diamid

What diamid does

Diamid is a non-profit diagnostic collaboration, established in 2021, jointly operated by three Dutch regional hospitals — St. Antonius Ziekenhuis, Diakonessenhuis, and Meander Medisch Centrum — to deliver diagnostic services across the Midden-Nederland region. The organization operates a network of more than 65 blood draw and material submission locations spanning hospital sites, health centers, GP practices, community centers, and residential care homes, with new sites being added on roughly a quarterly cadence through 2025 and 2026. Services span clinical chemistry, hematology, medical microbiology, immunology, and pathology, plus specialized offerings such as thrombosis management (trombosedienst), non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), glucose tolerance testing, and DTO/FTO educational sessions for primary-care referrers.

Core technology components include the Aletta automated phlebotomy device developed at St. Antonius Ziekenhuis (autonomous vein detection through needle insertion and bandaging, validated on approximately 2,000 patients), and IT integrations with the dominant Dutch healthcare platforms — LabOnline/Viplive Zorgportaal for St. Antonius and Diakonessenhuis, ZorgDomein for Meander Medisch Centrum, Edifact messaging into hospital information systems, and three hospital-branded patient portals (Mijn Antonius, mijnDiak, MijnMeander). All laboratories are ISO 15189-accredited. A proprietary webshop allows healthcare providers to order collection materials across the network.

The business model is reimbursement-driven under the Dutch basic health insurance (basisverzekering) framework, with the €385 mandatory eigen risico for 2026 applying to most tests. Diamid explicitly states it has no profit motive and reinvests any surplus into regional diagnostic improvements. The commercial footprint is strictly regional (Midden-Nederland: Utrecht, Amersfoort, Woerden, Zeist, Houten, Nieuwegein and surrounding municipalities). Customer segments are patients referred by GPs or specialists, the referring healthcare providers themselves (GPs, midwives, specialists), and institutional healthcare partners such as disability-care provider Abrona. Coordination is lean — six named staff plus a three-person Supervisory Board and three-person management board drawn from the partner hospitals — with operational diagnostics and phlebotomy executed inside the three hospital organizations under the Diamid brand.

Name

diamid

Legal name

Diamid

Website

https://diamid.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Diamid is a non-profit diagnostic collaboration among three Dutch regional hospitals — St. Antonius Ziekenhuis, Diakonessenhuis, and Meander Medisch Centrum — operating 65+ blood draw and diagnostic testing locations across Midden-Nederland. It serves referred patients, GPs, midwives, and specialists with reimbursement-funded clinical laboratory services and automated phlebotomy technology.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Diagnostic Laboratory Services

NAICS

Medical Laboratories (621511), Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories (62151), Offices of Physicians (6211)

SIC

Services-Medical Laboratories (8071), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841)

akta.pro primary industry

Sample Logistics, Biorepository & IVD Kit Management (Trial Support) (HLAGAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Remote Diagnostics & Home Testing Devices (Connected POC/At-Home Diagnostic Readers) (HLAHACAL), Blood Bank, Transfusion Medicine & Immunohematology (HLAHAAAH), Hematology & Coagulation Diagnostics (HLAHAAAB)

Keywords

• Diagnostic laboratory services
• Blood collection services
• Clinical chemistry testing
• Medical microbiology diagnostics
• Hospital laboratory network

Headquarters

HQ city

Amersfoort

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Healthcare System Reimbursement: Diamid operates as a non-profit organization. Revenue comes from standard healthcare reimbursement through basic health insurance (basisverzekering). Any surpluses are directly reinvested into improvements for residents and healthcare providers. The website is financed from general funds and displays no advertisements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Diamid provides diagnostic testing and blood collection services through a non-profit network of 65+ locations in Midden-Nederland, jointly operated by St. Antonius Ziekenhuis, Diakonessenhuis, and Meander Medisch Centrum. The offering spans clinical chemistry, hematology, medical microbiology, immunology, pathology, ultrasound, NIPT prenatal testing, thrombosis service, and glucose tolerance testing, with results delivered via hospital patient portals and Edifact messages to provider HIS systems. Supporting services include electronic diagnostic ordering (LabOnline, ZorgDomein), a webshop for collection materials, and DTO/FTO continuing education for GPs and pharmacists.

