Sesan

What Sesan does

SESAN (Service Numérique de Santé), legally GIP SESAN, is a Groupement d'Intérêt Public established as the GRADeS (Groupement d'Appui au Développement des Systèmes d'Information de Santé) for the Île-de-France region. The organization functions as the regional operational expert in health information systems, deploying digital eHealth infrastructure and supporting healthcare establishments and professionals in their digital transformation projects under the strategic oversight of the ARS Île-de-France and Assurance Maladie.

Its core technology is a regional digital health platform providing interoperability across the Île-de-France health ecosystem. The product portfolio includes 12+ operational solutions: ROR-IF (real-time regional resource directory and ICU bed-availability tracking), ORTIF (regional telemedicine platform), Terr-eSanté with its e-COVID module (care coordination and patient monitoring), ViaTrajectoire (patient orientation and admission), Santélien (e-parcours care circle management), ENRS Portail (SSO authentication), MAILLAGE (departmental health portals), SI-ESMS (medico-social DUI support), ePDSA (ambulatory continuity monitoring), FASTeS (secure high-speed connectivity), Santagraphie (GIS mapping) and eCERVEAU (emergency alert center). The architecture is tightly aligned with national core services under the Ségur du numérique en santé (INS, DMP, MSSANTE, Pro Santé Connect) and is accessed via CPS-card-authenticated SSO through the SESAN Store and ENRS portal. Scale is significant: 2,000+ healthcare structures, 1,200+ establishments on ORTIF, 25,000+ monthly telemedicine encounters, 50,000 teleconsultations during the COVID-19 peak and petabyte-scale medical imaging storage.

The business model is a non-profit, public-interest model with no commercial pricing. Services are provided free of charge to healthcare professionals, establishments and patients, funded primarily by ARS Île-de-France, Assurance Maladie and member contributions (membership fees from federations, hospital federations, CPTS and DAC). Distribution is direct-institutional, supported by territorial referents for deployment and a self-service e-learning platform (formation.sesan.fr). Customer concentration is structural: SESAN is the single regional digital-health counterpart for all Île-de-France healthcare actors, with strong concentration in public-sector and public-interest counterparts (ARS, AP-HP, SAMU, EHPAD, URPS Médecins IDF, CNSA) and a national-growth vector through the ROR transition.

Name

Sesan

Legal name

SESAN, Groupement d'Intérêt Public

Website

https://sesan.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

SESAN is the GRADeS for Île-de-France, a public-interest group operating the regional digital health platform that delivers interoperable eHealth, telemedicine and care-coordination tools to 2,000+ healthcare structures, funded by ARS Île-de-France, Assurance Maladie and member contributions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Health Information Systems

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Virtual Care Team Collaboration & Provider-to-Provider Teleconsult Platforms (eConsults) (HLALABAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community Paramedicine & Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH/CP) Programs (HLAFANAI)

Keywords

• Regional digital health infrastructure
• Telemedicine platform services
• Care coordination software
• Health information interoperability
• Patient orientation platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Funding: As a GIP (Groupement d'Intérêt Public), SESAN is funded through public sources including the ARS Île-de-France (Regional Health Agency), Assurance Maladie (Health Insurance), and membership contributions from healthcare establishments and professionals.
2. Membership Fees: Healthcare establishments and professionals become members of SESAN to access digital health solutions deployed regionally. Services such as Terr-eSanté are provided free of charge to healthcare professionals and patients by the ARS Île-de-France.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SESAN operates a regional digital health infrastructure platform for the Île-de-France region, deploying and operating interoperable eHealth solutions (telemedicine, care coordination, patient orientation, regional health directories, SSO authentication, and medico-social information systems) that are provided free of charge to healthcare professionals, establishments, and patients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SESAN Store: Digital solutions marketplace offering regional health applications and services
• ENRS
• Santélien
• Santélien SEV
• ViaTrajectoire
• ORTIF
• Terr-eSanté
• ROR-IF
• MAILLAGE
• FASTeS
• e-COVID
• Boussole du Numérique Responsable

