SEDE PUESTO DE SALUD EL PLACER DE LA ESE HOSPITAL SAGRADO CORAZON DE JESUS

What SEDE PUESTO DE SALUD EL PLACER DE LA ESE HOSPITAL SAGRADO CORAZON DE JESUS does

ESE Hospital Sagrado Corazón de Jesús is a public first-level hospital (Empresa Social del Estado, or ESE) located in La Hormiga, Valle del Guamuez, Putumayo Department, Colombia. The hospital was established in 1998 by the Gobernación del Putumayo via Decree 094, converted to ESE status in 1999 via Decree 016, and inaugurated at its current Barrio La Parker facility in June 2006. It operates as the designated public first-level provider for Valle del Guamuez municipality, with a secondary site in Barrio Las Americas (promotion and maintenance services), a recently opened satellite facility in Guadualito, and community outreach extending to rural veredas including El Retiro and El Placer.

The hospital delivers a comprehensive service portfolio covering core first-level services (outpatient consultation, 24/7 emergency, hospitalization, clinical laboratory and vaccinations, pharmacy, telemedicina, X-ray and ultrasound imaging, and basic and medicalized ambulance transport) plus specialized services (pediatrics, anesthesiology, general surgery including laparoscopic minimally invasive surgery launched in 2026, orthopedics, internal medicine via telemedicine, urology, and gynecology). Specialized services are largely delivered through monthly second-level brigades. Technical infrastructure includes a telesalud platform with immersive reality and portable digital laboratories developed under a Convenio de Cooperación Interinstitucional with Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, funded by Sistema General de Regalías.

The business model operates entirely within Colombia's Sistema General de Seguridad Social en Salud (SGSSS). Revenue is derived from capitated per-capita UPC payments from EPS partners (Emssanar, Mallamas, Medimas), departmental and municipal government budget allocations, fee-for-service payments for procedures and diagnostics under the Plan Obligatorio de Salud, and earmarked funding from Sistema General de Regalías for specific technology projects. All listed clinical services are provided free of charge to SGSSS-affiliated users. The institution holds two certifications (Certificación Excelencia and Certificación Huella de Carbono) and participates in public health programs including the ICBF malnutrition convenio and Plan de Intervenciones Colectivas with municipal authorities.

Name

SEDE PUESTO DE SALUD EL PLACER DE LA ESE HOSPITAL SAGRADO CORAZON DE JESUS

Legal name

ESE Hospital Sagrado Corazón de Jesús

Website

https://hospitalhormiga.gov.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ESE Hospital Sagrado Corazón de Jesús is a public first-level hospital in La Hormiga, Valle del Guamuez, Putumayo, Colombia, providing emergency, outpatient, inpatient, imaging, laboratory, telemedicine, and specialist brigade services to the municipality's residents under the national SGSSS health system.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Hospital 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

Critical Access & Rural Hospitals (HLAFAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Virtual Urgent Care & On-Demand Teletriage Services (HLAFADAJ)

Keywords

• Public hospital services
• Emergency medical care
• Outpatient healthcare
• Clinical laboratory services
• Telemedicine consultations

Headquarters

HQ city

La Hormiga, Valle del Guamuez

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Capitated Per-Capita Payments (UPC): The hospital receives capitated payments from EPS (Entidades Promotoras de Salud) based on the number of affiliated patients in the SGSSS (Sistema General de Seguridad Social en Salud). This is the primary funding mechanism for public ESE hospitals in Colombia.
2. Government Budget Allocations: Public funding from the departmental (Gobernación del Putumayo) and municipal (Alcaldía del Valle del Guamuez) governments for operational expenses, infrastructure projects, and public health programs.
3. Service Fees under SGSSS: Fee-for-service payments from EPS for specialized procedures, laboratory tests, imaging, and hospital services rendered to affiliated patients, including services covered under the POS (Plan Obligatorio de Salud).
4. Strategic Partnership Funding (Regalías): Funding from Sistema General de Regalías allocated for specific technology development projects such as the telehealth platform and portable digital laboratories partnership with Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SEDE Puesto de Salud El Placer is a satellite service site of ESE Hospital Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, a public first-level ESE hospital providing integrated healthcare services — outpatient consultation, 24-hour emergency care, hospitalization, clinical laboratory and vaccinations, pharmacy, imaging (X-ray and ultrasound), ambulance transport, specialized services (pediatrics, anesthesiology, general surgery including laparoscopic, orthopedics, internal medicine, urology, gynecology), telemedicine, and public health programs (malnutrition prevention, Plan de Intervenciones Colectivas) to residents of Valle del Guamuez, Putumayo, Colombia.

