St Joseph's General Hospital Elliot Lake

What St Joseph's General Hospital Elliot Lake does

St Joseph's General Hospital Elliot Lake is a non-profit public acute care hospital located in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada, founded in 1960. It operates as the principal healthcare provider within an approximately 3.5-hour corridor between Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury, serving a catchment area with a heavily aged demographic profile (36% of residents over 65, projected to reach 56% by 2031). The facility comprises 55 acute care beds, a 64-bed long-term care home (St. Joseph's Manor), and a 68-bed addiction treatment centre (The Oaks Centre), for a combined 187-bed multi-site operation with 251-500 employees.

The hospital delivers emergency medicine, oncology (more than 500 visits annually), general surgery and select surgical specialties (more than 100 procedures annually), diagnostic imaging, laboratory services, and chronic disease management. It holds multiple ISO accreditations for laboratory services and achieved 94% Accreditation Canada compliance in 2021. On June 4, 2024, the organization deployed MEDITECH Expanse ONE as its core health information system, joining the "ONE Initiative" consortium of 23 hospitals across Ontario that share the platform, standardized clinical workflows, and a single patient chart across sites.

Funding flows entirely through Ontario's single-payer public health system under the Ministry of Health, with capital and operating allocations governed by provincial policy rather than market pricing. The organization is governed as a public non-profit entity. Seniors account for 78% of acute inpatient days, making geriatric care, chronic disease management, and the long-term care facility structurally central to its operating model. No private-pay revenue, M&A activity, or equity funding is indicated in the available data.

Name

St Joseph's General Hospital Elliot Lake

Legal name

St. Joseph's General Hospital Elliot Lake

Website

https://sjghel.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

St Joseph's General Hospital Elliot Lake is a non-profit public hospital in northern Ontario operating 55 acute care beds, 64 long-term care beds, and a 68-bed addiction treatment centre, serving as the primary healthcare provider for an aging population within a 3.5-hour corridor.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Acute Care Hospital Services

NAICS

Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (62311), Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals (62221)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based & Nonprofit Hospital Systems (HLAFAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Long-Term Care Nursing Homes (Custodial LTC) (HLADADAB), Crisis Stabilization Units & Psychiatric Emergency Services (HLAFACAH)

Keywords

• Acute care hospital
• Long-term care
• Addiction treatment
• Rural healthcare
• Diagnostic imaging

Headquarters

HQ city

Elliot Lake

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Healthcare Funding: Publicly funded healthcare services through Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) and Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP). The hospital operates under accountability agreements with the provincial government.
2. Patient Services Revenue: Revenue from services not covered by provincial insurance, including preferred accommodations, certain procedures, and medical records requests.
3. Donations and Foundation: St. Joseph's Foundation of Elliot Lake collects donations to improve healthcare facilities, services, and programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

St Joseph's General Hospital Elliot Lake operates a 55-bed acute care hospital, a 64-bed long-term care home (St. Joseph's Manor), and a 68-bed addiction treatment centre (The Oaks Centre) in Elliot Lake, Ontario. The organization delivers emergency, surgical, obstetrical, intensive care, diagnostic imaging, laboratory, dialysis, oncology, and visiting specialist services to the rural northern Ontario population across a 3.5-hour corridor between Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury.

Product overview

St. Joseph's General Hospital Elliot Lake is a healthcare organization operating three distinct facilities: the 55-bed acute care Hospital, St. Joseph's Manor (64-bed Long-Term Care), and The Oaks Centre (68-bed Addictions Treatment Centre). The organization has implemented MEDITECH Expanse as its electronic Health Information System under the regional ONE Initiative, connecting 23 hospitals. Patient experience is measured through Qualtrics surveys. Key services include obstetrical services, intensive care, surgical services, specialist clinics, CT scanning, dialysis, oncology (500+ visits annually), and inpatient/outpatient diabetes education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• St. Joseph's General Hospital Acute Care 55-bed acute care hospital providing emergency services, intensive care, surgical services, obstetrical services, diagnostic imaging (including CT scanning), laboratory services, oncology (with 500+ satellite visits annually), dialysis, inpatient/outpatient diabetes education, palliative care, physiotherapy, and visiting specialist clinics in paediatrics, psychiatry, gynecology/obstetrics, nephrology, ENT, orthopedics, ophthalmology, urology, and gastroenterology.
• St. Joseph's Manor Long-Term Care 64-bed long-term care home co-located with the hospital, providing residential care for elderly and frail seniors including daily living assistance, medical monitoring, and palliative care. Includes some of the only Ministry-funded LTC beds in the region.
• The Oaks Centre Addictions Treatment 68-bed drug and alcohol treatment centre providing withdrawal management services and the Camillus Department for ongoing addiction support. The only facility in the corridor providing addictions treatment services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Largest Satellite Oncology Program in region with 500+ annual visits
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 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.

