Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas

What Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas does

Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas (CEMIC) is a private, non-profit healthcare, academic, and research institution founded in 1958 and headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It operates an integrated three-pillar model combining clinical care delivery, medical education, and clinical research. The clinical pillar consists of two own university hospitals (Hospital Universitario sede Hermenegilda Pombo de Rodríguez in Palermo and Hospital Universitario sede Saavedra), one high-complexity medical center (Centro Médico Las Heras), and six ambulatory care centers distributed across Buenos Aires, Belgrano, Talcahuano, San Isidro, and Villa Ballester. Services span emergency care, internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, neonatology, obstetrics, gynecology, cardiology, traumatology, organ transplants (kidney, pancreas, bone marrow), fetal and neonatal surgery, rehabilitation, and imaging/nuclear medicine.

The academic pillar is the Instituto Universitario CEMIC (IUC), which delivers undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate, doctoral, and continuing medical education programs, with most clinical staff also serving as faculty. The research pillar (Investigación Clínica) produces work published in national and international journals and is institutionally integrated with clinical practice. The commercial pillar is Plan Médico CEMIC, a private health insurance (prepaga) offering with multiple tiered plans (Plan 8300, Plan 400, Plan 700, Plan 500, Plan 600 and derivatives), most of which operate on a closed-system (Sistema Cerrado) basis where members receive care exclusively within CEMIC facilities, with one open-system option offering external reintegration.

CEMIC monetizes through plan premiums, clinical service fees, optical store sales, and own-pharmacy dispensing. The technology stack is conventional rather than AI-enabled: a digital patient self-management portal (Portal de Autogestión de Pacientes) handles appointments, lab results, medical records, and digital credentials; scheduling for unscheduled care is published via Google Sheets; WhatsApp is used for patient and provider communication. Distribution is direct-to-consumer via the institutional website, social media (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube), WhatsApp, and physical facilities. CEMIC holds multiple international certifications uncommon among Argentine hospitals, including ISO 9001 (2001, 2003), ISO 14001 (2005, first hospital in Argentina), and ISO 17043 (2011, first national program accredited). The institution has 1,001-5,000 employees, is governed by a departmental structure (10 departments and 4 services), and is managed through designated directors per campus and department head appointments.

Name

Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas

Legal name

Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas

Website

https://cemic.edu.ar

Company type

Private

Founded year

1958

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

CEMIC is a Buenos Aires-based non-profit healthcare, academic, and research institution operating two university hospitals, one high-complexity center, and six ambulatory care centers, offering private health plans (Plan Médico CEMIC) and medical education through its university institute (IUC).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CEMIC operates a private non-profit healthcare system that delivers medical services through two university hospitals (Palermo and Saavedra), one high-complexity center, and six ambulatory care centers in Buenos Aires. The institution also sells private health insurance plans (Plan Médico CEMIC) with multiple tiers providing comprehensive coverage at its own facilities, and runs the Instituto Universitario CEMIC (IUC) for medical education and a clinical research division.

Product overview

Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas (CEMIC) is a university medical center combining healthcare services, medical education, and clinical research. The core offering is Plan Médico CEMIC, a private health insurance (prepaga) with multiple plan tiers providing coverage at CEMIC's own hospital network including two university hospitals (Hermenegilda Pombo de Rodríguez and Saavedra), one high-complexity medical center (Las Heras), and six outpatient centers. Services include emergency care, scheduled appointments, diagnostic studies, hospitalization, and specialized treatments. The institution also operates an academic institute (Instituto Universitario CEMIC) for medical education and a clinical research division.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plan Médico CEMIC Private health insurance offering with multiple plan tiers (Plan 8300, Plan 400, Plan 700, Plan 500, Plan 600 and derivatives) providing comprehensive medical coverage including hospitalization, consultations, studies, and treatments at CEMIC's own facilities.
• Hospital Universitario sede Hermenegilda Pombo de Rodríguez University hospital located at Av. Cnel. Díaz 2423, providing emergency services, general surgery, clinical medicine, traumatology, chest pain unit, complementary examinations, and pediatrics (8:00 to 20:00).
• Hospital Universitario sede Saavedra University hospital at Galvín 4102 providing cardiology, general surgery, clinical medicine, gynecology, neonatology, obstetrics, pediatrics, traumatology, chest pain unit, and complementary examinations.
• Centro Médico Las Heras High complexity medical center located at Av. Las Heras 2900 providing outpatient care.
• Centros de Atención Ambulatoria Six outpatient care centers located in Belgrano, Talcahuano, San Isidro, Villa Ballester, and external consultations at Av. Las Heras 2867.
• Portal de Autogestión de Pacientes Patient self-management portal providing online appointment scheduling, access to laboratory results, medical records, and digital credential services.
• Instituto Universitario CEMIC (IUC) University institute providing medical education including undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate degrees, doctoral programs, and continuing education courses.
• Investigación Clínica Clinical research division conducting medical research published in national and international journals, integrated with medical care and education.

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Integration3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sanatorio Güemes: Buenos Aires-based private multi-specialty hospital offering complex inpatient and outpatient services. Comparable to CEMIC in providing high-complexity care to private and prepaga patients in the same metropolitan area.
• Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires: Private non-profit hospital in Buenos Aires providing multi-specialty inpatient and outpatient care with associated health plans. Comparable to CEMIC in scale, philanthropic mission, and integrated healthcare delivery in the same geography.
• Swiss Medical Group: Major Argentine private healthcare group combining prepaid medicine plans (Swiss Medical, Medicus, Omint) with owned hospital and clinic networks. Comparable to CEMIC in offering an integrated prepaga plus owned delivery network across Buenos Aires.
• Hospital Universitario Austral: Private university hospital in Buenos Aires affiliated with Universidad Austral, combining clinical care with medical education and research. Directly comparable to CEMIC as a private academic medical center with an associated medical school.
• Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires: Largest private hospital in Buenos Aires with its own university (Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano) and a closed-system prepaid plan (Plan de Salud Italiano). Directly comparable to CEMIC in operating a teaching hospital integrated with a prepaga and clinical research.
• Hospital Alemán: Buenos Aires-based private general hospital offering inpatient, outpatient, and emergency services with associated prepaid plans. Comparable to CEMIC as a long-established private non-profit hospital serving the same metropolitan market with multi-specialty coverage.
• Galeno Argentina: Argentine prepaid medicine operator offering multiple plan tiers with associated owned clinic and hospital facilities. Directly comparable to CEMIC's Plan Médico in product structure and to its owned ambulatory and hospital assets.

Regional players

• Hospital El Cruce: High-complexity public hospital in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area focused on referral cases. Comparable to CEMIC in delivering high-complexity services but operates as a public facility without an associated prepaid plan.
• Grupo San Felipe (Sanatorio de los Arcos / San Felipe): Buenos Aires private hospital network offering multi-specialty inpatient and outpatient services. Comparable to CEMIC in service mix and patient profile within the same Buenos Aires prepaga market.

Broad incumbents

• OSDE: Largest prepaid medicine plan in Argentina with broad affiliated provider network across the country. Comparable to CEMIC's Plan Médico as a competing prepaga business, though OSDE is not a hospital operator and relies on third-party providers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCrJSve_M1y9IZgeSRQ6-q8A
• Facebookfacebook.com/CEMICHospitalUniversitario
• Instagraminstagram.com/cemic_hu
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cemic

Compliance4 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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