Hôpital Du Jura

What Hôpital Du Jura does

Hôpital du Jura is the public regional hospital of the Canton of Jura in northwestern Switzerland, owned and operated by the canton as a government state entity rather than a private or publicly traded company. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Delémont, it operates an integrated four-site network: the main Delémont site (with 24/7 emergency department, maternity, pediatric emergency, and a dialysis center), a secondary site in Porrentruy housing one of Switzerland's oldest dialysis centers (more than 40 years of continuous operation), a site in Saignelégier (Résidence des Franches-Montagnes) focused on wound prevention and follow-up, and the Résidence La Promenade care facility. It is led by an executive team headed by Medical Director Dr Yannick Mercier, with departmental chiefs across anesthesiology, nephrology, obstetrics, geriatrics, and rehabilitation.

The hospital's service portfolio spans emergency and acute care, surgery, anesthesiology (including obstetric and ambulatory epidural), maternity/obstetrics (600+ deliveries per year), 24/7 pediatric emergencies, nephrology and dialysis (~40 chronic dialysis patients served), wound care and cicatrization (multidisciplinary, multi-site), tropical and travel medicine, geriatrics and rehabilitation (including the Children's Rehabilitation Center — CRE), radiology, psychiatry, infectiology, and laboratory services. Underlying technology is a conventional Swiss hospital information system supporting clinical and patient management workflows; there is no app, no API surface, and no disclosed AI capability. Operational stack relies on electronic patient records, online admission forms, referral portals for physicians, and regulated clinical equipment across four physically distributed sites.

Revenue is generated almost entirely through the Swiss mandatory health insurance framework (LAMal/KVG), with tariffs set by TARMED for ambulatory care and SwissDRG for inpatient care, supplemented by cantonal contributions and patient associations (e.g., AJMIR for renal patients). Direct-to-consumer access is via emergency walk-ins (144), physician referrals, scheduled consultations, and self-referral for certain specialties. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and billing cadence is effectively multi-year via the regulatory framework. Geographic scope is strictly single-country and single-canton: the Canton of Jura population in Switzerland. Hôpital du Jura is a government-owned, non-equity-backed institution with no funding rounds, no M&A, no parent other than the canton itself, and no subsidiaries.

Name

Hôpital Du Jura

Legal name

Hôpital du Jura

Website

https://h-ju.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Hôpital du Jura is the publicly owned regional hospital network of the Canton of Jura, Switzerland, operating four sites (Delémont, Porrentruy, Saignelégier, Résidence La Promenade) and delivering acute, emergency, maternity, pediatric, dialysis, wound care, and rehabilitation services to the cantonal population under LAMal/KVG reimbursement.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Hospital Services

NAICS

Hospitals (622), Other Residential Care Facilities (62399), Health Care and Social Assistance (62)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospital Outpatient Surgery Departments (HOPDs) (HLAFAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Transitional Care Units (TCU) (HLAFAFAF)

Keywords

• Public hospital services
• Emergency medical care
• Dialysis treatment services
• Maternity and obstetrics
• Specialized medical consultations

Headquarters

HQ city

Delémont

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Revenue: Public hospital revenue from providing medical services to patients covered by Swiss health insurance (LAMal/KVG) and cantonal funding.
2. Emergency and Urgent Care Services: Revenue from 24/7 emergency services including life-threatening emergencies (144), pediatric emergencies, and general urgent care.
3. Specialized Medical Consultations: Revenue from specialized outpatient consultations in nephrology, wound care, anesthesia consultations, and other medical specialties.
4. Dialysis Treatment Services: Chronic dialysis treatment for approximately 40 patients in the canton, with hemodialysis centers at Porrentruy and Delémont sites.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Hôpital du Jura is a public regional hospital network providing acute care, emergency services, inpatient and outpatient medical care, rehabilitation, and specialized medical consultations to the population of the Canton of Jura in Switzerland. It operates across four sites (Delémont, Porrentruy, Saignelégier, and Résidence La Promenade) and delivers services including 24/7 emergency and pediatric emergency care, maternity with 600+ annual deliveries, hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, nephrology, anesthesiology, wound care, surgery, pediatrics, tropical and travel medicine, and psychiatric support.

