Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Ried

What Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Ried does

Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Ried (BHS Ried) is a publicly recognized acute-care hospital (Schwerpunktkrankenhaus / Öffentliche Krankenanstalt) located in Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria, operating under a GmbH legal entity controlled by Ordensklinikum Innviertel Holding GmbH and embedded in the Vinzenz Gruppe Catholic hospital network. Founded in 1912 when public-law status was conferred by the State of Upper Austria, the hospital today operates 18 medical departments and institutes — including neurology with stroke unit, orthopaedics (EPZmax endoprosthetics center), oncology (Schwerpunktspital), vascular medicine, general surgery, cardiology, obstetrics, paediatrics, palliative medicine, and nuclear medicine (PET/CT) — alongside specialized organ centers (breast, bowel, pelvic floor, vascular, gynecologic tumor). The hospital is the designated regional referral center for the Innviertel, treats approximately 147,000 stationary and outpatient patients annually, performs around 17,500 surgeries per year, and employs over 1,900 staff, making it the second-largest employer in the district.

The hospital's core technology stack includes a hospital information management system, self-hosted Matomo web analytics, the Hallo Gesundheit digital patient platform for appointments, results retrieval, and telemedicine consultations, a referring-physician portal (Zuweiserportal), and specialty digital tools such as the Ortho-App for orthopedic recovery. It also operates two accredited continuing-education academies: the Hospiz & Palliativ Akademie (30-ECTS palliative care curriculum) and the co-founded Krebsakademie im Innviertel (2018), which delivers interprofessional oncology training in partnership with Ordensklinikum Linz, Klinikum Schärding, and Krankenhaus St. Josef Braunau.

Commercially, BHS Ried operates as a publicly funded hospital under Austria's statutory health insurance system, with revenue derived from Krankenkassen reimbursements via the Leistungsorientierte Krankenanstaltenfinanzierung (LKF) tariff framework, supplemented by Sonderklasse income from privately insured patients, ancillary diagnostic services, and educational programs. Patient acquisition is direct-to-consumer through emergency admissions, physician referrals, self-referral, the 1450 health advice hotline, and a multi-channel marketing mix spanning the bhsried.at website, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, the Schlossberg MED News newsletter, the Vinzenz Magazin print publication, community events, and the Babysmile24 baby gallery. Governance is led by Managing Director Johann Minihuber (MBA MAS), Supervisory Board Chairman Stephan Lampl (Mag.), and Pflegedirektorin Angela Huber (MSc MBA).

Name

Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Ried

Legal name

Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Ried Betriebsgesellschaft m.b.H.

Website

https://bhsried.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

1912

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

BHS Ried is a publicly funded Schwerpunktkrankenhaus in Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria, operating 18 departments and serving approximately 147,000 inpatient and outpatient patients annually across the Innviertel region as part of the Vinzenz Gruppe network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospital and Specialty Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Hospitals (8060)

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Regional General Hospitals (HLAFAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Specialty Palliative Care (e.g., oncology, CHF/COPD, dementia) (HLADAHAJ)

Keywords

• Hospital healthcare services
• Acute medical care
• Specialized surgical services
• Oncology treatment center
• Palliative care services

Headquarters

HQ city

Ried im Innkreis

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

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. Public Healthcare Services Revenue: As a publicly funded Krankenanstalt with public-law status granted in 1912, the hospital operates under Austria's public healthcare financing system. Revenue is generated through statutory health insurance (Krankenkasse) reimbursements for inpatient and outpatient treatments, covering nearly 147,000 stationary and outpatient patients annually. Additional revenue streams include privately insured patient care (Sonderklasse), diagnostic services, and educational/training programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Ried is a public Schwerpunktkrankenhaus (specialty focus hospital) operating 18 medical departments and institutes that deliver comprehensive inpatient, outpatient, surgical, and emergency medical care to the Innviertel region of Upper Austria. Core service lines include neurology with a stroke unit, orthopedics with an endoprosthetics center of maximum care (EPZmax), oncology as a designated Schwerpunktspital, vascular medicine, gynecology/obstetrics, palliative care, and acute geriatrics. The hospital additionally operates the Hospiz & Palliativ Akademie and Krebsakademie im Innviertel continuing education programs for healthcare professionals.

