What Mathilden-Hospital zu Büdingen does

Mathilden Hospital Herford is a ~200-bed general acute care hospital located in Herford, Germany, founded in 1892 and operated as part of the Katholische Hospitalvereinigung Ostwestfalen (KHO) gGmbH network, a Catholic-affiliated hospital group running six sites across the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region (Herford, Bielefeld, Gütersloh, Harsewinkel, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Oelde). The hospital delivers inpatient and outpatient care through a full set of medical departments — general internal medicine with gastroenterology, general and visceral surgery, anesthesiology and operative intensive care, cardiology and intensive care, trauma surgery and orthopedics, radiology and nuclear medicine, gynecology, obstetrics, and geriatrics — and layers seven specialized interdisciplinary centers on top, including the ÄKzert®-certified Brustzentrum Ostwestfalen, an Alterstraumatologiezentrum, Endometriosezentrum, Endoprothetikzentrum, Refluxzentrum, Dysplasieeinheit, and the Mathilde aktiv rehabilitation center. Patient-facing support services include a 24/7 emergency department, palliative care, chaplaincy, ethics committee, self-help groups, the Trauercafé Lichtblick bereavement program, and prenatal/postnatal course offerings.

The hospital's underlying technology is a web-based hospital information and patient management system with an online patient portal, online appointment scheduling, and virtual tour capabilities; it does not operate a mobile app, public API, or SDK, and no proprietary AI/ML or data-driven products are disclosed. Patient records, scheduling, and administrative workflows are managed through this standard HIS layer typical of mid-sized German acute hospitals.

The business model is service-based acute care delivery reimbursed under the German Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRG) framework via statutory health insurance (GKV) and private health insurers. There is no consumer pricing, no subscription product, and no disclosed revenue. The customer base is the general public across the Herford and Ostwestfalen-Lippe catchment, accessing services through emergency presentations, physician referrals, and self-referral for obstetric services. Strategic and operational coordination (HR, quality management, training, communications, energy management) is centralized at the KHO level, which has secured system-wide certifications including DIN EN ISO 50001 (energy management) and the Silber-Zertifikat der Aktion Saubere Hände (hand hygiene) for the network.

Name

Mathilden-Hospital zu Büdingen

Legal name

Mathilden Hospital Herford

Website

https://mathilden-hospital.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1892

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Mathilden Hospital Herford is a ~200-bed general acute care hospital in Herford, Germany, part of the Catholic KHO network of six sites, serving the Ostwestfalen-Lippe population with emergency, surgical, internal medicine, obstetric, and specialized center services reimbursed under the German DRG system.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

General Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (62211)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Regional General Hospitals (HLAFAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Oncology & Cancer Specialty Hospitals (HLAFAHAC)

Keywords

• General hospital services
• Acute inpatient care
• Emergency medical services
• Obstetrics and maternity care
• Specialized medical centers

Headquarters

HQ city

Herford

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Revenue: The hospital generates revenue through the provision of medical and healthcare services to patients, including emergency care, inpatient treatment, outpatient services, diagnostics, and obstetric services. As a general hospital with approximately 200 beds, it serves patients through public health insurance (GKV) and private insurance reimbursement models.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Mathilden-Hospital zu Büdingen operates a general acute care hospital with approximately 200 beds in Herford, Germany, providing 24/7 emergency services, inpatient and outpatient treatment across medical departments including surgery, internal medicine, cardiology, gynecology, obstetrics, radiology, geriatrics, and anesthesiology. It also operates specialized interdisciplinary centers such as a certified breast center, geriatric trauma center, endometriosis center, endoprosthetics center, and reflux center as part of the KHO hospital network.

Product overview

Mathilden Hospital Herford is a general hospital with approximately 200 beds, providing acute care services through multiple medical departments. The hospital operates as part of the Katholische Hospitalvereinigung Ostwestfalen (KHO) healthcare network. The core clinical offerings consist of medical departments (Innere Medizin, Chirurgie, Anästhesiologie, Radiologie, Frauenheilkunde/Geburtshilfe, Geriatrie) delivering inpatient and outpatient care. Specialized interdisciplinary care is organized through seven dedicated centers including the certified Brustzentrum Ostwestfalen, Alterstraumatologiezentrum, and others. Patient support services including counseling, chaplaincy, palliative care, and the Trauercafé Lichtblick complement the medical offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Brustzentrum Ostwestfalen (Breast Center Ostwestfalen): A breast center established across three KHO locations including Mathilden Hospital, offering comprehensive breast cancer care from diagnostics to therapy to aftercare
• Alterstraumatologiezentrum
• Endoprothetikzentrum
• Refluxzentrum
• Mathilde aktiv

