GHOR Hollands Midden

What GHOR Hollands Midden does

GHOR Hollands Midden (Geneeskundige Hulpverleningsorganisatie in de Regio Hollands Midden) is a regional Dutch government organization that coordinates medical emergency response and crisis preparedness across 18 municipalities in the Hollands Midden safety region. Founded in 2000 and transferred from Hecht into Veiligheidsregio Hollands Midden (VRHM) on January 1, 2025, the organization operates 14 staff employees alongside 35 crisis functionaries on 24/7 standby. Its statutory mandate is to connect hospitals, ambulance services, GP out-of-hours posts, and long-term care organizations into a single coordinated medical chain during disasters, crises, and large-scale incidents, while also serving as the medical point of contact for fire brigade, police, and municipal crisis teams within the VRHM structure.

The organization's core technical platform is LCMS-Gz (Landelijk Crisis Management Systeem Geneeskundige Zorg), a national information management system that enables real-time information sharing among safety and healthcare networks during emergencies. Complementary tools include GHOR4all for internal coordination by crisis functionaries, the SIS (Slachtoffer Informatie Systematiek) victim information system for family reunification, the ZRP (Zorgrisicoprofiel) healthcare risk profile framework, and the De-escalatieladder — a color-coded WBGT heat-index decision-support tool for event medical coverage planning. Methodologies such as Netcentrisch werken (network-centric operations) and Grootschalige Geneeskundige Bijstand (large-scale medical assistance) form the operational backbone. In 2024, the organization recorded 401 operational deployments and 276 event advisories.

GHOR Hollands Midden is entirely publicly funded through regional government budgets allocated via Veiligheidsregio Hollands Midden, with no commercial pricing model. Its go-to-market is relationship-driven and statutory rather than commercial: services are delivered through formal convenants with healthcare institutions, joint exercises, advisory consultations on event safety under the Omgevingswet, and direct integration into the regional crisis management framework (CoPI, ROT, GBT/RBT teams). Revenue mechanics are managed-services-style public administration rather than market-based. Customer segments span acute healthcare providers, long-term care organizations, municipalities, event organizers, and multidisciplinary safety partners, all within the Hollands Midden region.

Name

GHOR Hollands Midden

Legal name

GHOR Hollands Midden

Website

https://ghorhm.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

GHOR Hollands Midden is a Dutch regional government organization that coordinates medical emergency response and crisis preparedness across 18 municipalities, connecting hospitals, ambulance services, GPs, and long-term care providers into a single medical chain under Veiligheidsregio Hollands Midden.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Medical Coordination Services

NAICS

Ambulance Services (62191), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (62211), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospital-Based EMS & Mobile Integrated Health (HLAFANAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disaster Medical Assistance & Field Care (DMAT/Field Hospitals) (HLAJAGAE), Emergency Response & Search-and-Rescue (SAR) (BPAGAAAA), Emergency Response Operations Centers & Case Management Platforms (THACANAM)

Keywords

• Emergency medical coordination
• Crisis management services
• Healthcare preparedness
• Disaster response coordination
• Regional medical assistance

Headquarters

HQ city

Leiden

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Public Sector Funding: GHOR Hollands Midden is a publicly funded organization operating under the legal mandate of the Veiligheidsregio Hollands Midden (Safety Region Hollands Midden). Its activities — including crisis coordination, advisory services, training, and exercises — are funded through regional government budgets and statutory assignments. No commercial revenue model applies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

GHOR Hollands Midden coordinates medical assistance during disasters and crises across 18 municipalities in the Hollands Midden region (Netherlands), connecting the healthcare network (hospitals, ambulance services, GP out-of-hours posts, long-term care) with safety partners (fire brigade, police, municipalities). It provides crisis management, professional training and exercises, healthcare chain continuity coordination, and risk advisory services for events and spatial planning, supported by platforms like LCMS-Gz.