Product overview

Das Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Ried ist ein Schwerpunktkrankenhaus im Innviertel mit 18 medizinischen Abteilungen und Instituten. Das Leistungsportfolio umfasst ein breites Versorgungsangebot mit spezialisierten Organzentren (Brust-Gesundheits-Zentrum, Darmgesundheits-Zentrum, Beckenboden-Zentrum, Endoprothetik-Zentrum, Gefäßzentrum, Gynäkologisches Tumorzentrum), sowie die Hospiz & Palliativ Akademie und Krebsakademie im Innviertel für interprofessionelle Weiterbildung. Zusätzlich bietet die Einrichtung spezialisierte Pflegeexpert*innen-Dienste (Breast Care Nurses, Diabetesmanagement, Schmerzmanagement, Wundmanagement), eine Stillambulanz, Tagesklinik und digitale Services wie die Ortho-App und Patient*innen-Termin-Verwaltung. Das Krankenhaus betreut jährlich knapp 147.000 stationäre und ambulante Patient*innen (Stand 2025) und führt rund 17.500 Operationen durch.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hospiz & Palliativ Akademie: Hospice and Palliative Care Academy offering continuing education courses, seminars, and certification programs for healthcare and social care professionals, volunteers, and the public.
• Krebsakademie im Innviertel

Products and services

• Medical Departments and Institutes (18 Abteilungen/Institute)

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 17,500 surgeries performed in 2025
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• Krebsakademie im Innviertel (Ordensklinikum Linz, Klinikum Schärding, Krankenhaus St. Josef Braunau)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018A joint oncology education and networking initiative founded in 2018 by the BHS Ried, Klinikum Schärding, and Krankenhaus St. Josef Braunau, modeled after the Ordensklinikum Linz cancer academy. Offers specialized interprofessional training for oncological healthcare professionals across multiple disciplines including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, dietitians, speech therapists, social workers, and pastoral caregivers.
• Vinzenz GruppecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBHS Ried is part of the Vinzenz Gruppe, a Catholic hospital network operating multiple hospitals in Austria. The hospital is jointly owned through the Ordensklinikum Innviertel Holding GmbH, alongside the Franziskanerinnen von Vöcklabruck. The Vinzenz Gruppe provides strategic direction, shared services (HR, IT, communications), and coordinates research and education programs across member hospitals.
• Ordensklinikum InnviertelcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBHS Ried, Krankenhaus St. Josef Braunau, and Klinikum Schärding form the Ordensklinikum Innviertel, a regional hospital network providing coordinated care across the Innviertel. The network enables interdisciplinary collaboration, shared medical expertise, and joint educational programs such as the Krebsakademie im Innviertel.
• Landesverband Hospiz OberösterreichmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe hospital's Hospiz & Palliativ Akademie collaborates with the Upper Austrian State Hospice Association to promote hospice and palliative care education, networking, and advocacy.
• Dachverband Hospiz ÖsterreichminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with the national Austrian hospice umbrella organization for standards, guidelines, and professional development in palliative care.
• PMU Salzburg (Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership with the Paracelsus Medical Private University Salzburg for medical education, research collaboration, and continuing professional development. BHS Ried serves as a teaching hospital (Lehrkrankenhaus) for medical students.
• Hospizbewegung VöcklabruckminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with the local hospice movement for palliative care services, volunteer coordination, and community-based end-of-life care support.
• Diözese Linz (Diocese of Linz)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe hospital maintains pastoral care services (KH-Seelsorge) in collaboration with the Diocese of Linz, offering spiritual support, grief counseling, and the 'Leere Wiege' memorial service for pregnancy loss.
• O.P.P. Compliance GmbHminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerExternal ombudsman (Ombudsstelle) contracted to operate the hospital's whistleblower system (Hinweisgeber*innensystem) in compliance with the EU Whistleblower Directive and Austrian HSchG. O.P.P. receives and processes whistleblower reports confidentially and independently.
• HerzReha Bad IschlminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCardiac rehabilitation facility within the Vinzenz Gruppe network, providing post-acute cardiac rehabilitation services for BHS Ried patients transitioning from inpatient cardiac care.
• Reha.ambulantminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAmbulatory orthopedic and oncological rehabilitation services operated by the Vinzenz Gruppe, providing post-discharge rehabilitation care for BHS Ried patients in the Innviertel region.
• sowhat – Kompetenzzentrum für Menschen mit EssstörungenminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSpecialized outpatient counseling and therapy center for eating disorders, part of the Vinzenz Gruppe network. BHS Ried can refer patients for specialized eating disorder treatment.
• Babysmile24minorOthersPhotography service that photographs newborns at the hospital and populates a baby gallery on Babysmile24's website. A marketing and patient experience service for the obstetrics department.
• OÖ Landesverband für Psychotherapie (OÖLP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional psychotherapy association that collaborated with the Krebsakademie im Innviertel to design and accredit the curriculum for the Psychology and Psychotherapy program within the cancer academy.
• Berufsverband Österreichischer PsychologInnen (BÖP) Landesstelle OÖminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional branch of the Austrian Psychological Association that partnered with the Krebsakademie im Innviertel to develop and accredit the psychology and psychotherapy curriculum within the oncology academy.
• Verband der Diätologen ÖsterreichsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAustrian association of dietitians that collaborated with the Krebsakademie to develop the online nutrition education program for oncology patients.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• tirol kliniken: Large Austrian public hospital operator running tertiary and regional sites across Tyrol. Comparable as a public-sector regional hospital network with similar LKF reimbursement dynamics, though at much larger scale and broader geographic footprint.

