IHS (Infrastruktur Hospital Schweiz)

What IHS (Infrastruktur Hospital Schweiz) does

IHS (Infrastruktur Hospital Schweiz) is a Swiss non-profit association (Verein) founded in 1977 and headquartered in Kloten, Switzerland. It operates as the leading professional network for hospital infrastructure technology in Switzerland, connecting over 400 members — primarily technical executives and specialists from hospitals and clinics, alongside industry partner companies — across three regional groups (Ost, Zentral, Romandie & Tessin) and seven specialist working groups covering BIM, medical technology and medical informatics (MT&MIT), construction technology, medical gases (MedGas), project management, and electrical safety. The association generates revenue through recurring annual membership dues and one-time document sales (technical recommendations, guidelines, factsheets, and BIM use cases priced between 50–180 CHF per document), all produced collaboratively by its specialist working groups.

The association's core offerings are its membership network, an expertise platform of authoritative technical documents, and a calendar of events including the annual IHS-Jahresfachtagung, regional ERFA (experience exchange) meetings, and specialist group workshops. Its technical recommendations are referenced by Swissmedic and incorporated into national standards, and it maintains strategic relationships with IFHE/IFHE-EU (international hospital engineering federation), buildingSMART Switzerland (BIM standardization), and Swissmedic (regulatory consultation on GPI for medical device maintenance). The organization has 5 employees, no proprietary technology products, no app, and no public API; its digital footprint is limited to a SharePoint-based member portal, a WordPress website, and an event management tool that were modernized in 2025 alongside a comprehensive rebranding that broadened its name and scope to include medical informatics. Leadership transitioned in 2025 with Christoph Herzog assuming the presidency and in 2026 with Sabrina Keinersdorfer taking over operational office management, setting the stage for the association's 50th anniversary and hosting of the IFHE-EU international conference in May 2027.

Name

IHS (Infrastruktur Hospital Schweiz)

Legal name

Infrastruktur Hospital Schweiz / Infrastructure Hôpital Suisse

Website

https://ihs.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

IHS is a Swiss non-profit association founded in 1977 that connects 400+ hospital infrastructure professionals and industry partners through regional groups, specialist working groups, and events, while producing technical guidelines, factsheets, and BIM use cases for Swiss hospital construction, operations, medical technology, and medical informatics.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Kloten

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: IHS generates revenue through annual membership fees paid by individual professionals, hospitals, and industry partner companies. Members receive free access to technical documents, guidelines, factsheets, and the member portal. The organization is a non-profit association (Verein) under Swiss law.
2. Document sales: Non-members can purchase technical documents (technical recommendations, guidelines, factsheets) for fees ranging from 50 to 180 CHF per document, excluding VAT. Documents cover topics such as electrical safety, medical gases, floor conductivity, footwear in medical rooms, and BIM use cases.

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Go-to-market motion1 record

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Core offering

IHS is a non-profit professional association that provides a membership-based network for Swiss hospital infrastructure professionals. Its core offerings include annual membership with access to technical recommendations, guidelines, factsheets, and a member portal (Mein IHS); specialist working groups covering BIM, medical technology & medical informatics, construction technology, project management, medical gases, and electrical safety; regional ERFA meetings and an annual conference; and orderable technical documents for non-members.

