What Healthways does

Grupo Healthways is a privately held Portuguese healthcare group founded in 2006 that operates six diagnostic clinics across Portugal's central region — three in Coimbra (Clínica Guilherme Tralhão, Ecomédica, and the embedded Corcentro cardiology unit), two in Figueira da Foz (CIL – Clínica de Imagiologia da Lapa and Cardiofoz), and one each in Cantanhede (GRC) and Condeixa-A-Nova (Cimacon). The group provides complementary diagnostic services spanning four pillars: imaging (digital radiology, mammography, bone densitometry, orthopantomography, ultrasound, ecodoppler, CT), cardiology (ECG, echocardiography, stress test, Holter, MAPA, cardiac event recording, cardiac doppler), gastroenterology (colonoscopy and upper digestive endoscopy), and clinical analysis (in partnership with BMAC), plus a nursing center for ancillary procedures. The underlying technology stack is conventional diagnostic imaging equipment — direct digital acquisition mammography, multiplanar/3D CT reconstruction including virtual colonoscopy, and color Doppler vascular ultrasound — without disclosed AI-augmented interpretation.

The revenue model is fee-for-service professional services, billed either directly to patients or through agreements with 30+ Portuguese health insurance providers and subsystems including SNS, ADSE, Multicare, Médis, SAMS, and multiple corporate and public-sector plans. Go-to-market is sales-led and referral-driven: GPs and specialists direct patients to the appropriate clinic, while health insurance network inclusion broadens the addressable population. The customer base is the general population of central Portugal requiring diagnostic workups, with demand driven by preventive screening, specialist referrals, and acute care. The group is owned and controlled by its founding partners with no disclosed private equity, venture capital, or public shareholders, and each subsidiary retains its historical brand identity under a holding structure.

Name

Healthways

Legal name

Grupo Healthways

Website

https://healthways.com.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Grupo Healthways is a privately held Portuguese healthcare group operating six diagnostic clinics across central Portugal (Coimbra, Figueira da Foz, Cantanhede, Condeixa-A-Nova), providing imaging, cardiology, gastroenterology, and clinical analysis services to patients via referrals and 30+ insurance agreements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Figueira da Foz

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Diagnostic Imaging Services: Revenue from providing medical diagnostic imaging services including radiology, mammography, CT scans, ultrasound, and echocardiography to patients and health insurance providers.
2. Cardiology Diagnostic Services: Revenue from cardiology diagnostic services including ECG, Holter monitoring, stress tests, blood pressure monitoring (MAPA), and cardiac event recording.
3. Gastroenterology Services: Revenue from endoscopy and colonoscopy procedures performed by gastroenterology specialists.
4. Clinical Analysis Services: Revenue from clinical analysis sample collection and testing through partnership with BMAC group laboratories.
5. Nursing Services: Revenue from nursing center services including injectable administration, vaccination, blood glucose and cholesterol evaluation, blood pressure assessment, wound treatment, ear irrigation, and rapid urine tests.

Pricing tiers

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Core offering

Grupo Healthways operates a network of six clinics in Portugal's central region delivering complementary diagnostic services across four specialties: Imaging, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, and Clinical Analyses. Services include digital radiology, mammography, CT scanning, ultrasound, ecodoppler, ECG, echocardiography, stress tests, Holter monitoring, MAPA, colonoscopy, upper digestive endoscopy, clinical analysis sample collection (via BMAC partnership), and nursing services. The group serves patients directly and through agreements with major Portuguese health insurers.

