HIMSS Launches Global Headquarters in the Netherlands

HIMSS, an international advocate for digital healthcare transformation, is launching its Global Headquarters in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. HIMSS made the announcement at the HIMSS23 European Health Conference & Exhibition on June 8 in Lisbon, Portugal.

“Rotterdam is known as the ‘Gateway to the world’ and our new headquarters will help us better serve our constituents in Europe and around the world,” said HIMSS President & CEO Hal Wolf. “Our Global Headquarters underscores our ongoing commitment to reforming the global health ecosystem. I am proud of our accomplishment and excited about the future.”

Augmenting the Rotterdam location, the HIMSS Americas Headquarters is in Chicago and the U.S. is also home to six satellite offices. For its Asia-Pacific reach, HIMSS has a base in Singapore. HIMSS holds its flagship events each year in North America, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Europe. It is a thought leader, advisor and provider of solutions worldwide in analytics and maturity, innovation, professional development and research.

The Rotterdam headquarters gives HIMSS access to an expanding group of members and colleagues across the world, notably the World Health Organization, European Region. HIMSS entered into a Memorandum of Understanding in 2022 with WHO/E to accelerate adoption of digital health solutions.

The Netherlands is also excited about its latest international organization to call it home base. “We warmly welcome the HIMSS’ choice of the Netherlands as its global headquarters,” said Abigail Norville, deputy secretary general of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport of The Netherlands and vicechair of the Global Digital Health Partnership. “Digital health is key to addressing the huge challenges facing healthcare today. This creates an extra opportunity for us to be at the center of the global digital health strategy.”

Plans for the global headquarters have been in the works since before the worldwide pandemic, and it gives HIMSS a more robust physical presence in a dynamic, diverse and centrally located European city. Rotterdam is also home to Erasmus University Rotterdam, a highly ranked international research university that conducts health information technology research. HIMSS also has regional offices in London, Berlin, and Leipzig, Germany.