• Northeastern Ontario Hospitals (ONE Initiative)coreTechnology or Integration · 4 June 202423 hospitals in northeastern Ontario are participating in the ONE Initiative to implement a unified MEDITECH Expanse Health Information System. WAVE 1 includes West Parry Sound Health Centre, Sault Area Hospital, and North Bay Regional Health Centre. SJGHEL is part of WAVE 2, with go-live on June 4, 2024.
• Accreditation CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndependent organization that sets standards for quality and safety in healthcare and accredits health organizations in Canada and internationally. Conducts intensive evaluation process every four years using over 2,100 criteria.
• Ontario College of PharmacistscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegulatory body that accredits and inspects hospital pharmacies under the Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act. Conducts annual accreditation assessments.
• Regional Geriatric Program (RGP) of Toronto / sfCare StrategyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdopted the sfCare (Senior Friendly Care) framework developed by RGPs of Ontario for improving care of older adults across the healthcare continuum.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Temiskaming Hospital: Rural acute-care hospital in New Liskeard serving the Timiskaming district in northeastern Ontario. Comparable as a publicly funded small-hospital operator offering acute, emergency, and outpatient services to a similar rural northern catchment.
• Lady Minto Hospital (Cochrane): Small rural hospital in Cochrane, part of the MICs Group of Health Services, providing acute and LTC services to a remote northern Ontario community. Closely comparable in scale, scope, and rural-northern operating model.
• Blind River District Health Centre: Small rural hospital on the North Channel of Lake Huron, geographically adjacent to Elliot Lake. Offers acute care, LTC, and community services to a similarly aged population, making it a closely comparable multi-service rural operator.
• Manitoulin Health Centre: Two-site rural hospital system on Manitoulin Island providing acute care, LTC, and community programs. Comparable as a small multi-site northern Ontario hospital serving an older, dispersed population.
• North Bay Regional Health Centre: Regional referral hospital in North Bay also part of the ONE Initiative Wave 1 cohort. Comparable as a publicly funded Ontario hospital operating acute care, mental health, and complex-care programs across multiple sites.
• Anson General Hospital: Small rural hospital in Iroquois Falls, part of the MICs Group of Health Services. Offers acute care, LTC, and community programs to a remote northern Ontario community and is structurally comparable to SJGHEL's smaller sites.
• Sault Area Hospital: Regional acute-care hospital in Sault Ste. Marie that anchors the western end of the SJGHEL corridor and is a fellow Wave 1 participant in the MEDITECH Expanse ONE Initiative. Comparable as a multi-site northeastern Ontario public hospital serving a similar rural-northern catchment.
• Espanola Regional Hospital and Health Centre: Multi-service rural hospital in Espanola, Ontario, on the SJGHEL corridor between Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie. Provides acute, LTC, and community health services to a similar small-town catchment.
• West Parry Sound Health Centre: Rural multi-service hospital in Parry Sound, Wave 1 partner in the ONE Initiative. Highly comparable as a small rural Ontario hospital offering acute, LTC, and community services to a dispersed northern population.

Broad incumbents

• Health Sciences North: Larger tertiary hospital and regional referral centre in Sudbury, anchoring the eastern end of SJGHEL's corridor. Operates acute, mental health, and cancer-care programs and serves as the likely referral destination for SJGHEL's higher-acuity cases.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sjghel
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/st-joseph-s-general-hospital-elliot-lake

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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