Product overview

Grupo Healthways is a healthcare diagnostic group established in 2006 operating through six clinics (CIL, Cardiofoz, GRC, Cimacon, Ecomédica, and Clínica Guilherme Tralhão) across Portugal. The group provides complementary diagnostic services in four main areas: Imagiologia (Imaging), Cardiologia (Cardiology), Gastroenterologia (Gastroenterology), and Análises Clínicas (Clinical Analyses). Services include digital radiology, digital mammography, bone densitometry, dental radiology, various ultrasound examinations (abdominal, pelvic, thyroid, breast, osteoarticular), ecodoppler, CT scans, ECG, echocardiography, stress tests, Holter monitoring, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (MAPA), colonoscopy, upper digestive endoscopy, clinical analyses, nursing services, cardiac event recording, and cardiac doppler. The group also runs an annual Innovation Award for radiology research in Portugal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CIL – Clínica de Imagiologia da Lapa Diagnostic imaging clinic in Figueira da Foz offering radiology, CT scans, colonoscopy, endoscopy, and nursing services to patients in central Portugal.
• Cardiofoz – Clínica de Cardiologia Cardiology clinic in Figueira da Foz providing cardiac examinations including stress tests, ECG, Holter, MAPA, and cardiology consultations.
• GRC – Gabinete de Radiodiagnóstico do Centro Radiodiagnostics office located in Cantanhede providing diagnostic imaging services with close patient care.
• Cimacon – Clínica de Imagiologia de Condeixa Imaging clinic in Condeixa-A-Nova offering radiology, mammography, densitometry, ultrasound, ECG, echocardiography, Holter, and clinical analyses.
• Ecomédica – Centro Médico de Diagnóstico Medical diagnostic center in Coimbra specializing in gynecological and obstetric ultrasound, osteoarticular imaging, mammography, bone densitometry, dental radiology, and ECG.
• Clínica Guilherme Tralhão – Centro de Diagnóstico Radiológico Radiological diagnostic center in Coimbra offering ultrasound, ecodoppler, digital radiology, digital mammography, orthopantomography, echocardiography, ECG, clinical analyses, cardiac doppler, Holter, MAPA, stress test, cardiac event recording, and specialty consultations.
• Digital Radiology (X-ray) Digital X-ray imaging service using electromagnetic radiation with digital detectors for improved image quality and processing; serves patients referred for radiological diagnostics.
• Digital Mammography First-line diagnostic tool for breast pathology using low-dose X-rays for early breast cancer detection, performed with direct digital acquisition equipment for high-quality images with reduced radiation dose.
• Bone Densitometry (DMO) Bone density diagnostic technique using X-rays, considered the gold standard for determining bone density and diagnosing osteoporosis.
• Dental Radiology (Ortopantomography) Extra-oral panoramic dental X-ray examination for evaluating tooth eruption, missing teeth, fractures, wisdom teeth positioning, and bone mass.
• Ultrasound (Ecografia) Ultrasound imaging covering abdominal, pelvic, thyroid, bladder, renal, prostatic, breast, and osteoarticular ultrasound using sound waves for non-invasive diagnosis.
• Ecodoppler Vascular ultrasound evaluating blood flow in blood vessels, including venous and arterial studies of lower limbs, carotid, cardiac, visceral, testicular, obstetric, and transcranial doppler.
• CT Scan (TAC – Tomografia Axial Computorizada) Computed Axial Tomography using X-ray equipment to obtain cross-sectional body images, covering head/neck, spine, chest, abdomen, pelvis, osteoarticular, dental, and virtual colonoscopy applications, with multiplanar and 3D reconstructions.
• ECG – Electrocardiogram Non-invasive cardiac diagnostic test detecting heart electrical activity to evaluate arrhythmias and investigate cardiac ischemia.
• Echocardiogram Heart ultrasound providing real-time images of the heart for cardiac function evaluation.
• Stress Test (Prova de Esforço) Stress test evaluating heart blood and oxygen supply during maximum physical exertion, using treadmill or stationary bicycle with ECG monitoring.
• Holter Monitoring Portable ECG monitor continuously recording heart rhythm over 24 hours during daily activities and sleep.
• Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (MAPA) Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring over 21 hours with measurements every 15-20 minutes during day and 30-60 minutes at night.
• Cardiac Event Recording (ECG-T) Cardiac event recording method using a small recorder connected to the chest via 4 electrodes to record ECG during symptomatic episodes over days or weeks.
• Cardiac Doppler Cardiac doppler examination studying blood displacement within cardiac chambers, identifying and quantifying abnormal flows, commonly used for studying heart murmurs.
• Colonoscopy Endoscopic examination allowing visualization of the entire large intestine and part of the small intestine using a flexible colonoscope with microcamera.
• Upper Digestive Endoscopy Upper digestive endoscopy procedure using a flexible endoscope introduced through the mouth to observe esophagus, stomach, and duodenum, allowing biopsies and polypectomies.
• Clinical Analysis Sample Collection Clinical analysis preparation and sample collection service performed in partnership with BMAC – Análises Clínicas group laboratories.
• Nursing Center (Centro de Enfermagem) Nursing center providing medical-surgical care including injectable/vaccine administration, blood glucose and cholesterol evaluation, blood pressure monitoring, wound treatment, ear irrigation, and rapid urine tests.

Quantifiable outcome

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Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Clínica Corcentro (Rui Vinagre, Lda)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2021Partnership established February 2021 where Clínica Corcentro moved its facilities to operate within the Guilherme Tralhão – Centro de Diagnóstico Radiológico clinic in Coimbra. Corcentro provides cardiology services including echocardiogram, Doppler cardiac, Holter ECG, stress test, MAPA, cardiac event recorder, and cardiology consultations.
• BMAC – Análises ClínicascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for clinical analysis sample collection and laboratory testing. BMAC group laboratories have technical and scientific structures allowing all types of laboratory examinations. Healthways provides sample collection services at their clinic locations while BMAC performs the actual laboratory analysis.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Hospital da Luz (Luz Saúde): Major Portuguese private hospital chain with diagnostic imaging and cardiology services; competes with Healthways for physician referrals and insured patients across central Portugal.
• RadNet: US-listed outpatient diagnostic imaging center operator; a relevant business-model comparable as a multi-site imaging chain, though operating in a different healthcare system.
• Lusíadas Saúde: Portuguese private hospital and outpatient group with diagnostic services; broad incumbent comparable on payer-mix and central Portugal presence.
• CUF (José de Mello Saúde): Largest Portuguese private hospital network offering full inpatient and outpatient services including imaging and cardiology; broader incumbent that competes with Healthways on integrated care delivery in central Portugal.

Others

• AdvanceCare: Portuguese health management and managed-care services company; relevant as a payer-side partner that channels patients to diagnostic providers like Healthways, rather than as a direct competitor.

Direct peers

• Affidea Portugal: Portuguese arm of pan-European diagnostic imaging operator; offers MRI, CT, X-ray, and ultrasound services in a clinic-based delivery model that closely mirrors Grupo Healthways' imaging offering.
• SYNLAB Portugal: Multinational clinical laboratory chain with Portuguese operations; directly comparable to Grupo Healthways' clinical analysis arm, which is delivered through its BMAC partnership.
• Joaquim Chaves Saúde: Portugal's largest private diagnostic medicine group operating multi-specialty clinics across the country; the closest direct comparable to Grupo Healthways as a multi-clinic ambulatory diagnostic provider serving insured and private-pay patients.
• Unilabs Portugal: European diagnostics provider with Portuguese clinical lab operations; comparable to the clinical analysis services integrated into the Grupo Healthways platform.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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