In order to painstakingly monitor the condition of patients, SAP AG announced the launch of SAP Collaborative-Care Management application at the HIMSS11 in Orlando, Florida. It keeps care patients, healthcare providers and their families connected via medical monitoring software and mobile devices, as well as deliver personalized treatment programs and informative health content. Using the software, patients will be able to communicate with care providers even if outside the healthcare premises.  With the new product launch, SAP aims to put big data and the personal cloud to use.

SAP’s new technology will enable patients to embed wellness, chronic condition management, interim care and post-acute care into their overall healthcare plan. It also gives them the ability to share information in their personal health record (PHR) using an in-community feature. The app interacts with medical monitoring devices automated to capture clinical information in real-time, and allow third parties such as friends and family to be notified of the patient’s health condition shifts via text message, email, worklist, telephone or video. The application also offers e-learning capabilities providing information beyond the doctor’s office.

In order to safeguard the unceasing connectivity and reliability of SAP’s network, it inked a joint marketing agreement with Scottsdale, Arizona-based MedApps. The company uses cellular technology and a cloud-based platform integrating blood pressure monitors, glucose meters and several other health monitors whose data will automatically be redirected to EMR systems for patients and care providers to keep an eye on and observe. It’s going to dramatically increase the efficiency in managing health.

“SAP’s vision for the healthcare industry is one in which there is tighter coordination of care between patients and their various care providers through the use of smart devices and status monitoring to assist post-acute and chronically ill patients, leading to improved quality and value of care by facilitating behavioral change,” said John Papandrea, senior vice president and global health sciences sector head, SAP. “Through our extensive partner ecosystem, we are bringing this vision to reality by using the power of technology to improve patient lifestyles and enable high-quality care to patients outside of the hospital. With this solution, we are harnessing SAP’s long and proven history of helping companies run better, and applying that to improving healthcare delivery in order to help people live better.”

SAP isn’t the only one working on this string of technology. Cisco partnered with GE Healthcare in order to track patients, staff and equipment, and thus, improve patient care and increase efficiency while maintaining cost-effectiveness. HP also deployed its Virtual Health Management or V-Health in order to monitor and deliver health care away from hospitals.