Product overview

ESE Hospital Sagrado Corazón de Jesús is a public first-level hospital (ESE — Empresa Social del Estado) operating two physical locations in La Hormiga, Valle del Guamuez, Putumayo, Colombia. The hospital offers a unified portfolio of integrated healthcare services organized into general (core) services, specialized medical services, and public health programs. General services include Consulta Externa (outpatient appointments), 24-hour Urgencias (emergency care), Hospitalización (inpatient care), Laboratorio Clínico y Vacunas (clinical lab and immunizations), Farmacia (pharmacy), Telemedicina (virtual consultations), Imagenología (radiography and ultrasound), and ambulance transport (TAB/TAM). Specialized services are delivered through a rotating specialist brigade model covering Pediatría, Anestesiología, Cirugía General (including laparoscopic/minimally invasive surgery launched in 2026), Ortopedia, Medicina Interna (via telemedicine), Urología, and Ginecología. Public health programs include malnutrition prevention (ICBF partnership) and collective health interventions (Plan de Intervenciones Colectivas). The hospital also operates a telesalud (telehealth) platform with portable digital labs and immersive reality technology developed via an inter-institutional cooperation agreement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Consulta Externa (Outpatient Consultation) Programmed medical appointments delivered by specialized professionals for the population of Valle del Guamuez.
• Servicio de Urgencias 24 Horas 24/7 emergency medical care accepting walk-in patients without prior appointment for immediate attention.
• Servicio de Hospitalización Inpatient care with supervised hospitalization for patients requiring extended medical observation or treatment.
• Laboratorio Clínico y Vacunas Clinical laboratory analysis and vaccination services, including the expanded immunization program.
• Farmacia On-site pharmaceutical service providing essential and specialized medications to patients.
• Telemedicina Virtual medical consultations enabling remote specialist access, including internal medicine via telemedicine.
• Imagenología (Rayos X, Ecografía) Diagnostic imaging using X-rays and ultrasound, including specialized ultrasound for breast, thyroid, gynecology, obstetrics, kidney, urinary tract, abdomen, prostate, testicular, and soft tissue evaluations.
• Traslado Básico (TAB) y Medicalizado (TAM) Basic and advanced medical transport services for safe, professional patient transfer.
• Pediatría Comprehensive medical care for children delivered by pediatric specialists.
• Anestesiología Anesthesia and pain control services for surgical and procedural interventions.
• Cirugía General (incluye Cirugía Laparoscópica) General surgery service including advanced minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery delivered locally.
• Ortopedia Treatment of bone, joint, and muscular disorders and injuries by orthopedic specialists.
• Medicina Interna Diagnosis and management of complex internal medicine conditions, available via telemedicine.
• Urología Specialized care for diseases of the urinary system.
• Ginecología Specialized women's health services covering gynecological conditions and prenatal care.
• Brigadas de Salud de Segundo Nivel Mobile specialist brigades delivering second-level specialized evaluations, diagnostic consultations, surgical scheduling, and health counseling to rural communities.
• Servicio Integrado de Atención y Prevención de la Desnutrición (Convenio ICBF) Integrated malnutrition prevention and care service delivered under agreement with ICBF Regional Putumayo, providing nutritional accompaniment, recovery, and family strengthening in rural, dispersed rural, urban, and ethnic communities of Valle del Guamuez.