Products and services

• Allgemeine Innere Medizin + Gastroenterologie
• Allgemein + Viszeralchirurgie
• Anästhesiologie + operative Intensivmedizin
• Allg. Innere Medizin, Kardiologie + Intensivmedizin
• Unfallchirurgie + Orthopädie
• Radiologie + Nuklearmedizin
• Frauenheilkunde
• Geburtshilfe (Kreißsaal)
• Geriatrie
• Alterstraumatologiezentrum
• Brustzentrum Ostwestfalen
• Dysplasieeinheit
• Endometriosezentrum
• Endoprothetikzentrum
• Mathilde aktiv
• Refluxzentrum
• Zentrale Notaufnahme
• Beratung + Begleitung
• Trauercafé Lichtblick
• Babynest Kursangebot

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Franziskus Hospital BielefeldcoreOthersPart of the same KHO (Katholische Hospitalvereinigung Ostwestfalen) hospital network. The Brustzentrum Ostwestfalen operates across three KHO sites including Mathilden Hospital Herford, Franziskus Hospital Bielefeld, and Sankt Elisabeth Hospital Gütersloh, providing coordinated breast cancer care with shared expertise, multidisciplinary tumor conferences, and unified quality standards.
• Sankt Elisabeth Hospital GüterslohcoreOthersPart of the same KHO network and a key partner in the Brustzentrum Ostwestfalen, coordinating breast cancer care services with shared tumor conferences and quality standards across the three KHO sites.
• Katholische Hospitalvereinigung Ostwestfalen (KHO) gGmbHcoreOthersMathilden Hospital is owned and operated by KHO (Katholische Hospitalvereinigung Ostwestfalen gGmbH), which manages six hospital locations. KHO provides centralized functions including corporate communications, quality management, HR and recruiting, education and training (KHO-Bildungscampus), and sustainability management (ISO 50001).
• Zentrale Akademie für Berufe im Gesundheitswesen (ZAB)minorOthersKHO is a co-founder (Gesellschafterin) of the ZAB, enabling the network to offer nursing education at locations near students' homes, complementing the KHO-Bildungscampus in Bielefeld.
• Ärztekammer Westfalen-Lippe (ÄKzert®)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerÄKzert® is the certification body of the Ärztekammer Westfalen-Lippe that conducts external audits and provides certification for the Brustzentrum Ostwestfalen at KHO hospitals.
• GKV (Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung)coreOthersThe hospital operates within the German statutory health insurance system (GKV), receiving reimbursement for covered medical services. The KHO hospitals collectively engaged in advocacy against proposed GKV contribution stabilization legislation impacting hospital funding.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Sankt Elisabeth Hospital Gütersloh: Third site in the KHO network and Brustzentrum Ostwestfalen, located in Gütersloh. Comparable size and service mix to Mathilden, sharing the same Catholic non-profit governance and centralized KHO support functions.
• Franziskus Hospital Bielefeld: Sister hospital within the same KHO network in Bielefeld. Operates as a comparable Catholic acute care hospital with similar department structure, shares the Brustzentrum Ostwestfalen breast center program, and is governed under the same gGmbH structure.
• Klinikum Herford: Public hospital located in the same city as Mathilden, operating a comparable general acute care service portfolio. Represents the most direct head-to-head competitor for patients in the Herford catchment area.

Broad incumbents

• Sana Kliniken AG: Major German private hospital group operating multiple acute care facilities nationwide. Provides a benchmark for how investor-owned hospital networks structure operations, and the previous employer of Dr. Ottemöller (Sana-Krankenhaus Rügen).
• Helios Kliniken GmbH: Germany's largest private hospital operator, part of Fresenius, operating approximately 90+ hospitals nationwide. Represents the upper bound of scale and capital efficiency that regional hospital networks like KHO must compete against.
• Asklepios Kliniken GmbH & Co. KGaA: One of Germany's largest private hospital groups with facilities across multiple federal states. Comparable to Helios as a broad incumbent, providing benchmarks for network hospital management and DRG-driven operating models.
• Schoen Klinik SE: German hospital group with a stronger specialty focus (orthopedics, neurology, psychosomatics). Comparable to Mathilden's specialty center strategy (Endoprothetikzentrum, etc.) and offers a model for specialty-driven positioning within a multi-site network.

Regional players

• Evangelisches Krankenhaus Bielefeld: Protestant church-affiliated hospital in nearby Bielefeld, offering a directly comparable faith-based hospital model with similar acute care service breadth in the same broader Ostwestfalen-Lippe market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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