Herko Coomans

Digital health enthusiast, global interoperability advocate, HIMSS #Future50 Govt Leader. NL Rep. in EU eHealth Network, SNOMED GA, GDHP. Working hard to bring health data to your fingertips

Curious nerd. Career civil servant. Passionate about the future of health and healthcare. Good at bringing people together to start a movement. Working for the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport on improving healthcare by having the right information at the right place at the right time. Created the Dutch National Health Information Council.

Experienced e-government consultant with 10+ years at ICTU. Worked on information services maturity-development for local governments, web accessibility of government data, open data, change management, program management, information security, government information architecture and registries.
Urban and Regional Planner by education. Learned to bring specialists together to see and co-own a Bigger Picture. Been trying to do that ever since.