Products and services

• ORTIF (Outil Régional de Télémédecine d'Île-de-France) Regional telemedicine platform for Île-de-France enabling teleconsultation and tele-expertise for healthcare professionals and patients. Used by 1,200+ establishments and 30,000+ professionals.
• Terr-eSanté (with e-COVID module) Regional care coordination platform for care pathway management and information sharing between healthcare professionals, with an e-COVID telemonitoring module for patient follow-up.
• ViaTrajectoire Secure inter-regional website for patient orientation and admission to healthcare and medico-social structures across France.
• ROR (Répertoire Opérationnel des Ressources) Regional directory of healthcare resources including real-time bed availability tracking for ICUs and critical care; supports 200+ daily bed availability updates (1,300+ during COVID peak).
• Santélien (e-Parcours) e-Parcours solution for Île-de-France enabling care circle management, shared notes, alerts and notifications among healthcare professionals.
• ENRS Portail (Espace Numérique Régional de Santé) Single sign-on authentication portal providing secure access to regional digital health applications via CPS card authentication and OpenID Connect, integrated with national Ségur socle services (INS, DMP, MSSANTE, Pro Santé Connect).
• SI-ESMS (with Dossier Usager Informatisé) Information system support for medico-social establishments (EHPAD/nursing homes, disability services) including the Dossier Usager Informatisé (DUI) for digitised user records.
• FASTeS High-speed secure internet box solution deployed for healthcare structures in Île-de-France, providing secure connectivity.
• ePDSA Ambulatory care continuity service monitoring system that tracks primary care availability across Île-de-France for both routine access and crisis situations.
• eCERVEAU Regional monitoring and alert center for emergency situations in Île-de-France.
• Santagraphie Geographic information system for health resource visualization and mapping across Île-de-France.
• MAILLAGE Departmental health information portals (8 departmental portals) providing health and autonomy information access across the region, administered by DAC (Dispositifs d'Appui à la Coordination).
• Santélien SEV Planning and tracking program for vulnerable children in perinatality and pediatric care pathways, developed with six perinatal and pediatric health networks.

Quantifiable outcome

• 25,000+ telemedicine consultations per month
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature12 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and medium.

• ARS Île-de-FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional Health Agency providing strategic mandate and funding as the primary public authority overseeing SESAN's activities. ARS defines regional health priorities and commissions digital health infrastructure projects.
• Assurance MaladiecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Health Insurance providing co-funding and participating in the deployment of digital health solutions aligned with national health policy objectives.
• CNSA (Caisse Nationale de Solidarité pour l'Autonomie)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational solidarity fund for autonomy piloting the ESMS Numérique program supporting digital transformation of medico-social establishments.
• AP-HP (Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris)majorTechnology or IntegrationLargest hospital system in France integrated with regional solutions for crisis management and bed availability tracking during COVID-19 pandemic.
• URPS Médecins Ile-de-FrancemediumStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional union of liberal physicians collaborating on COVID patient follow-up and promoting telemedicine adoption among independent practitioners.
• Brigade des Sapeurs-Pompiers de ParismediumTechnology or IntegrationEmergency response services participating in the e-MUST registry for myocardial infarction data collection alongside SAMU services.
• DAC (Dispositifs d'Appui à la Coordination)majorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor22 Coordination Support Devices administering 8 departmental MAILLAGE portals providing health information access across Île-de-France.
• CPTS (Communautés Professionnelles Territoriales de Santé)mediumTechnology or IntegrationTerritorial professional health communities integrated into the ROR directory for care coordination and referral management.
• Fédérations HospitalièrescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHospital federations participating as members in the GIP governance structure representing public and private healthcare establishments.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Gematik: Germany's national agency for digital health infrastructure, operating the telematic infrastructure, electronic patient record (ePA), and e-prescription. National-scale peer that operates the role SESAN performs regionally in France.
• NHS England (formerly NHS Digital): UK national digital health authority providing national infrastructure for NHS records, NHS App, and data platforms. Comparable role as state-mandated digital health infrastructure provider, though operating at national rather than regional scale.

Emerging players

• Doctolib: France's leading commercial telemedicine and appointment booking platform. Overlaps with SESAN's telemedicine agenda via teleconsultation tools but operates on commercial SaaS model rather than public-interest group structure.
• Lifen: French health data exchange platform facilitating secure medical document exchange between healthcare professionals. Overlaps with SESAN's MSSanté and secure health data exchange agenda via a commercial, interoperable approach.

Direct peers

• GCS SESAN-Nouvelle-Aquitaine (e-Santé NA): Regional GRADeS-equivalent agency for Nouvelle-Aquitaine providing PACS, telemedicine, and care coordination services across the region. Directly comparable mission and service catalog.
• NeHS Bretagne (GCS e-Santé Bretagne): Regional digital health agency for Bretagne, providing GRADeS-equivalent services for telemedicine, MSSanté, e-parcours, and DMP usage support. Most direct structural peer given the GCS/GIP legal form and regional scope.
• GCS SARA (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes): GRADeS for the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, deploying regional telemedicine (Tékél, e-TICSS), e-parcours, and resource directories with comparable public-interest group structure and ARS funding model.
• GIP e-Santé Occitanie: Regional GRADeS for Occitanie operating as a public interest group with similar mandate to deploy digital health solutions for regional healthcare actors. Directly comparable governance, funding model (ARS + Assurance Maladie), and service portfolio (telemedicine, care coordination, resource directories).
• GIP Pulsy (Grand Est): GRADeS for Grand Est region operating as a GIP with a similar portfolio of regional digital health services including ORTIF-like telemedicine platforms and regional resource directories.

Regional players

• SPMS (Serviços Partilhados do Ministério da Saúde): Portuguese national shared services entity for the Ministry of Health, providing national digital health platforms (SClinico, RSE, PEM). Comparable mandate as a state-affiliated digital health infrastructure operator in another European country.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sesanltd
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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