Product overview

Diamid is a diagnostic services collaboration among three Dutch hospitals (St. Antonius Ziekenhuis, Diakonessenhuis, and Meander Medisch Centrum) offering a unified network of over 65 blood collection and diagnostic testing locations across Midden-Nederland. The core offering combines blood collection services with comprehensive laboratory diagnostics (clinical chemistry, hematology, medical microbiology, immunology, pathology), accessible through electronic ordering platforms (LabOnline, ZorgDomein) and hospital patient portals (Mijn Antonius, mijnDiak, MijnMeander). Supporting services include thrombosis management, NIPT prenatal testing, material submission, glucose tolerance testing, and DTO/FTO educational programs. The network enables unified diagnostics procurement via a shared webshop while maintaining each hospital's distinct laboratory operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Blood Collection Services (Bloedafname) Hospital-operated blood drawing service available at 65+ regional locations in Midden-Nederland for patients referred by GPs or specialists, including standard venipuncture and automated blood collection via the Aletta device.
• Diagnostic Testing (Bloedonderzoek en diagnostiek) Comprehensive laboratory diagnostics across clinical chemistry, hematology, medical microbiology, immunology, and pathology, with results delivered to providers via Edifact and to patients through hospital portals.
• Laboratory Results Portal (Uitslagen) Results delivery service integrating with Mijn Antonius, mijnDiak, and MijnMeander patient portals and pushing Edifact messages to provider HIS systems.
• Thrombosis Service (Trombosedienst) Anticoagulation monitoring and blood-thinner management service offered at select Diamid blood draw locations for patients on blood-thinning therapy.
• NIPT Prenatal Testing Non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT) for fetal chromosomal abnormalities offered at select Meander Medisch Centrum and Diakonessenhuis collection locations.
• Material Submission (Inleveren materiaal) Drop-off service for biological materials (urine, stool, saliva) at collection locations for laboratory analysis.
• Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT) Glucose tolerance testing service for diabetes and glucose-metabolism assessment offered at specific Diamid hospital and external locations.
• LabOnline Diagnostics Ordering Electronic ordering and results platform (Viplive Zorgportaal, Topicus) for healthcare providers referring into St. Antonius and Diakonessenhuis laboratories.
• ZorgDomein Diagnostics Integration ZorgDomein-based electronic ordering and referral service used by healthcare providers requesting laboratory diagnostics and pathology from Meander Medisch Centrum.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 2,000 patients treated with automated Aletta blood withdrawal device
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AbronacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 November 2025Starting November 6, 2025, Diamid provides laboratory research services for Abrona locations in De Meern. Abrona supports adults with intellectual disabilities in and around the province of Utrecht. One Abrona employee handles blood draws for their clients, with blood tubes sent to St. Antonius Ziekenhuis for analysis. The collaboration prioritizes the client and adapts work processes accordingly, delivering care close to home.
• Verloskundigen Regio Eemland (Midwives Eemland Region)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 June 2025Midwives and assistants from the Eemland region collaborate with Meander Medisch Centrum on diagnostics for pregnant women. Midwives handle their own blood draws and are trained where needed. The gynecologist from Meander participates in discussions; results are accessible to both midwives and Meander specialists, facilitating consultation and preventing duplicate diagnostics.
• AMR Zorgnetwerk Utrecht (Regional AMR Knowledge & Network Meeting)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 June 2025Diamid participates in the annual Regional Knowledge & Network Meeting organized by AMR Zorgnetwerk Utrecht, addressing topics around antimicrobial resistance (AMR), taking place on March 17, 2026 in Driebergen.
• St. Antonius Ziekenhuis, Diakonessenhuis, Meander Medisch CentrumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDiamid is a formal collaboration between these three trusted regional hospitals in the area of diagnostics. The three hospitals pool their strengths to contribute to a healthy region through optimized diagnostics in a network spanning the entire care chain. They have no profit motive; any revenues are directly reinvested in improvements for residents and healthcare providers.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Saltro: Saltro is a Dutch regional diagnostic network (now operating under Unilabs Netherlands) that provides laboratory testing, blood collection, and GP-driven diagnostics across multiple Dutch regions. Saltro competes most directly with Diamid as a regional blood collection + clinical lab network serving GPs and specialists, offering the same combination of order portals, walk-in locations, and integrated reporting.
• Certe: Certe is a regional medical-diagnostic collaboration in Northern Netherlands (Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe) offering clinical chemistry, microbiology, immunology, and pathology to GPs, hospitals, and care institutions. Its regional collaborative model serving primary care providers and outreach collection across multiple locations is structurally analogous to Diamid.
• Diagnostiek voor U: Diagnostiek voor U is a diagnostic center in the Eindhoven region providing laboratory diagnostics and blood collection services to GPs, midwives, and specialists. Like Diamid it is regionally oriented and embedded with local hospital care (Catharina Ziekenhuis), serving the same GP-driven test ordering and reporting workflows.
• Medlon (Eurofins): Medlon, part of Eurofins Clinical Diagnostics, is a Dutch regional clinical laboratory serving GPs, hospitals, and care institutions across Twente, Achterhoek and surrounding regions. Its mix of routine clinical chemistry, microbiology, immunology, and outreach phlebotomy mirrors Diamid's core services.

Emerging players

• Vitestro: Vitestro is a Dutch medical robotics company developing an autonomous blood-drawing device (with CE mark progress). It is the closest technology peer to Diamid's proprietary Aletta automated blood withdrawal system and competes for the same value proposition of addressing phlebotomist shortages via automation.

Broad incumbents

• Unilabs: Unilabs is one of Europe's largest diagnostics operators and the parent of Saltro in the Netherlands. As a broad incumbent with full clinical lab and blood-draw infrastructure across many countries, it is the strategic scale competitor that Diamid implicitly benchmarks against regionally.
• Cerba Healthcare: Cerba Healthcare is a European network of specialty and routine medical laboratories serving hospitals, physicians, and pharmaceutical clients. Comparable to Synlab/Unilabs as a broad incumbent offering the same clinical chemistry, microbiology, and pathology services as Diamid, but at pan-European scale.
• Synlab: Synlab is Europe's largest medical diagnostics services company with operations across multiple countries including the Netherlands. As a broad incumbent with comprehensive clinical lab, blood collection, and specialty diagnostics offerings, it represents the large commercial reference point against which Diamid's regional non-profit model competes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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