Etablissements hospitaliers du Nord vaudois - EHNV

What Etablissements hospitaliers du Nord vaudois - EHNV does

Établissements hospitaliers du Nord vaudois (eHnv) is a public regional hospital network serving the Nord vaudois region of the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Founded in 2005 and owned by 28+ communes of the region, the network operates four primary sites: Hôpital d'Yverdon-les-Bains (the main acute care hub with 24/7 emergency, maternity, intensive care, and surgical units), Hôpital de Saint-Loup (specialized in elective orthopedic surgery), Hôpital d'Orbe (rehabilitation center with a 12-bed certified palliative care unit), and Centre de chirurgie ambulatoire DaisY (handling approximately 4,000 outpatient surgical cases annually). The network delivers comprehensive healthcare services including emergency medicine, obstetrics (1,000+ births per year), surgery, rehabilitation, palliative care, laboratory diagnostics, medical imaging, and pain management.

The organization's revenue model is anchored in Swiss regulated healthcare financing. FY2025 total revenue reached 230 million CHF, primarily from cantonal health insurance reimbursements under the LAMal/KVG framework (TARMED for outpatient services, SwissDRG for inpatient stays) and Prestations d'intérêt général (PIG) cantonal funding for public service obligations. The network employs advanced diagnostic technologies including MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for pathogen identification, multiplex PCR, 3D ultrasound, and offers innovative care modalities such as hypnosedation in ambulatory surgery. In 2025, eHnv joined the Réseau Bleu inter-hospital network with four other Romand hospitals to address shared challenges in cost, staffing, and care coordination. The organization is currently undergoing a significant 2026 restructuring — consolidating acute care at Yverdon, closing the Chamblon site, and planning a future monosite hospital — driven by cantonal budget cuts exceeding 2.1 million CHF requiring 2.6 million CHF in savings.

Name

Etablissements hospitaliers du Nord vaudois - EHNV

Legal name

Établissements hospitaliers du Nord vaudois (eHnv)

Website

https://ehnv.ch

Company type

Public

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Établissements hospitaliers du Nord vaudois (eHnv) is a public hospital network in Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, owned by 28+ communes, operating four sites to provide acute care, emergency, maternity, surgery, palliative care, and rehabilitation services to the Nord vaudois population, with FY2025 revenue of 230 million CHF.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Yverdon-les-bains

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Cantonal Health Insurance Payments (TARMED/DRG): Reimbursement from the Swiss cantonal health insurance system (Canton of Vaud) under the TARMED (outpatient) and DRG (inpatient) billing frameworks. Constitutes the primary revenue stream. Revenue for FY2025: 230 million CHF.
2. Prestations d'intérêt général (PIG): Cantonal funding for general interest services (public service obligations). PIG funding was cut by over 2.1 million CHF in 2026, impacting eHnv's finances.
3. Outpatient and Ambulatory Care Fees: Fees from specialist consultations, day surgery (Centre DaisY), laboratory analyses, medical imaging, and other outpatient services.
4. Réseau de santé Nord Broyre Indirect Cuts: Indirect revenue reduction of 0.5 million CHF from the Nord Broye health network, affecting overall financial performance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

eHnv operates a multi-site public hospital network delivering acute and emergency care, inpatient and outpatient surgery, maternity and obstetrics, specialized palliative care, rehabilitation, medical imaging, and laboratory diagnostic services to the population of the Nord vaudois region in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The network comprises Hôpital d'Yverdon-les-Bains (main acute hub), Hôpital de Saint-Loup (elective orthopedics), Hôpital d'Orbe (rehabilitation and palliative care), and the Centre de chirurgie ambulatoire DaisY (ambulatory surgery), all operating under a cantonal public hospital mandate.