Product overview

GHOR Hollands Midden is a regional emergency medical coordination organization that serves as a network organization connecting healthcare networks with safety partners. The organization operates as a coordination body rather than a software product company, offering services through multiple interconnected work areas: Crisisbeheersing (Crisis Management) for emergency response coordination, Vakbekwaamheid (Professional Competence) for training and exercises, Ketencontinuïteit van zorg (Healthcare Chain Continuity) for care institution coordination, and Risicobeheersing (Risk Management) for environmental and event safety advisory services. The organization utilizes platforms including LCMS-Gz for information management during crises and GHOR4all for coordination activities. Key services include the Victim Information System (SIS), the 'Ik zoek mijn naaste' platform for family reunification, healthcare risk profiles (ZRP), and large-scale medical assistance coordination.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 401 operational deployments in 2024
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core, former parent and minor.

• Veiligheidsregio Hollands Midden (VRHM)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025GHOR Hollands Midden transitioned from Hecht to become part of Veiligheidsregio Hollands Midden on January 1, 2025. The 14 employees now work within VRHM's structure. GHOR provides the medical coordination function within VRHM's multidisciplinary crisis management framework, participating in CoPI, ROT, and GBT/RBT teams.
• Hechtformer parentStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2024Hecht was the previous parent organization of GHOR Hollands Midden. As of January 1, 2025, GHOR transferred to VRHM. Hecht continues to house the GGD and RAV functions. Director Geertje Ariëns serves as both Director of Hecht and DPG (Director Public Health).
• LUMC (Leiden University Medical Center)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLUMC is a key hospital partner in the medical care chain, participating in the gewondenspreidingsplan (wound dispersal plan) and large-scale crisis exercises. The DPG of LUMC signed the convenant with GHOR in late 2025.
• Alrijne ZorggroepcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlrijne Zorggroep is a regional hospital group participating in the gewondenspreidingsplan and the convenant framework. The chairman of the board signed the convenant with GHOR in late 2025.
• Groene Hart Ziekenhuis GoudacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGroene Hart Ziekenhuis participates in crisis exercises with GHOR, including a table-top exercise on hospital evacuation in a flood scenario, and will sign the convenant in early 2026.
• RAV Hollands Midden (Regional Ambulance Service)coreTechnology or IntegrationRAV Hollands Midden is the regional ambulance service and a key partner in the medical chain. Together with GHOR, RAV participated in the ICO training for operationeel managers and in the 'stay live' netcentrisch werken exercise.
• Huisartsenposten (GP Out-of-hours Posts)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGP out-of-hours posts (Huisartsenpost De Limes and Huisartsenpost Midden Holland) participate in training, exercises, and the convenant framework with GHOR for crisis coordination.
• Hecht GGD Hollands MiddencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGGD Hollands Midden provides psychosocial support (PSH) during crises and collaborates on the 'ik zoek mijn naaste' victim information system. GGD and GHOR both operate within Hecht (transitioning to VRHM).
• Nederlands Rode KruiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Dutch Red Cross provides teams for Grootschalige Geneeskundige Bijstand (large-scale medical assistance), treating lightly injured victims so ambulance staff can focus on serious cases. Red Cross teams participated in the Leiden Marathon and Leidens Ontzet events.
• Veiligheidsregio Hollands Midden - Fire Brigade and PolicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe fire brigade and police are the primary safety partners within the VRHM multidisciplinary framework. GHOR participates in CoPI and ROT meetings alongside these services during incidents.
• GHOR HaaglandencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGHOR Haaglanden is the sister GHOR organization in the adjacent region. Both organizations jointly organized the 'stay live' netcentrisch werken exercise, the ketenbrede oefening digitale weerbaarheid, and share the GHOR Connect newsletter. They also co-trained crisis functionaries (e.g., driving training).
• GHOR Kennemerland (Veiligheidsregio Kennemerland)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA networking meeting was held between GHOR Hollands Midden and GHOR Kennemerland focused on the shared theme of 'resilience' (weerbaarheid), including discussions on business continuity during 72-hour power outage scenarios.
• Netwerk Acute Zorg West (NAZW)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNAZW coordinates acute care networks in western Netherlands. GHOR Hollands Midden participates in NAZW's oefendrieluik (three-part exercise series), including the ketenbrede oefening digitale weerbaarheid initiated by NAZW.
• Nederlands Instituut Publieke Veiligheid (NIPV)coreTechnology or IntegrationNIPV operates the back-office of the SIS victim information system and provides training programs including CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear) courses attended by GHOR's OvDG officers.
• Topaz, Fundis, Marente, 's Heeren Loo, Libertas Leiden, HOZO, Zorgpartners Midden-HollandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term care organizations (care sector) are key partners for GHOR's ketencontinuïteit van zorg (care continuity) work area. GHOR conducted exercises, training, and developed the ZRP Care risk profile with contributions from these organizations. These partners are the primary focus of the care continuity program.
• Hecht GGD - Technical Hygiene Inspector (IHZ)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Technical Hygiene Inspector (Ineke Hammann) collaborates with GHOR on event hygiene and infection prevention advisories, supporting safer event organization in the region.
• Event organizers (e.g., Leiden Marathon, Leidens Ontzet)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGHOR provides pre-event advisory services to event organizers on medical and health risks, including the de-escalatieladder for heat management at the Leiden Marathon.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• GHOR Rotterdam-Rijnmond: GHOR for the Rotterdam-Rijnmond safety region, a large port-industrial region with heightened disaster preparedness needs. Same mandate and operational model as GHOR Hollands Midden, scaled to a larger and more complex regional footprint.
• GHOR Amsterdam-Amstelland: Regional GHOR covering the Amsterdam metropolitan area. Operates under the same Dutch statutory framework for coordinating medical assistance during disasters and crises, with comparable work areas (crisis management, training, care continuity, risk management).
• GHOR Haaglanden: Sister GHOR organization in the adjacent Haaglanden safety region. Performs the same statutory medical coordination role, jointly exercises with GHOR Hollands Midden, and shares the GHOR Connect newsletter — making it the closest functional peer.
• GGD Hollands Midden: Public health service for the same region, formerly co-located with GHOR under Hecht. Provides psychosocial support during crises and operates the back-office of the victim information system, making it a closely intertwined regional public health peer.