Product overview

Hôpital du Jura operates as a regional hospital network offering comprehensive medical and surgical services across multiple sites (Delémont, Porrentruy, Saignelégier, and Résidence La Promenade). The hospital provides emergency services, specialized medical departments (anesthesiology, nephrology/dialysis, wound treatment), maternity services, pediatrics, and post-operative care including a recovery room. Services are organized around core clinical departments with specialized consultation units and inpatient care facilities. The hospital operates as a unified healthcare platform rather than a modular software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Urgences (Emergency Services)
• Dialysis (Hémodialyse)
• Nephrology (Néphrologie)
• Wound Treatment (Traitement des plaies)
• Anesthesiology (Anesthésiologie)
• Recovery Room (Salle de réveil)
• Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergencies
• Maternity - Obstetrics (Maternité - obstétrique)
• Obstetric Anesthesia

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 600+ childbirths per year at maternity services
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• MediPedminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMediPed partnership for pediatric minor emergency care during weekdays, providing an alternative to hospital emergency department for non-life-threatening pediatric cases in Delémont.
• Association Jurassienne des Malades Insuffisants Rénaux (AJMIR)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPatient association for renal insufficient patients providing social activities, cultural events, and volunteer driver services for dialysis patients. Contact: Jean-Pierre Tobler.
• Extrahospital Guard ServiceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWeekend, public holiday, and part of school vacation pediatric coverage through community pediatrician on-call service reachable at 058 733 00 00.
• Home Care Services (Services de soins à domicile)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with home care services for wound care follow-up for patients with limited mobility, and for coordinated patient discharge and continuing care.
• Referring Physicians NetworkcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNetwork of general practitioners and treating physicians who refer patients to hospital services, including dedicated pages for referring doctors on the hospital website.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Insel Gruppe (Inselspital): Public university hospital group in Bern acting as a tertiary referral center for neighboring cantonal hospitals. Comparable only as a regional public hospital provider; relevant peer as it absorbs complex referrals from the Jura/Bern arc.
• Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG): University hospital in Geneva and a tertiary referral center for western Switzerland. Comparable in clinical service breadth but operates at much greater scale and academic intensity; relevant peer because it is the destination for complex cases that H-JU cannot retain.
• Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois (CHUV): University hospital in Lausanne that serves as the tertiary referral destination for Swiss regional hospitals, including H-JU. Comparable on the hospital service spectrum but operates as a comprehensive academic medical center with research and quaternary care; acts as a referral sink for complex H-JU cases.

Direct peers

• Hôpital du Valais (HVS): Public cantonal hospital network in Valais (Sion, Sierre, Martigny, Monthey, Brig), operating as regional hub with emergency, surgery, dialysis, and rehabilitation. Comparable multi-site public hospital structure serving a similar-scale canton with similar Swiss regulatory tariff exposure.
• Spitäler Schaffhausen: Public cantonal hospital group in Schaffhausen offering emergency, surgery, maternity, and rehabilitation services. Comparable as a state-owned multi-site regional hospital within the Swiss DRG-regulated reimbursement framework and similar patient population scale.
• Hôpital fribourgeois (HFR): Public cantonal hospital network in Canton of Fribourg with multi-site operations (Freiburg, Riaz, Tafers, Meyriez), 24/7 emergency, dialysis, maternity, and rehabilitation under public funding. Closest direct peer in terms of legal status, reimbursement model, and regional hospital structure.
• Kantonsspital Baselland (KSBL): Cantonal hospital group in Basel-Landschaft (Liestal, Bruderholz) operating as a multi-site public regional hospital with similar core services. Comparable in structure and reimbursement model, with a similar cantonal healthcare mandate.
• Hôpital neuchâtelois (HNE): Public multi-site regional hospital serving Canton of Neuchâtel with comparable portfolio (emergency, surgery, maternity, dialysis, rehabilitation, outpatient specialties). Structurally analogous: state-owned, LAMal/SwissDRG tariff exposure, similar employee scale, and shared cross-canton patient flows on the Jura arc.
• Spitalzentrum Biel/Bienne: Public regional hospital in bilingual Biel/Bienne with emergency, surgery, dialysis, and outpatient specialties. Comparable as a publicly operated Swiss regional hospital of similar size and service breadth, including emergency care and dialysis units.

Regional players

• EHC Hôpital de Morges: Smaller regional public hospital in Canton of Vaud offering emergency, surgery, and outpatient services. Comparable in scale and direct patient delivery model, though operating in a different canton and supported by the larger CHUV network for complex cases.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/HopitalduJura

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles24 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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