Fundación IMAS (Instituto para la Mejora de la Asistencia Sanitaria)

What Fundación IMAS (Instituto para la Mejora de la Asistencia Sanitaria) does

Fundación IMAS (Instituto para la Mejora de la Asistencia Sanitaria) is a nonprofit foundation headquartered in Madrid, Spain, founded in 2014 to improve the quality of healthcare delivery within the Spanish National Health System (SNS). It serves clinicians, medical specialty societies, and public health stakeholders by operating as a neutral convener and content producer in clinical quality, working alongside major Spanish specialty societies including SEC (cardiology), SEMI (internal medicine), SEPAR (pulmonology), SEPD (digestive medicine), SEHH (hematology), and SESPAS.

The foundation operates an integrated stack of programs: Campus IMAS, an online continuing-education platform; Academia IMAS, which produces large-scale observational research built on CMBD administrative datasets and the RECAL research franchise; the Cátedra IMAS-URJC academic chair established in 2019 with Universidad Rey Juan Carlos; and society co-branded accreditation programs marketed as "Excelente." Recent outputs include the RECALMIN 2025 report on internal medicine resources and the NEUMOCAL 2025 extension into pulmonology, alongside the Cardiomentor AI initiative. Its underlying technology is primarily an LMS and research-publication platform rather than proprietary clinical software.

IMAS sustains operations through sponsored research collaborations, training program fees, society-funded accreditation programs, and institutional grants — a nonprofit revenue model that relies on a small number of anchor society partners rather than a diversified commercial customer base. With 13 employees, the foundation functions as a lean coordination and content-development hub that mobilizes volunteer medical expertise from its partner societies to produce publications, accreditation standards, and training content for the Spanish healthcare system.

Name

Fundación IMAS (Instituto para la Mejora de la Asistencia Sanitaria)

Legal name

Fundación Instituto para la Mejora de la Asistencia Sanitaria

Website

https://imasfundacion.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fundación IMAS is a Madrid-based nonprofit founded in 2014 to improve healthcare quality in Spain's National Health System through research, training, and accreditation programs co-delivered with major Spanish medical specialty societies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Quality Improvement Services

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAJALAB

Health Research Funding Agencies (Public/Quasi-Public)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Public Health Funding, Grants & Program Administration

Keywords

• Healthcare quality improvement
• Clinical research services
• Medical professional training
• Quality accreditation programs
• Health services analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Training and Educational Programs: Revenue generated through master's programs, specialized courses, and professional training delivered via Campus IMAS and Academia IMAS platforms.
2. Research Collaboration: Collaborative research projects with medical societies producing reports and quality studies (NEUMOCAL, RECALMIN).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fundación IMAS is a nonprofit foundation that delivers healthcare quality improvement services for the Spanish National Health System through three integrated lines: accredited online training for healthcare professionals (master's degrees, specialized courses via Campus IMAS and Academia IMAS), clinical and health services research projects (RECAL, FIC, SEC, ONT, GEIDIS) producing evidence-based reports, and quality accreditation and benchmarking programs for clinical units (SEMI Excelente, SEPD Excelente, SEC Excelente). All offerings are developed in partnership with leading Spanish medical scientific societies.

Product overview

Fundación IMAS operates as a healthcare quality improvement foundation offering a portfolio of educational platforms (Campus IMAS, Academia IMAS, Cátedra IMAS-URJC), research projects (RECAL for internal medicine, FIC for respiratory, SEC for cardiology, ONT for transplants, GEIDIS for infectious diseases), and quality accreditation programs (SEMI Excelente, SEPD Excelente, SEC Excelente). The foundation also develops digital health initiatives including AI in medicine applications, quality dashboards, and strategic documents for the Spanish National Health System transformation. Its offerings span virtual learning management, clinical research coordination, unit accreditation, and digital health strategy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Campus IMAS: Virtual campus platform for the foundation's educational programs and courses
• Academia IMAS
• Cátedra IMAS-URJC
• GEIDIS
• SEC Excelente
• SEMI Excelente
• SEPD Excelente

