Yokohama Hospital Association

What Yokohama Hospital Association does

The Yokohama Hospital Association (公益社団法人横浜市病院協会) is a Public Interest Incorporated Association authorized by the Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture that operates as the official coordination body for hospitals in Yokohama, Japan. Founded in 1955 with 59 member hospitals and reorganized into its current public-interest legal form on August 1, 2013, the association represents 105-106 member hospitals spanning national, public, and private institutions across all wards of Yokohama City. Its primary functions include coordinating the city's secondary emergency medical rotation system, disaster medical response planning, the hospital information system, medical safety risk management, and nurse workforce development through an affiliated nursing school (看護専門学校).

The association's product and service surface is built around information portals and coordination mechanisms rather than commercial software. Services include a public hospital search directory (105-member directory), emergency medical information covering nighttime and holiday care, an obstetrics medical institution guide tied to the Obstetric Medical Compensation System, health prevention and consultation programs, and since FY2018, Regional Medical Study Groups (地域医療検討会) operating across all 7 districts of Yokohama. Governance is constituency-based: the 28-person board (25 directors including the president and 4 vice presidents, plus 3 auditors) consists of the chairmen and directors of the major member hospitals themselves, including Osada Hospital, Yokohama Sogo Hospital, Matsushima Hospital, Kohoku Hospital, and Yokohama Eki Sai Kai Hospital.

The business model is subscription-recurring via member hospital dues, supplemented by fees for nursing school tuition and event programming. The association distributes national supplementary budget subsidies (e.g., a 10,000 yen-per-bed temporary emergency medical subsidy) from the Yokohama City Medical Bureau through its member network, and receives administrative guidance and funding from both the Kanagawa Prefectural Governor's Office and Yokohama City. Revenue is not publicly disclosed; the organization operates with a small secretariat staff and is not backed by external private equity or venture capital. There is no proprietary technology, no AI/ML capability, no patents, and no app products — the association is fundamentally a municipal-scale professional coordination body with a 70-year operating history.

Name

Yokohama Hospital Association

Legal name

公益社団法人横浜市病院協会

Website

https://yha-net.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

1955

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Association Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110), Hospitals (622)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAFAAAO

Hospital Shared Services, GPOs & System Support Organizations

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Acute Care Hospitals & Health Systems

Keywords

• Hospital association services
• Emergency medical coordination
• Healthcare membership organization
• Nursing education programs
• Regional medical planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: Member hospitals pay dues to belong to the association. Revenue supports association operations, emergency medical coordination, and member services.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Yokohama Hospital Association is a membership organization coordinating approximately 105-106 hospitals in Yokohama, Japan. It facilitates emergency medical system participation, disaster medical response planning, hospital information system management, medical safety, nurse training through its nursing school, and regional medical coordination across 7 districts. It also provides public-facing services including hospital search directories, emergency medical information, obstetrics guidance, and health education for citizens of Yokohama.

Product overview

The Yokohama Hospital Association operates as a coordination body for approximately 105-106 member hospitals in Yokohama city, Japan. Rather than offering commercial software products, the association provides public-facing services including a hospital search directory, emergency medical information, obstetrics institution guidance, health prevention education, regional medical study meetings, and operates a nursing school. The services are primarily information portals and coordination mechanisms rather than standalone software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hospital Search (会員病院検索)
• Emergency Medical Services Information (救急医療情報)
• Obstetrics Medical Institution Guide (産科医療機関情報案内)
• Health Prevention Information (健康予防情報)
• Regional Medical Study Meetings (地域医療検討会)
• Nursing School (看護専門学校)
• Emergency Medical System Coordination (横浜市二次救急拠点病院・輪番制事業)

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Yokohama City Medical Bureau (横浜市医療局)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 May 2025Yokohama City Medical Bureau coordinates with the association to distribute temporary emergency medical system subsidies to participating hospitals. The subsidy program (up to 10,000 yen per bed) is funded through national supplementary budgets and administered through the association's member hospital network.
• Yokohama City Medical Bureau (横浜市医療局)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 February 2025The association coordinates with Yokohama City on secondary emergency medical system operations and hospital group rotation systems. The city provides administrative guidance and subsidies for emergency medical services, with the association managing hospital participation and operations.
• Kanagawa Prefectural Governor's Office (神奈川県)coreOthers · 1 August 2013The association received authorization as a Public Interest Incorporated Association (公益社団法人) from the Kanagawa Prefectural Governor on August 1, 2013. The prefecture oversees and authorizes the association's public interest activities.
• Regional Medical Study Groups (地域医療検討会)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince fiscal year 2018 (Heisei 30), the association operates Regional Medical Study Groups (地域医療検討会) as forums for information sharing and discussion among medical institutions across 7 districts of Yokohama City. These groups facilitate coordination and planning for regional healthcare needs.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Hyogo Prefecture Hospital Association (兵庫県病院協会): Hyogo Prefecture hospital association providing coordination and member services to hospitals. Comparable peer at the regional prefecture level with similar emergency medical system coordination responsibilities.
• Tokyo Metropolitan Hospital Association (東京都病院協会): Regional hospital association serving Tokyo hospitals. Comparable in coordinating emergency medical systems, hospital information services, and member advocacy for a major metropolitan area; operates in a different city but in a similar regulatory/public-interest model.
• Kanagawa Prefecture Hospital Association (神奈川県病院協会): Prefecture-level hospital association serving the same broader Kanagawa region as YHA. Directly comparable in mission (hospital coordination, emergency medical systems, member services) and governance structure, but operating at the prefecture scale rather than Yokohama city.
• Aichi Prefecture Hospital Association (愛知県病院協会): Regional hospital association for Aichi Prefecture. Operates a similar model of hospital coordination, emergency medical system participation, and member education in a different but comparable urban Japanese prefecture.
• Osaka Prefecture Hospital Association (大阪府病院協会): Regional hospital association for Osaka. Comparable as a public-interest membership body coordinating emergency medical care, training, and advocacy for member hospitals in a major urban prefecture.

Broad incumbents

• All Japan Hospital Association (全日本病院協会): Major national hospital association with a strong focus on hospital management, training, and policy advocacy. Shares the same membership-association model and serves hospital members with educational and operational support.
• Japan Hospital Association (日本病院会): National-level hospital association representing hospitals across Japan. Comparable as a peer professional association providing coordination, advocacy, and member services to hospitals, but at the national rather than municipal level.

Direct peers

• Yokohama City Medical Association (横浜市医師会): Companion professional association in Yokohama focused on physicians and clinics rather than hospitals. Strongly comparable as a peer membership organization serving similar healthcare coordination needs in the same geography, including medical system planning and city-level liaison.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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