Both companies plan to invest a mid-double-digit million euros over the medium term to develop and deploy the platform.

The platform is designed to accelerate workflows, improve efficiency, and support clinicians with AI-assisted diagnostics and decision support, with final clinical choices remaining the physicians’ responsibility.

In the short to mid term, the collaboration targets mid-three-digit million euro investments to establish data sovereignty, security, and scalable workflows across Fresenius’ global healthcare footprint.

AI-enabled tools will aid disease recognition, radiology imaging, and diagnostic decision-making, while keeping final medical decisions with treating physicians to ensure patient safety.

The collaboration aims to combine Fresenius’ medical expertise with SAP’s software capabilities to create a connected platform that supports clinical and hospital processes and advances AI in healthcare.

A sovereign, data-driven health platform is being built through a strategic partnership between SAP and Fresenius to set new standards for data sovereignty, security, and scalable digital healthcare, enabling safe AI use with sensitive patient data across hospitals and medical facilities.

The announcement references SAP’s existing product suite and AI capabilities, including SAP Business AI, as the foundation for the collaboration’s technology stack.

Joint investments in startups and collaborative tech development, with governance coordinated between SAP and Fresenius, are planned to drive digital transformation in Germany and Europe.

Executives emphasize that the partnership will empower doctors and hospitals with secure, scalable AI tools to improve patient care and accelerate digital transformation.

The project intends to make data and AI a routine, secure, and scalable part of clinical workflows to free clinicians to focus more on patient care.

Fresenius Helios operates more than 80 hospitals and around 220 medical centers in Germany, serving about 5.5 million patients annually, with expansion through Quirónsalud in Spain and Latin America—highlighting the potential impact of AI across extensive clinical operations.

A European, sovereign solution will connect hospital information systems using open standards like HL7 FHIR, integrating HIS, EMRs, and medical apps via modern interfaces.