the two companies intend to enter into a strategic partnership to accelerate innovation and strengthen digital healthcare delivery.
Together, the companies plan to create the digital backbone of a sovereign, interoperable, AI-powered healthcare system. The solutions will combine the expertise of Fresenius, one of the world’s largest healthcare companies, with forward-looking SAP technologies and meet high requirements for data sovereignty, security and regulatory compliance. The goal is to provide an open, integrated, data-driven digital health ecosystem that enables hospitals and medical institutions around the world to use AI safely and manage health data responsibly.
Digital sovereignty for health
SAP and Fresenius plan to jointly build a scalable individual health platform that enables connected, data-driven health processes. On this basis, the companies will develop joint, future-oriented, AI-based healthcare solutions to sustainably increase quality, transparency and efficiency throughout the care chain and set new standards for digital innovation in the healthcare sector. The basis will be proven SAP technologies and products such as SAP Business Suite, SAP Business Data Cloud (SAP BDC), SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) and SAP Business AI. These fundamental elements help create a unified, compliant, open and extensible foundation for more secure exchange and use of data and the exploitation of AI models in a controlled environment.
Together, the companies also plan to build a sovereign European solution for an integrated healthcare ecosystem that supports the integration of modern hospital information systems (HIS) based on SAP’s “AnyEMR” strategy. Interfaces based on open industry standards such as HL7 FHIR will enable more seamless connection of SIS, electronic medical records (EMR), and other medical applications.
“With SAP’s cutting-edge technology and Fresenius’ deep healthcare expertise, we aim to create a sovereign, interoperable healthcare platform for Fresenius worldwide. Together, we want to set new standards in data sovereignty, security and innovation in healthcare. With SAP, Fresenius can harness the full potential of digital and AI-driven processes and sustainably improve patient care,” says Christian Klein, CEO and member of the board of directors of SAP SE.
“With SAP, we can accelerate the digital transformation of German and European healthcare systems and enable a sovereign European solution that is so important in today’s global landscape. We make data and AI secure, simple and scalable daily companions for doctors and hospital teams. This creates more room for what really matters: caring for patients,” adds Michael Sen, CEO of Fresenius.
As part of the joint transformation project, the two companies plan to invest a mid-three-digit amount in the medium term to consistently drive the digital transformation of the German and European healthcare system through the use of digital and AI-based solutions.
The partnership is implemented through various forms of collaboration. These include joint investments in startups and scale-ups, joint technological developments and close cooperation within coordinated governance structures between the two companies.
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