IMAGE Credit: Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Berlin, 20 March 2026
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Schwarz Digits are setting new standards for a digitized healthcare system. In the future “Schwarz Charité Health Data GmbH,” both partners are combining their expertise to securely network medical data, thus creating the foundation for targeted prevention and state-of-the-art research and treatment options.
Currently, heterogeneous IT systems and incompatible data formats hinder the flow of information in healthcare. To overcome this fragmentation, the future Schwarz Charité Health Data GmbH offers HIVEPRO, a platform that harmonizes and networks health data. Hospital operators can secure and access their information there, regardless of the source system, while maintaining full control. This will enable hospitals to use data much more effectively for the benefit of their patients.
Bridging the Gap Between Cutting-Edge Research and Technological Excellence
“The digitalization of healthcare can only succeed through trust and collaborative progress. With our joint venture, we are creating the necessary foundation for securely networking sensitive health data,” explains Arne Kaufmann, Co-Managing Director of the future Schwarz Charité Health Data GmbH. “Our goal is to create genuine added value from fragmented data sets, sustainably improving medical care, enabling evidence-based research, and directly benefiting people.”
The company combines cutting-edge European medicine with digital sovereignty and draws specifically on existing experience and proven software components from successful research and digitalization projects. While Charité contributes its medical expertise as a leading European university hospital, Schwarz Digits provides the technological know-how for continuous platform development.
Sovereign Infrastructure Compliant with European Data Protection Standards
The platform is operated on STACKIT’s sovereign cloud infrastructure. This ensures that data sovereignty remains entirely in Germany and complies with high European data protection standards.
“Connected data for a healthy future doesn’t just happen – it needs a high-performance, secure, and scalable technological foundation,” explains Stefan Becker, Co-Managing Director of the future Schwarz Charité Health Data GmbH. “We are combining modern cloud technology with open, vendor-independent data standards, thus creating the basis for securely connecting health data in the long term and making it usable across system boundaries. In doing so, we benefit from the experience of the HiGHmed consortium, which has been in existence since 2016. As part of the Medical Informatics Initiative, HiGHmed has successfully demonstrated how medical data can be structured, combined, and made accessible for optimized medical care and research.”
Structure of the Joint Venture
Schwarz Digits will hold a majority stake of 75 percent, while Charité will hold a 25 percent stake in the joint venture. This partnership guarantees that technological sovereignty and cutting-edge medical expertise go hand in hand to quickly and continuously adapt the platform to new legal requirements and scientific findings.
About Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
With more than 100 clinics and institutes across four campuses and 3,293 beds, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin is one of the largest university hospitals in Europe. Research, teaching, and patient care are interconnected and complement each other. With an average of 20,578 employees across Charité and an average of 24,332 employees across the entire Charité Group, Berlin’s university hospital was one of the largest employers in the capital in 2024. In 2024, Charité treated 143,759 inpatients and day patients, as well as 822,547 outpatients. In 2024, Charité generated total revenues of approximately €2.9 billion, including third-party funding and investment grants.
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin had an average of 20,578 employees across the Charité campus and 24,332 employees across the entire group. About
Schwarz Digits
Schwarz Digits is the IT and digital division of the Schwarz Group. It offers compelling digital products and services that comply with high German data protection standards. Schwarz Digits thus guarantees maximum digital sovereignty. With this commitment, Schwarz Digits provides and develops the IT infrastructure and solutions for the extensive ecosystem of the Schwarz Group companies, ensuring its future viability. Schwarz Digits’ core services include cloud computing, cybersecurity, data and AI, communication, and workspace solutions. Schwarz Digits creates optimal conditions for the development of groundbreaking innovations for end customers, businesses, and public sector organizations.