Direct peers

• Kepler Universitätsklinikum Linz: Major Upper Austrian public acute and university hospital operating across multiple sites in Linz. Comparable as the primary tertiary competitor to BHS Ried for specialty referrals from the Innviertel region.
• Klinikum Schärding: Third member of the Ordensklinikum Innviertel, jointly owned and clinically integrated with BHS Ried. Operates a comparable regional acute-care model in the same network, with shared participation in the Krebsakademie and Vinzenz Gruppe back-office.
• Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder Graz: Catholic non-profit hospital in Graz operated by the Barmherzige Brüder order. Comparable as a regional Austrian Schwerpunktkrankenhaus with similar Catholic-hospital ethos, public-law status, and broad specialty portfolio.
• Ordensklinikum Linz: Vinzenz Gruppe sister hospital in Linz and co-founder of the Krebsakademie im Innviertel. Comparable as a Catholic, non-profit regional hospital under the same network with overlapping oncology and palliative care programs.
• Barmherzige Schwestern Krankenhaus Wien: Vinzenz Gruppe hospital in Vienna operating under the same Barmherzige Schwestern brand and network. Highly comparable as a Catholic, non-profit Schwerpunktkrankenhaus with similar specialty center model, governance, and shared services.
• Krankenhaus St. Josef Braunau: Co-owned Ordensklinikum Innviertel network hospital serving an adjacent Innviertel catchment. Directly comparable as a Vinzenz Gruppe regional acute hospital with overlapping specialty mix and shared governance through the same holding company.

Regional players

• Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen: Major public regional hospital in Upper Austria near the Innviertel. Comparable as a similarly scaled Upper Austrian acute hospital competing for the same patient population, operating under the same LKF reimbursement framework.
• Salzkammergut Klinikum: Public hospital group operating across the Salzkammergut region of Upper Austria. Comparable as a similarly sized Austrian public regional acute hospital with multi-site operations, competing for some referral flows.

Others

• SANTESIS – Technik für Gesundheit: In-house facility management spin-off of the Vinzenz Gruppe (spun off 2007). Included as an ecosystem peer — provides technical services, infrastructure maintenance, and logistics to BHS Ried and other network hospitals.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC2qCuRK9Uzf6k21CXcIQLAA
• Facebookfacebook.com/bhsried
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/krankenhaus-der-barmherzigen-schwestern-ried
• Instagraminstagram.com/bhsried

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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