Teaching hospital in Rotterdam with 5 locations across the region
Franciscus is a 4,700-person nonprofit teaching hospital operating across Rotterdam and surrounding cities, built on a merged entity (Sint Franciscus Gasthuis + Vlietland). The stack—AFAS, HL7/FHIR, PACS/DICOM, SQL Server—reflects standard healthcare ERP and clinical imaging infrastructure. Hiring momentum is decelerating despite 99 open roles; the department mix (85 healthcare, 2 engineering, 2 support) signals operational staffing pressure rather than tech transformation. Active projects cluster around physical expansion (women & children center, CCU) and workflow scaling, while pain points center on staffing gaps and capacity constraints—typical of Dutch hospital consolidation.
Notable leadership hires: Chief Anesthesiologist, Chief Internal Medicine, Chief Oncology
Franciscus operates as a teaching hospital (Topklinisch Opleidingsziekenhuis) across 5 locations: two main hospital campuses in Rotterdam (Gasthuis) and Schiedam (Vlietland), plus three outpatient clinics. The organization traces its identity back over 100 years and employs approximately 4,700 staff, 340 physicians, and 150 volunteers. The hospital serves general and specialist care with notable departments in internal medicine, anesthesiology, oncology, and cardiology. Current capital projects include construction of a new women and children center, expansion of the critical care unit, and a new operating and intervention center. The organization is piloting workflow platform changes across departments and pursuing scientific research initiatives.
Franciscus uses AFAS (ERP), HL7/FHIR (interoperability), PACS/DICOM (medical imaging), SQL Server (database), and standard Microsoft Office infrastructure. TOPdesk handles IT service management.
Franciscus is constructing a new women and children center, expanding its critical care unit (CCU), and building a new operating and intervention center. The hospital is also piloting and rolling out new workflow platforms across departments.
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