Landelijk Coördinatie Centrum Patiëntenspreiding

What Landelijk Coördinatie Centrum Patiëntenspreiding does

Landelijk Coördinatiecentrum Patiënten Spreiding (LCPS) is a Dutch national healthcare coordination center established on March 21, 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS) and embedded within the Landelijk Netwerk Acute Zorg (LNAZ). Its core function is the above-regional coordination of patient distribution when Dutch healthcare capacity is strained, operating two components: Informatie (data management and analysis of acute care capacity) and Coördinatie (above-regional patient distribution and medical evacuations, including via the PECC sub-brand for international evacuations such as from Ukraine). The underlying technology is the Landelijk Platform Zorgcoördinatie, a real-time national platform that aggregates ICU and clinical bed availability from all Dutch hospitals via the regional acute care consultation (ROAZ) networks and enables centralized load-balancing decisions under the LNAZ coordination and upscaling plan.

The platform became fully operational (Full Operational Capable) on March 27, 2020 and 24/7 by March 30, 2020; in its first week it coordinated the transfer of more than 250 patients and subsequently managed international transfers to 33+ German hospitals. LCPS also published an open CSV COVID-19 data feed on weekdays at 14:00, which provided IC and clinical capacity data to journalists and the public until daily publication ended on June 1, 2024 (the dataset itself remains online but unfilled). As of July 1, 2023, LCPS's tasks were formally transferred to LNAZ, and the organization now operates as LNAZ's information and coordination function, headquartered in Zeist with 11-50 staff.

LCPS does not operate a commercial revenue model: it is government-funded through VWS/LNAZ, has no disclosed funding rounds, no private investors, no pricing tiers, and no external paying customers. Its distribution is institutional and direct (to Dutch hospitals and ROAZ regions), and its marketing is limited to a LinkedIn presence, a WordPress-based Kennisbank knowledge portal, and earned media via LNAZ press conferences. The entity is therefore best understood as a public-sector coordination infrastructure rather than a commercial technology vendor.

Name

Landelijk Coördinatie Centrum Patiëntenspreiding

Legal name

Landelijk Coördinatiecentrum Patiënten Spreiding

Website

https://lcps.nu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LCPS is the Dutch national coordination center for distributing patients across hospitals during acute care capacity crises, operating the Landelijk Platform Zorgcoördinatie for real-time ICU bed tracking under the LNAZ. It serves the Dutch healthcare system, ROAZ regions, and international medical evacuation cases, and is government-funded rather than commercially operated.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Coordination Services

SIC

Transportation Services (4700), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Interfacility Transport (IFT) & Patient Transfer Services (HLAFANAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Critical Care Transport (CCT) & Specialty Transport Teams (HLAFANAE)

Keywords

• Healthcare coordination services
• Patient distribution management
• ICU capacity monitoring
• Acute care coordination
• Hospital capacity data analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Zeist

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

LCPS is a Dutch national coordination center that manages above-regional patient distribution across hospitals during healthcare capacity crises. The organization operates two components: Informatie (Information) — data management and analysis of acute care in the Netherlands — and Coördinatie (Coordination) — above-regional patient distribution following the LNAZ coordination and upscaling plan, including medical evacuations coordinated through the Patiënt Evacuation Coordination Centre (PECC).

Product overview

LCPS (Landelijk Coördinatiecentrum Patiënten Spreiding) is a national coordination center that operates as a unified service with two main components: Informatie (Information & Data) and Coördinatie (Coordination). The Informatie component manages data from multiple acute care sources in the Netherlands and publishes a COVID-19 Datafeed. The Coördinatie component, which includes the Patiënt Evacuation Coordination Centre (PECC), handles above-regional patient distribution and international medical evacuations. Additionally, the organization maintains an archived record of COVID updates from 2020-2021 and operates a password-protected Knowledge Bank portal. As of July 1, 2023, LCPS functions under the Landelijk Netwerk Acute Zorg (LNAZ).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PECC (Patiënt Evacuation Coordination Centre): Responsible for coordination of medical evacuations, including from Ukraine.

