GS-H

The new, innovative successor solution for SAP IS-H

Following SAP’s announcement to discontinue the further development of its industry solution IS-H, existing SAP customers urgently need an alternative for patient administration and billing. Get to know the successor solution now.

SAP IS-H seeks a successor solution

SAP will only provide continued support for the current industry solution IS-H (Industry Solution Health) in patient administration with patient management and billing functionalities until the end of 2030. A successor solution based on S/4HANA will no longer be developed by SAP itself. SAP is thus leaving this market to third-party providers.

GS-H – the new IS-H alternative

A consortium of four companies with industry experience is developing GS-H, the new ERP solution based on SAP S/4HANA. This will enable hospitals to protect the investments they have made in the SAP solution and give them planning security.

The IS-H alternative will cover all functions of IS-H. It takes into account Switzerland’s country-specific characteristics and reliably complies with legal framework conditions. Connections to existing platforms (e.g. hospital information systems) are particularly important in this, so that innovations will be possible and easy to implement in the future. It will therefore enable machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) to be used and will establish the connection to third-party software with efficient, secure interfaces. Moreover, GS-H is intended to set new standards in the Swiss healthcare sector with its highly user-friendly and innovative operation.

The building blocks of GS-H

GS-H from Swisscom has the following solution components:

Patient management

  • Patient master data 
  • Mapping of inpatient and outpatient cases 
  • Admission, transfer, discharge 
  • Patient-related and case-related scheduling 
  • Options such as bed scheduling

Patient billing

  • Service entry 
  • Cost credit (processing) 
  • Billing for: 
    • Outpatient cases 
    • Inpatient cases 
  • Fee-based billing 
  • DRG workstation 
  • Direct integration of GS-H in S/4 Finance 
  • Option GS-H-integrated cash book

Swisscom-specific solution modules

  • Exchange of patient data and documents for the attending physician (curaMED) 
  • Bill transfer (curaLINE)
  • Accounts receivable management for outpatient invoices (curaBILL)
  • Document exchange (medicalCONNECTOR Suite) 
  • Check-in

These points characterise GS-H

That's why GS-H from Swisscom is the ideal successor solution for your existing patient administration.

Behind the development of GS-H is a consortium of companies with a great deal of expertise in Swiss healthcare, combined with in-depth SAP knowledge and user-friendly operation.

Swisscom implements the specifications relevant to its national healthcare sector, is the contact for Swiss customers and handles the coordination of the development of GS-H as well as its maintenance and support.

To ensure stability and innovation security, GS-H is embedded in S/4HANA technology. This lays the foundation for the use of further innovations.

Your added value

Modern and future-proof

A future-proof and modern solution, which takes into account the peculiarities of the Swiss healthcare sector and ensures full compliance with legal requirements today and in the future, will be usable from the outset. User-friendliness and thus efficiency will be significantly increased. Our IS-H successor solution “GS-H” will be connected to the further SAP S/4HANA development in partnership with SAP, thus providing the basis for further innovations.

Flexible, entirely according to your needs

Flexible subscription models entirely according to customer-specific needs. The new solution will be made available as Software as a Service, as a supplement to the OnPremise model.

Available very soon

The first productive pilot version for Swiss hospitals will be available as early as the end of 2024. The new solution and the associated migration tool are expected to be available from the end of 2025.

The partners of the GS-H solution

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Common MS

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GITG AG

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aktiva Unternehmensberatung AG

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Swisscom Switzerland Ltd

GS-H milestones

Some important milestones regarding the SAP IS-H successor solution have already been reached. Stay up to date with the next steps in GS-H on this page.

SAP announced in October 2022 that it will discontinue maintenance for its SAP IS-H solution at the end of 2030 and will cease development of both patient management and patient billing.

A consortium of four partner companies plans to develop an innovative successor solution for IS-H and offer hospitals a valid replacement for patient management and patient billing.

In November 2023, the successor solution, called GS-H, is presented to the general public for the first time at the SAP Public Service Forum 2023 in Bern.

Towards the end of 2024, GS-H will be installed with a first pilot customer.