Quantifiable outcome

• Malnutrition service completed under ICBF Regional Putumayo convenio, serving rural, dispersed rural, urban, and ethnic communities
• +3 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

AI capability5 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

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

• Universidad Cooperativa de ColombiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnership through Convenio de Cooperación Interinstitucional for the project 'Desarrollo y Transferencia Tecnológica de Plataforma de Telesalud y Laboratorios Digitales Portátiles en el Departamento de Putumayo', funded by Sistema General de Regalías. The partnership delivers a telehealth platform incorporating immersive reality technology to expand healthcare coverage and improve user satisfaction in Putumayo.
• ICBF Regional PutumayocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConvenio for the Servicio Integrado de Atención y Prevención de la Desnutrición (Integrated Malnutrition Prevention and Care Service), providing nutritional accompaniment, recovery, and family strengthening in rural, dispersed rural, urban, and ethnic communities of Valle del Guamuez.
• Alcaldía Municipal del Valle del GuamuezcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal government partner through Plan de Intervenciones Colectivas (PIC), jointly conducting community health activities including environmental cleanup campaigns (El Placer, El Tigre), responsible pet ownership education, and general health promotion activities in the municipality.
• Secretaría de Salud Departamental del PutumayomajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDepartmental health authority partner providing technical support and personnel (dimensión ETV) for vector-borne disease prevention activities (Dengue prevention), environmental health campaigns, and health surveillance.
• Ejemployer Nacional Especial Energético y Vial No.9minorOthersNational army unit supporting community environmental health activities such as waste collection campaigns in rural areas of Valle del Guamuez, participating alongside hospital and municipal health teams.
• Policía del Valle del GuamuezminorOthersLocal police force participating in community health activities and waste collection campaigns in El Placer as part of the Plan de Intervenciones Colectivas.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ESE Hospital María Inmaculada de Florencia: Public ESE hospital serving Florencia in Caquetá department — an adjacent Amazonian region with comparable rural/mixed catchment, EPS contract structure, and SGSSS operating model to the anchor.
• ESE Hospital Departamental San Antonio de Mitú: First-level public ESE hospital serving Mitú in the Vaupés department of the Colombian Amazon. Operates under an almost identical governance, funding, and rural-catchment model as the anchor, making it the closest functional peer.
• ESE Hospital Civil de Ipiales: Public ESE hospital in Ipiales, Nariño — a border-region public hospital of similar scale and regulatory status, with comparable reliance on EPS capitation and cross-border/rural patient flows.
• Hospital San Rafael de Leticia: Public hospital serving Leticia in the Amazonas department — the southernmost public hospital in Colombia. Comparable as a frontier public hospital serving dispersed Amazonian populations with limited specialist access.
• ESE Hospital San José del Guaviare: First-level public ESE serving the Guaviare department, another rural/conflict-affected Amazonian municipality with a similar regulatory designation, UPC capitated funding model, and rural-brigade service delivery approach.

Emerging players

• 1DOC3: Colombian telemedicine and digital health company serving rural and underserved populations. Provides a benchmark for the commercialization pathway of the anchor's telesalud platform capabilities.
• Saludtools: Colombian health-tech platform providing telemedicine and digital health tools. Comparable as an emerging player in the same telesalud/remote-care category where the anchor has recently invested via its Regalías-funded platform.

Broad incumbents

• Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe: Large private nonprofit hospital in Medellín. A benchmark for advanced tertiary-care Colombian hospital operations, useful for assessing the ceiling of services the rural anchor might aspire to via referral partnerships.
• Hospital Universitario de La Samaritana: Large public university hospital serving Cundinamarca. Provides a benchmark for a higher-tier Colombian public hospital — relevant context for the anchor's second-level service ambitions.
• ESE Hospital Departamental de Villavicencio: Larger departmental ESE serving Villavicencio in Meta. Operates the same SGSSS ESE governance model but at materially greater scale, offering a useful size-up benchmark for the anchor's potential service expansion.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sede-puesto-de-salud-el-placer-de-la-ese-hospital-sagrado-corazon-de-jesus

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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