HIMSS Media

Name

HIMSS Media

Legal name

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Inc.

Website

https://himssmedia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Information Technology Services

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Health Care and Social Assistance (62)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Health & Support Communities (BPAMABAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Health Information Management (EHR) & Medical Office Administration (EDAOAJAF)

Keywords

• Healthcare IT membership
• Digital health transformation
• Healthcare maturity assessment
• Healthcare IT certification
• Health IT conferences

Headquarters

HQ city

Rotterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Subscriptions: Individual and organizational affiliate memberships provide recurring revenue through annual fees, offering access to global networks, education, events, and professional development resources.
2. Professional Development & Certifications: Revenue from certifications, courses, and continuing education programs. Over 2,500+ certified professionals across three certifications, with courses covering AI implementation, data reporting, and executive leadership.
3. Events & Conferences: Registration fees and sponsorships from major conferences including HIMSS26 Europe (2,000+ attendees from 70+ countries), HIMSS26 APAC, Executive Summits, AI Leadership Summit, and AI in Healthcare Forum.
4. Market Insights: Custom surveys and research reports for organizations seeking data-driven insights to inform business decisions and marketing strategies in digital health.
5. Digital Health Solutions & Partner Program: Advisory services and technology partner program (35+ partners) that help organizations realize value from technology investments through assessments and consulting engagements.
6. HIMSS Media: Media publications (mobihealthnews, healthcareitnews, healthcarefinancenews) reach the largest global network of digital health decision-makers, generating revenue through content and advertising.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

HIMSS is an independent healthcare IT society that provides individual and organizational memberships, digital health maturity assessment frameworks (Digital Health Indicator, EMRAM and five other models), three professional certifications and continuing education programs, advisory and consulting services (Digital Health Solutions), partner-led technology assessments via a 35+ partner network, custom market and global research insights, an advertising-funded media portfolio (mobihealthnews, healthcareitnews, healthcarefinancenews), and a global conference and event portfolio including HIMSS26 APAC and HIMSS26 Europe. The society serves 125,000+ members across healthcare providers, technology professionals, and government health agencies worldwide.

Product overview

HIMSS is a comprehensive health information and technology organization offering an integrated platform of solutions spanning professional certifications (2,500+ certified professionals), digital health maturity assessment tools (Digital Health Indicator with 120-question assessment, six Maturity Models), technology partner programs (35+ partners), media publications (mobihealthnews, healthcareitnews, healthcarefinancenews), market and global research insights, and global events (HIMSS26 APAC, Europe, Executive Summits, AI Leadership Summit). The ecosystem serves 125,000+ members including healthcare providers, technology professionals, and innovators through individual and organizational membership programs, with offerings designed to advance digital health transformation, AI governance, and healthcare equity worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HIMSS Media: Media publications reaching the largest global network of digital health decision-makers
• HIMSS Digital Health Indicator
• HIMSS Maturity Models
• HIMSSCast
• Digital Health Technology Partner Program
• Changemaker in Health Awards