Product overview

Établissements hospitaliers du Nord vaudois (eHnv) operates as a multi-site hospital network providing comprehensive healthcare services across the Nord Vaudois region of Switzerland. The network comprises acute care hospitals at Yverdon-les-Bains, Orbe, and Saint-Loup, supported by specialized centers including the DaisY ambulatory surgery center, a palliative care unit at Orbe, and laboratory services. Key service lines include emergency medicine (24/7 with SMUR and heliport), maternity care (over 1000 annual births), rehabilitation services, pain management with medical hypnosis, and comprehensive diagnostic services. The organization is undergoing a 2026 reorganization to consolidate acute internal medicine at Yverdon while developing Orbe as a rehabilitation center and Saint-Loup for elective orthopedic surgery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Réseau Bleu: Interhospital health network created by five Romand hospitals (EHC, eHnv, RHNE, CHB, H-JU) covering 1 million inhabitants to improve accessibility, coordination, and efficiency of care.
• La Bulle

Products and services

• Hospital Network Services (eHnv) Comprehensive regional hospital network providing acute care, emergency services, maternity, surgical, rehabilitation, and specialist ambulatory services across multiple sites in Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
• Maternité d'Yverdon-les-Bains

Quantifiable outcome

• 230 million CHF revenue in FY2025 with deficit limited to 1.2 million CHF, better than budgeted -2 million
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Réseau BleucoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2025Réseau Bleu is an inter-hospital network initiative launched by five Romand hospitals (EHC, eHnv, RHNE, CHB, and H-JU) to address shared challenges in the Swiss healthcare system including rising costs, staff shortages, and increasingly complex patient care pathways. The network covers a population of approximately 1 million inhabitants and aims to improve accessibility, coordination, and efficiency of care while placing patients at the centre of a better-structured care pathway.
• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing clinical and academic collaboration with CHUV in Lausanne. Dr Michel Beauverd joined eHnv from CHUV as physician-chief of palliative care. eHnv also collaborates with CHUV on the Centre vaudois anorexie et boulimie (abC) unit at Saint-Loup, and on breast cancer care through the CHUV Centre du sein. CHUV provides tertiary/specialist backup for complex cases.
• ForOm NV (Formation Om practitioner Nord vaudois)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnereHnv participates in the ForOm NV program, a specific training curriculum for general practitioners that combines office-based practice with hospital-based practice within eHnv, supporting the development of primary care physicians anchored professionally in the Nord vaudois region.
• Communes of Nord vaudoiscoreOtherseHnv is owned by 28+ communes of the Nord vaudois region. Communal representatives form the Assemblée générale (general assembly) and appoint members to the Comité directeur (steering committee). The communes provide the public mandate and financial governance framework.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Hôpital du Jura (H-JU): Public hospital network of Canton du Jura and Réseau Bleu member. Smaller-scale but structurally identical public-hospital operator with multi-site coverage and canton-mandated public service obligations.
• Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois (CHUV): University hospital of the Canton of Vaud and eHnv's primary tertiary-care partner. CHUV competes for complex cases in the same canton while also providing specialist backup and academic collaboration to eHnv.
• Réseau hospitalier neuchâtelois (RHNE): Public hospital network in the Canton of Neuchâtel and Réseau Bleu partner. Directly comparable in multi-site public-hospital structure, canton-mandated services, and DRG/TARMED reimbursement framework.
• Centre hospitalier Bienne (CHB): Public hospital in bilingual Canton of Bern and Réseau Bleu member. Comparable regional public-hospital profile with mixed French/German catchment and similar SwissDRG exposure.
• Ensemble hospitalier de la Côte (EHC): Regional public hospital network in the Vaud canton and a fellow founding member of Réseau Bleu. Closest direct comparable in service mix, canton-level reimbursement, and multi-site public operating model.

Regional players

• Lindenhofgruppe: Private hospital network in the Bern region with overlapping service lines (maternity, surgery, internal medicine). Comparable operating footprint but competing private-pay model and different canton.
• Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève (HUG): Switzerland's second-largest university hospital, operating in Canton of Geneva. Comparable scale and academic mandate, but serves a different canton — relevant benchmark for cost structure and academic-clinical mix.
• Kantonsspital St. Gallen: Large cantonal hospital network in eastern Switzerland. Comparable in multi-site regional coverage and cantonal public-mandate structure, though serving a more rural catchment.
• Inselspital Bern: University hospital of the Canton of Bern and one of Switzerland's largest acute-care providers. Comparable in scope and academic depth but operating in a different canton with separate reimbursement dynamics.

Broad incumbents

• Hirslanden: Switzerland's largest private hospital group with broad national coverage. Competes with eHnv in elective surgery and orthopedics at the higher-acuity end, but operates under a fundamentally different for-profit, private-pay model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries6 records

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