Broad incumbents

• FEMA (US Federal Emergency Management Agency): US federal agency coordinating disaster response across jurisdictions. Operates at a far larger scale but shares GHOR's core function of integrating medical, emergency, and governmental actors into a coordinated response — useful as an international functional benchmark.
• Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (UKHSA): UK Health Security Agency function coordinating healthcare emergency preparedness. Comparable international peer in scope (linking health systems to broader emergency response), though operating within a different national governance framework.
• Veiligheidsregio Hollands Midden: Parent safety region of GHOR Hollands Midden since January 1, 2025. Operates the broader multidisciplinary crisis management framework (fire, police, GHOR, municipalities) of which GHOR is the medical coordination component.
• Nederlands Instituut Publieke Veiligheid (NIPV): National institute for public safety that operates the SIS victim information back-office and delivers CBRN training for GHOR's OvDG officers. Acts as a national-level capability and standards body supporting all Dutch safety regions and GHORs.

Emerging players

• RAV Hollands Midden: Regional ambulance service in the same geography. While not a coordination body, RAV is a core partner in the medical chain co-trained by GHOR and a candidate for deeper integration as crisis-response models evolve.

Regional players

• Netwerk Acute Zorg West (NAZW): Acute care network coordinator for western Netherlands. Operates in a partially overlapping geography with GHOR Hollands Midden, co-organizing multi-agency exercises (e.g., ketenbrede oefening digitale weerbaarheid) and serving as an adjacent acute-care governance body.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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