garrahan

What garrahan does

Garrahan is the public pediatric hospital Hospital de Pediatría S.A.M.I.C. "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan," headquartered at Combate de los Pozos 1881 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, operating as a sociedad anónima with medical and research functions rather than a commercial corporation. Its principal subsidiary product is the Campus Virtual Garrahan, a Moodle-based learning management system used for the continuing education of healthcare professionals, both within the hospital and externally. The platform integrates course enrollment, MercadoPago-based payment processing, Zoom for synchronous online classes, a certificate verification portal, and a mobile app, and hosts a catalog of between 173 and 288 educational activities covering courses, workshops, seminars, and ateneos (clinical case discussions). Additional product surfaces include the Ateneos Centrales, Interactivos, and Audiovisuales programs, the Centro de Simulación (CESIM) for mannequin-based and high-fidelity clinical simulation, the Biblioteca Garrahan, and the Programa Nacional de Videoconferencias, which broadcasts ateneos and courses in real time to affiliated sites across Argentina.

The primary customer segments are internal hospital staff (medical, nursing, technical, administrative, and medical residents) who access mandatory and continuing training, with external healthcare professionals as a secondary segment paying per-course fees. The business model is mission-driven rather than commercially optimized: many activities are gratuito (free) for hospital staff, while external arancelado (paid) courses use unit pricing such as ARS $578,000 for general admission, ARS $50,000 for in-person attendance, and ARS $30,000 for virtual attendance. The educational arm is supported by the broader hospital's public funding and by philanthropic contributions from the Fundación HPG, which funded construction and equipment for the simulation center. The platform has no public API, no disclosed AI capabilities, and no documented M&A, funding, or leadership change activity.

Go-to-market is community- and event-led, organized around scheduled ateneos, courses, and workshops with calendar-driven enrollment periods; distribution relies on the hospital's institutional reputation, the web platform, email communications, social media (Facebook), and the national videoconference network. As a public institution, Garrahan does not operate on conventional VC/PE growth mechanics, and any expansion is constrained by public healthcare funding cycles and its non-profit educational mission.

Name

garrahan

Legal name

Hospital de Pediatría S.A.I.C. "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan"

Website

https://garrahan.edu.ar

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Garrahan is Argentina's Hospital de Pediatría S.A.M.I.C. "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan," a public pediatric hospital in Buenos Aires operating the Moodle-based Campus Virtual Garrahan to deliver continuing education and clinical training to internal medical staff and external healthcare professionals across Argentina.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Continuing Medical Education

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro primary industry

Simulation-Based Learning & Virtual Labs (EDAGAEAG)

Keywords

• Continuing medical education
• Pediatric healthcare services
• Online healthcare courses
• Clinical simulation training
• Health professional training

Headquarters

HQ city

Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Course Enrollment Fees: Revenue generated from paid educational activities and courses. Some courses are arancelado (with fee) while others are gratuito (free). Payment processed through Mercadopago platform.
2. Continuing Education Services: Providing educational programs, certifications, and training services to healthcare professionals within and outside the hospital

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Hospital de Pediatría S.A.M.I.C. "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan" operates the Campus Virtual Garrahan, an online learning platform that delivers continuing education courses, ateneos (clinical case discussions), and simulation-based training programs to healthcare professionals in Spanish. The platform combines free and paid courses, live interactive sessions, and hands-on clinical simulation to support pediatric and general healthcare skill development across Argentina and Latin America.

Product overview

Garrahan operates as a pediatric hospital with a comprehensive virtual education campus built on Moodle LMS. The main platform, Campus Virtual Garrahan, serves as a unified learning management system integrating course enrollment, certificate management, and distance learning. Key sub-products include the Sistema de Inscripción for course registration with MercadoPago payments, various Ateneos programs (Central, Interactive, Audiovisual) for clinical discussions, the CESIM simulation center for hands-on training, and a certificate verification system. The platform supports both synchronous and asynchronous learning through Zoom integration and offers access to medical resources like ClinicalKey and HINARI. The system manages over 288 educational activities including courses, workshops, symposia, and continuing education programs for healthcare professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Campus Virtual Garrahan

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Fundación HPG (Fundación Hospital de Pediatría Garrahan)significantOthersThe Foundation contributed to the construction, equipment acquisition, and staff training for the Centro de Simulación (Simulation Center), enabling advanced simulation-based training for healthcare professionals.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lecturio: Online medical education platform offering video-based courses, question banks, and clinical case studies for medical students and professionals globally. Directly comparable as a digital-first continuing medical education platform serving healthcare learners with similar asynchronous video + live content.
• Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires: Major Argentine hospital that operates its own virtual campus and continuing medical education programs for healthcare professionals. Highly comparable as a fellow hospital-based medical education platform in the same Argentine market, serving similar professional audiences.

Emerging players

• Osso VR: VR-based surgical and medical device training platform used by surgeons, residents, and medical sales teams. Comparable to Garrahan's surgical simulation activities as a digital-first training provider for procedural medical skills.
• FundamentalVR: Provider of VR-based medical simulation and surgical training using haptic feedback. Comparable to Garrahan's CESIM as an emerging player in high-fidelity virtual simulation-based medical education.
• Coursera (Healthcare courses): Online learning platform with substantial medical and healthcare course offerings from universities worldwide. Comparable as a digital higher-education delivery platform increasingly competing for the same healthcare professional learner audience.

Broad incumbents

• Laerdal Medical: Global leader in healthcare simulation, providing high-fidelity mannequins and simulation training programs. Comparable to Garrahan's CESIM as a competing source of clinical simulation training infrastructure for hospitals and medical schools worldwide.
• AMA Ed Hub: American Medical Association's online continuing medical education platform offering CME-accredited courses, cases, and videos to physicians and healthcare professionals. Comparable as an established CME provider targeting the same medical professional audience.
• Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott): Major medical publisher and provider of clinical decision support, medical education, and professional training content (including Lippincott, Ovid). Comparable as a provider of medical reference content and continuing education used by hospital staff.
• Surgical Science: Developer of virtual reality surgical simulation training and educational software for medical professionals. Comparable to Garrahan's surgical simulation sub-product as a commercial provider of simulation-based medical education.

Regional players

• Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutiérrez: Pediatric hospital in Buenos Aires that could host comparable medical education activities for healthcare professionals in the same Argentine market. Relevant as a regional pediatric peer whose education offerings would compete for the same learner pool.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/garrahan

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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