Product overview

IHS (Infrastruktur Hospital Schweiz) is a professional network organization, not a traditional product company. It offers a unified membership platform providing networking services, specialized working groups, knowledge resources, and events for hospital infrastructure professionals. The core offering consists of the membership network connecting over 400 members, an expertise platform with technical guidelines and factsheets, and organized events including the annual conference and regional ERFA meetings. Specialized groups focus on BIM, medical technology, medical informatics, medical gases, construction technology, and project management. The organization also produces knowledge products including the GAP-Analyse tool for GPI compliance and orderable technical documents on electrical safety, medical gases, and facility standards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 400 members comprising hospital infrastructure professionals and industry partner companies across Switzerland
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Kantonsspital Baden AG (member organization)minorOthers · 1 November 2025Kantonsspital Baden hosted the IHS Fachgruppe MT&MIT meeting in November 2025. Participants toured the AEMP (medical device reprocessing unit) and nuclear medicine department, and discussed IT security requirements with Koni Hüsser (KSW) and Mauro Welte (H+).
• Clienia Schlössli AG (member organization)minorOthers · 1 November 2025Clienia Schlössli AG hosted the IHS Regionalgruppe Ost ERFA meeting in November 2025, offering tours of newly constructed buildings including the children's and adolescent psychiatry unit (KJPP) and Haus D, showcasing architecture designed for patient safety and wellbeing.
• Bauen digital Schweiz / buildingSMART SwitzerlandcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025IHS collaborates with Bauen digital Schweiz / buildingSMART Switzerland to develop and publish BIM (Building Information Modeling) use cases for hospital construction. The IHS specialist group BIM has produced eleven practical use cases for digital transformation in hospital construction, published on the buildingSMART platform. This partnership supports standardization of digital processes in Swiss hospital infrastructure.
• Universitätsspital Basel (member organization)minorOthers · 1 August 2025Universitätsspital Basel hosted the IHS Fachgruppe BIM meeting in August 2025. Participants received a tour of the new Panton-Gang and the Klinikum 2 construction site, including a 26-meter-deep excavation on the hospital campus.
• IFHE-EU (International Federation of Hospital Engineering Europe)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2025IHS is co-hosting the IFHE-EU international conference with its own 50th anniversary celebration from May 12–14, 2027 in Switzerland. This is a flagship international event bringing European healthcare engineering experts together for three days of conference programming.
• SwissmediccoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2025IHS collaborates with Swissmedic on regulatory matters, particularly the Swiss Good Practice for Medical Device Maintenance (GPI). The IHS specialist group MT&MIT provided feedback during the consultation process for the GPI. IHS has also developed a GAP analysis tool for GPI compliance based on Swissmedic requirements.
• HOCH Health Ostschweiz / Spital Grabs (member organization)minorOthers · 1 May 2025HOCH Health Ostschweiz hosted the IHS Regionalgruppe Ost ERFA meeting at Spital Grabs in May 2025 with 38 participants. René Berli, Leiter Technical Services Regions, and colleagues provided site tours of the hospital's new building.
• Luzerner Kantonsspital (member organization)minorOthers · 1 April 2025Luzerner Kantonsspital hosted the IHS Regionalgruppe Zentral ERFA spring conference in April 2025 with approximately 28 participants. The event included presentations on the hospital's energy network and a tour of the new children's and women's clinic construction project.
• Spital Bülach AG (member organization)minorOthers · 1 November 2024Spital Bülach AG hosted the IHS Regionalgruppe Ost ERFA meeting in November 2024 with 31 participants. The event included a specialist lecture on hospital water systems and a site tour of current construction projects.
• IFHE (International Federation of Hospital Engineering)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2024IHS is the Swiss member of IFHE, the global umbrella organization of national hospital engineering associations. IHS board members participate in IFHE and IFHE-EU governance meetings. The IHS hosted a delegation at the 28th IFHE International Congress in Cape Town in October 2024 with over 400 participants.
• Bürgerspital Solothurn (member organization)minorOthers · 1 October 2024Bürgerspital Solothurn hosted the IHS Regionalgruppe Zentral ERFA meeting in October 2024 with 16 participants. The site visit and technical presentations were organized by the hospital's facility management team.
• OST – Ostschweizer Fachhochschule (Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2024OST serves as a venue for IHS Regionalgruppe Ost meetings and provides research collaboration on topics such as energy technology in healthcare facilities. The IHS Regionalgruppe Ost held its meeting at OST Rapperswil in May 2026.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Swiss Medtech: Swiss medical technology industry association representing MedTech manufacturers and suppliers. Several IHS partner companies are likely Swiss Medtech members, and the two associations overlap on regulatory and standards matters affecting medical device integration in hospitals.
• H+ Die Spitäler der Schweiz: Swiss national hospital association representing public and private hospitals, clinics, and nursing institutions. H+ is broader in scope than IHS but overlaps significantly on hospital operations, technical standards, and policy advocacy with regulators like Swissmedic.
• IFHE (International Federation of Hospital Engineering): Global umbrella organization of national hospital engineering associations, of which IHS is the Swiss member. IFHE is the international federation to which IHS contributes governance and content, and which IHS is hosting alongside its 50th anniversary in 2027.
• HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society): Global not-for-profit organization focused on health information and technology, including standards, certification, and events. While centered on health IT rather than physical infrastructure, HIMSS overlaps with IHS in healthcare informatics, medical device cybersecurity, and standards development.

Direct peers

• ÖVKT (Österreichischer Verband der Krankenhaustechniker): Austrian professional association for hospital engineering and technical staff, organized along similar lines to IHS with regional groups, specialist sections, and technical guidelines. It is the most direct German-language national parallel to IHS.
• IHEEM (Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management): UK-based professional body for healthcare engineers, estate managers, and facilities professionals working in hospitals and healthcare settings. IHEEM operates the same membership, knowledge, and standards model as IHS but in the UK healthcare system.
• ASHE (American Society for Healthcare Engineering): American Society for Healthcare Engineering is the US national professional association for professionals who design, build, and maintain healthcare facilities, with members drawn from hospitals and healthcare engineering companies. It is the closest scaled international parallel to IHS's hospital infrastructure membership model.

Regional players

• Health Tech Cluster Switzerland: Swiss cluster organization driving innovation in medical technology, digital health, and healthcare infrastructure. IHS lists Health Tech Cluster Switzerland as a member firm, and the two share overlapping stakeholders across Swiss hospital innovation and MedTech.

Others

• buildingSMART Switzerland: Swiss chapter of buildingSMART International, focused on openBIM standards and digital construction workflows. IHS is a strategic partner through its Fachgruppe BIM, which has co-published 11 hospital BIM use cases on the buildingSMART platform.
• SWKI (Schweizerischer Verein von Fachleuten für Gebäudeklimatechnik): Swiss association for HVAC and building services engineering professionals, which IHS lists as a partner member. SWKI overlaps with IHS on technical rules for HVAC, clean rooms, and medical gases in healthcare facilities.

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