Products and services

• Campus IMAS Virtual campus platform delivering online educational courses and accredited training programs (master's degrees, specialized courses) for healthcare professionals.
• Academia IMAS Academic platform providing access to specialized medical education and training resources for healthcare professionals.
• Laboratorio de Cursos Service that helps experts and entities develop and deliver educational courses, handling maquetación, coordination, platform management, and academic secretariat.
• Cátedra IMAS-URJC Research and training chair established with Universidad Rey Juan Carlos focused on healthcare quality improvement, performance indicators, and clinical management training.
• Becas IMAS Scholarship programs for healthcare professionals, including CSC-IMAS grants for interventional cardiology training.
• Proyectos RECAL Research projects focused on internal medicine resources and quality in the Spanish National Health System.
• Proyectos FIC Research projects focused on respiratory health system resources and quality.
• Proyectos SEC Research projects focused on cardiology, including RECALCAR, Mujer y Corazón, and Cardiología ambiental, conducted with the Spanish Society of Cardiology.
• Proyectos ONT Research projects in coordination with the Organización Nacional de Trasplantes (ONT).
• SEMI Excelente Quality accreditation program for internal medicine units in the Spanish National Health System, developed in collaboration with SEMI.
• SEPD Excelente Quality accreditation program for digestive system units, developed in collaboration with SEPD.
• SEC Excelente Quality accreditation program for cardiology units, developed in collaboration with SEC.
• Inteligencia Artificial en Medicina AI in medicine initiative covering AI applications and digital health education, including Cardiomentor.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% decrease in mortality for bronchiolitis in children under 1 year (2004-2012)
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Cátedra Fundación IMAS-URJC in Training and Research for Healthcare Service Improvement established in January 2019. The partnership develops performance indicators for healthcare quality and efficiency, conducts research on Spanish health system data, and provides clinical management training. IMAS provides funding while URJC provides facilities. A Mixed Monitoring Committee oversees activities.
• Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica (SEPAR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint production of the NEUMOCAL report (Resources and Quality in Pneumology), providing comprehensive analysis of respiratory disease care in the Spanish National Health System.
• Sociedad Española de Cardiología (SEC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates on the Master's in Acute and Critical Cardiovascular Care, quality standards (SEC Excelente), and cardiovascular research projects including RECALCAR, Mujer y Corazón, and Cardiología ambiental.
• Sociedad Española de Medicina Interna (SEMI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for quality standards (SEMI Excelente), strategic reflections, and the RECALMIN report on resources and quality in Internal Medicine.
• Sociedad Española de Patología Digestiva (SEPD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on quality standards (SEPD Excelente) and strategic reflections for digestive pathology healthcare quality.
• Grupo CSC EstructuralminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for CSC-IMAS 2026 scholarships for training in interventional cardiology at national and international centers of excellence. Provides funding for three scholarships totaling 2,000 euros monthly plus initial allowance.
• GEIDIS (Grupo de Estudio de Investigación en Donación e Innovación Social)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative research group focused on donation and social innovation research, participating in studies such as acute bronchiolitis research.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies: WHO-hosted partnership producing comparative health system analysis and policy research across Europe. Comparable to IMAS in producing evidence-based health system reports, though at supranational scope and with different funding model.
• Commonwealth Fund: US private foundation that funds independent health policy research and international health system comparisons. Comparable as a non-governmental foundation shaping health system quality and performance research.
• NICE — National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: UK arms-length government body producing clinical guidelines, quality standards, and health technology assessments. Comparable to IMAS in producing evidence-based standards for a national health system, but operates at much larger scale and with regulatory authority.
• The King's Fund: Independent English health think tank producing policy analysis, leadership training, and quality improvement programs. Comparable in combining health policy research with professional development programs for clinicians and managers.
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): US federal agency that funds health services research, develops quality indicators, and publishes evidence-based tools. Closely comparable in producing CMBD-equivalent quality measurement products, but with substantially larger resources and government mandate.

Direct peers

• Fundación Avedis Donabedian: Spain-based foundation focused on healthcare quality assessment and accreditation, named after the quality-of-care pioneer Avedis Donabedian. Directly comparable to IMAS in geography, mission, and accreditation-driven business model.
• The Health Foundation (UK): Independent UK charity that funds research, training, and improvement programs to improve healthcare quality. Highly comparable as a foundation that commissions research, runs professional training, and influences national health system policy.
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI): US-based nonprofit dedicated to healthcare quality and safety improvement through research, training, and improvement programs. Most internationally recognized analog to IMAS, operating at a much larger scale but with a near-identical mission of evidence-based quality improvement.

Others

• RAND Health: Research division of RAND producing health services research, quality measurement, and policy analysis. Comparable as a producer of large-database health outcomes research, though operating as a for-profit consulting/research organization.

Regional players

• Fundación Gaspar Casal: Spanish foundation focused on health economics, policy, and management research. Most direct Spanish-language peer to IMAS in producing applied health services research and policy analysis for the Spanish health system.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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