Products and services

• Digital Health Indicator A 120-question maturity assessment that measures every dimension of a healthcare organization's digital health ecosystem to identify areas of improvement and benchmark digital transformation progress, sold to healthcare providers and government programs.
• Maturity Models Six eight-stage maturity models including EMRAM (Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model) that benchmark hospital digital maturity and have supported 2,500+ professionals through digital health transformation journeys. Used globally by hospitals, health systems, and national health programs to assess EMR adoption and clinical IT maturity.
• Digital Health Solutions Outcomes-focused advisory and consulting services that help healthcare organizations get full value from their tools across EMR, infrastructure, analytics, and beyond, enabling personalized care at scale and alleviating clinician burnout. Sold to provider and health services organizations under quote-based engagements.
• Digital Health Technology Partner Program A program engaging 35+ approved technology partners that deliver on-site assessments and advisory services to healthcare organizations, helping them realize the full potential of technology investments and progress through HIMSS maturity models faster.
• Professional Development and Certifications Curated courses, three professional certifications, and accredited continuing education hours that empower healthcare and technology professionals, with a global community of 2,500+ certified professionals across certifications covering AI implementation, data reporting, and executive leadership.
• HIMSS Media Portfolio of healthcare IT media publications - mobihealthnews, healthcareitnews, and healthcarefinancenews - reaching the largest global network of digital health decision-makers across healthcare AI, virtual care, venture capital, and digital health trends.
• Market Insights End-to-end research support services providing custom surveys, business decision insights, and data-based content for marketing strategy including digital, content, events, and industry presentations, sold to organizations seeking market intelligence in digital health.
• HIMSS Global Insights Cutting-edge research services that build deep expertise in healthcare's toughest niches, providing expert insights on pressing industry topics from cybersecurity to health equity, sold to organizations and governments as custom and published research.
• HIMSS Events Global conference and exhibition portfolio including HIMSS26 APAC (Singapore), HIMSS26 Europe (Copenhagen), Executive Summits in Chile and the Middle East, AI Leadership Summit, and AI in Healthcare Forum in San Diego, generating registration and sponsorship revenue.
• Membership Programs Individual and organizational affiliate membership providing access to a global network of 125,000+ health information and technology professionals, cutting-edge education courses, events, and professional development resources, sold via subscription.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2,500 professionals certified through HIMSS professional certification programs
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• SingHealthflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 August 2026SingHealth co-hosts HIMSS26 APAC Conference & Exhibition in Singapore (August 23-25, 2026), bringing together healthcare leaders, government voices, clinicians, innovators, and technology partners from across the APAC region. The conference is designed for decision-makers ready to build stronger digital foundations and scale responsible innovation.
• Florida State University College of NursingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration through the Nursing and Artificial Intelligence Innovation Consortium, co-directed by Jing Wang, Dean of Florida State University College of Nursing. The consortium develops guidance and training for nurses working with AI in clinical settings, creating micro-credentialing programs and on-demand guidance to bridge the gap between lab-based AI and real-world healthcare environments.
• Digital Health Technology Partners (35+)coreTechnology or IntegrationHIMSS Digital Health Technology Partner Program includes 35+ approved partners that help healthcare organizations realize full potential of technology investments through on-site assessments and advisory services, progressing faster through HIMSS maturity models.
• Nursing and Artificial Intelligence Innovation ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe consortium addresses the gap between AI that works in lab settings and real-world healthcare environments by creating micro-credentialing programs and on-demand guidance for nurses navigating AI outputs integrated into clinical workflows and care procedures.
• HIMSS Approved Education PartnersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorProgram provides accredited training through approved education partners who deliver HIMSS-aligned curriculum for healthcare technology professionals seeking career advancement and expertise enhancement in health tech.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• American Medical Association (AMA): AMA is a much larger incumbent professional society model on which HIMSS's revenue architecture (memberships, certifications, media, conferences, advocacy) is patterned. It represents the scale benchmark for healthcare professional societies and overlaps with HIMSS in physician/clinical informatics advocacy.

Direct peers

• CHIME (College of Healthcare Information Management Executives): CHIME is the closest direct peer to HIMSS — a membership association serving healthcare CIOs and senior IT leaders with certification, education, and networking programs. Both organizations compete for the same healthcare IT decision-maker audience and run overlapping credentialing and educational offerings.
• MGMA (Medical Group Management Association): MGMA is a professional membership association serving medical practice administrators with education, certification, and data benchmarking. Like HIMSS, it operates a subscription-membership model, runs conferences, and sells proprietary research/data products to healthcare operational leaders.
• HFMA (Healthcare Financial Management Association): HFMA is a peer membership association serving healthcare finance professionals with certifications (CHFP, FHFMA), peer-reviewed publications, and industry conferences. Comparable structure: subscription membership, credentialed community, proprietary content, and conference revenue.
• AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association): AHIMA is a direct peer in health information management — a professional association offering certifications (RHIA, RHIT, CCS), continuing education, and standards work. Like HIMSS, it serves professionals working with health data, EHRs, and digital records, with overlapping scope in HIM-adjacent credentials.

Emerging players

• Fierce Healthcare: Fierce Healthcare publishes healthcare business news and operates industry events serving health system executives and IT leaders — comparable as a healthcare-focused media and events business competing for the same audience and advertising dollars as HIMSS Media.
• KLAS Research: KLAS Research produces independent healthcare IT vendor performance benchmarking and market intelligence — a direct functional peer to HIMSS's EMRAM and Digital Health Indicator in the health-IT measurement space, with comparable buyer base of provider organizations.
• MedCity News: MedCity News is a digital health media property (news, events, investor coverage) that competes with HIMSS Media properties mobihealthnews and healthcareitnews for the same health-tech decision-maker advertising and sponsored-content budget.
• HLTH Inc. HLTH runs large-scale healthcare conferences (HLTH, ViVE) targeting the same digital health buyer audience as HIMSS events. It is a more commercially aggressive, venture-backed competitor that competes for sponsorship dollars and C-suite attention, particularly from health-tech vendors.

Others

• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Foundation (HIMSS Foundation): Although affiliated with HIMSS, the Foundation is the nonprofit philanthropic arm that complements the parent society — included here as an adjacent ecosystem participant that shares brand, leadership, and mission with HIMSS Media's parent.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/himss
• YouTubeyoutube.com/himss
• Facebookfacebook.com/HIMSSpage
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/1145875
• Instagraminstagram.com/himssglobal
• TikToktiktok.com/@himssglobal

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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