Products and services

• COVID-19 Datafeed Open data feed providing daily updates on COVID-19 hospital occupancy across Dutch hospitals, including IC capacity, clinical capacity, COVID and non-COVID patient counts, and new admissions. Intended for journalists, researchers, and the general public. Service updated on weekdays at 14:00; daily publication ceased June 1, 2024.
• National Patient Distribution Coordination Above-regional patient distribution coordination service for Dutch hospitals, activated when capacity problems require distribution of care requests across regions. Operates per the LNAZ coordination and upscaling plan and connects all regional acute care consultation (ROAZ) regions via the Landelijk Platform Zorgcoördinatie.
• PECC Medical Evacuation Coordination Patiënt Evacuation Coordination Centre (PECC) — coordinates international medical evacuations, including patients from Ukraine, as part of the Coördinatie function.

Quantifiable outcome

• Eliminated endless calling for bed availability - one phone call now suffices

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Landelijk Netwerk Acute Zorg (LNAZ)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2023As of July 1, 2023, the tasks of LCPS have been incorporated into the Landelijk Netwerk Acute Zorg (LNAZ). LNAZ serves as the parent organization for LCPS coordination activities, including the coordination and upscaling plan for patient distribution across regions.
• Erasmus Medisch Centrum (Erasmus MC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerErasmus MC served as the initial operational headquarters for LCPS during the 2020 pandemic response. LCPS was established under the leadership of Erasmus MC with Chairman Ernst Kuipers from Erasmus MC leading the national coordination effort.
• Regionale Overleggen Acute Zorg (ROAZ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional acute care consultation bodies that collaborate with LCPS to improve and maintain acute care availability in the Netherlands. All ROAZ regions have agreed to use the Landelijk Platform Zorgcoördinatie.
• Dutch Hospitals (all regions)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAll Dutch hospitals connected to the Landelijk Platform Zorgcoördinatie for real-time bed availability tracking and coordinated patient distribution during capacity crises.
• Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Ministry of VWS commissioned LNAZ to establish LCPS as the national patient distribution coordination center. The ministry provides overarching mandate and policy direction for pandemic response coordination.
• Nederlands Vlaams Intensivisten Vereniging (NVIC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Dutch-Flemish intensive care specialists association collaborated with LCPS in coordinating patient transfers, particularly for international transfers to Germany.
• German Regional Authorities and HospitalsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman regional governments and hospitals (33+ hospitals initially agreed) accepted Dutch COVID-19 patients when Netherlands IC capacity was exceeded. LCPS coordinated international patient transfers to North Rhine-Westphalia and other German regions.
• Ministry of DefenseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Dutch Ministry of Defense provided advisory and operational support during the establishment and structure setup of LCPS.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Landelijk Netwerk Acute Zorg (LNAZ): Dutch national network for acute care and parent organization of LCPS since July 2023; operates the same coordination and upscaling plan and now absorbs LCPS's tasks, making it the closest structural analog and incumbent.
• GE Healthcare Command Center: GE Healthcare's hospital command center software (with partners like Olin College/LeanTaaS) provides AI-driven real-time capacity and patient placement tools; comparable in function as a centralized hospital capacity coordination layer.

Direct peers

• TeleTracking Technologies: US-based provider of real-time hospital capacity, patient flow, and bed management platforms used by health systems to coordinate ICU and inpatient capacity; directly comparable to LCPS's Landelijk Platform Zorgcoördinatie at the technology layer.
• International SOS: Global provider of medical evacuation, assistance, and workforce health services; comparable to LCPS's PECC capability for international medical evacuations and government-coordinated patient movement.

Emerging players

• Qventus: AI-driven hospital operations platform automating patient flow, discharge planning, and capacity optimization; overlaps with LCPS's coordination mandate at individual hospital and health-system level.
• LeanTaaS: Healthcare AI company focused on optimizing hospital capacity, infusion scheduling, and OR utilization; comparable as a private-sector capacity coordination platform targeting the same use cases LCPS addresses nationally.
• Medjet Assist: Membership-based air medical transport and evacuation service; analogous to PECC's international patient evacuation function, though focused on commercial/membership customers rather than government coordination.

Others

• Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM): Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment; relevant as a peer national health data and monitoring authority that LCPS's Information component complements during pandemic and acute-care events.
• Centrum Acute Zorg (Regional Acute Care Networks): Regional acute-care consultation (ROAZ) networks across the Netherlands that LCPS orchestrates at the national level; comparable as sub-national coordination layers within the same system.

Regional players

• NHS England Operational Command: UK NHS national operations and emergency coordination function for patient flow and capacity surges; structurally analogous to LCPS as a government-coordinated national patient distribution layer, though operating in a different country and health system.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/landelijk-co%C3%B6rdinatiecentrum-pati%C3%ABnten-spreiding

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Funding overview

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