Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Oaxaca

What Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Oaxaca does

Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Oaxaca (HRAEO) is a federal tertiary-level public hospital located in San Bartolo Coyotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico. Created by federal decree published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación on November 29, 2006, with construction beginning February 13, 2002, the institution was established to address increasingly complex healthcare needs in Oaxaca state and to eliminate the prior requirement for residents to travel to Puebla, Mexico City, or other distant cities for specialized care. The hospital operates under the Mexican Secretaría de Salud and is being integrated into the IMSS-BIENESTAR federal universal coverage program. HRAEO serves exclusively the adult population — pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology are explicitly excluded — and is the principal regional referral center for the Oaxacan public health system.

HRAEO delivers care through 13 surgical specialties (Traumatología y Ortopedia, Cirugía General Digestiva de Mínima Invasión, Oncología Quirúrgica, Oftalmología, Cirugía Vascular, Cirugía Reconstructiva, Coloproctología, Neurocirugía, Cirugía Cardiotorácica, Cirugía Maxilofacial, Urología, Otorrinolaringología, and Trasplante Renal) and 20 clinical specialties (Medicina Interna, Cardiología, Endocrinología, Medicina Física y Rehabilitación, Neurología, Neumología, Anestesiología, Gastroenterología, Nefrología, Hematología, Alergología, Oncología Médica, Algología, Psiquiatría, Reumatología, Dermatología, Genética, Infectología, and Rehabilitación Cardíaca). All medical services are provided totally free of charge to patients, funded through federal budgetary allocations; a Tabulador de Cuotas de Recuperación (cost-recovery fee schedule) was implemented on January 12, 2023, for minimal recovery on certain services. The hospital functions concurrently as a teaching institution, running E010 medical residency programs, technical medical training, and administrative/managerial training, and as a research institution executing E022 health research and technological development projects, including FOSISS-funded initiatives. The hospital operates within the Mexican Sistema de Referencia y Contrarreferencia, receiving patients primarily via referrals from secondary-level facilities, and complies with NOM SSA 004 clinical records standards.

The institution is administered through a Junta de Gobierno with an advisory Patronato, with executive leadership structured as a Coordinación Titular (Dra. Alba Vásquez Palacios), a Medical Direction (Dr. Marco Antonio Martínez), an Operations Direction (Dra. Nancy Jeanett Herrera Vásquez), a Planning/Teaching/Research Direction (Dr. Victor Jiménez Martínez), an Administration and Finance Direction (Lic. Oscar Bielma Herrera), and a Nursing Subdirection (Magaly Sánchez Pineda). With 719 employees, the hospital maintains formal compliance infrastructure including a Código de Conducta (approved June 2022), a Code of Ethics, and the Protocolo HAS for sexual harassment prevention. Operational integration with federal systems is evidenced by adoption of Compranet (procurement), DeclaraNet (asset declarations), the Plataforma Nacional de Transparencia, and IMSS-BIENESTAR webmail. The underlying technology stack is essentially administrative — institutional webmail, social media (Twitter @HRAEOAX, Facebook hrae.oaxaca), Google Maps for location, and government transparency portals — with no disclosed proprietary clinical technology platform or AI/ML capability.

Name

Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Oaxaca

Legal name

Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Oaxaca

Website

https://hraeoaxaca.salud.gob.mx

Company type

Public

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Oaxaca (HRAEO) is a federal tertiary-care public hospital in Oaxaca, Mexico, providing free specialized medical services across 33 specialties to the adult population under the IMSS-BIENESTAR system, while training medical specialists and conducting health research.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Bartolo Coyotepec

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Healthcare Services: As a public federal hospital under the Mexican Secretariat of Health (Secretaría de Salud), the hospital operates primarily on government funding. Services are provided free of charge to the adult population. The hospital generates revenue through government budgetary allocations rather than patient fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

HRAEO is a tertiary-level public hospital providing highly specialized medical care to the adult population of Oaxaca state, covering 13 surgical specialties and 20 clinical specialties, including organ transplantation (renal), oncology, cardiovascular surgery, neurosurgery, and minimally invasive surgery. In addition to direct patient care, the hospital runs medical residency and specialist training programs, administrative and technical training, and health research and technological development activities. All medical services are provided free of charge as part of the Mexican federal public health system.

Product overview

Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Oaxaca (HRAEO) is a tertiary-level public hospital providing free specialized medical services to the adult population of Oaxaca, Mexico. The institution operates under the IMSS BIENESTAR system and offers two main product categories: (1) direct medical care through surgical specialties (Traumatología, Cirugía General, Oncología Quirúrgica, Neurocirugía, Cirugía Cardiotorácica, Trasplante Renal, among others) and clinical specialties (Cardiología, Neurología, Nefrología, Oncología Médica, Psiquiatría, among others), and (2) complementary healthcare services including specialized rehabilitation (física and cardíaca). Beyond direct patient care, HRAEO functions as a teaching institution offering medical residency programs, administrative and technical medical training, and conducts health research through its E022 program. All medical services are provided at no cost to patients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Atención Médica de Alta Especialidad (Tertiary Specialized Medical Care) Tertiary-level medical care for the adult population of Oaxaca state, providing 13 surgical specialties and 20 clinical specialties, including organ transplantation (renal), oncology, cardiovascular surgery, neurosurgery, and minimally invasive surgery, provided free of charge under the IMSS-BIENESTAR system.
• Especialidades Quirúrgicas (Surgical Specialties) Thirteen surgical specialties including Traumatología y Ortopedia, Cirugía General Digestiva de Mínima Invasión, Oncología Quirúrgica, Oftalmología, Cirugía Vascular, Cirugía Reconstructiva, Coloproctología, Neurocirugía, Cirugía Cardiotorácica, Cirugía Maxilofacial, Urología, Otorrinolaringología, and Trasplante Renal, delivered to adult patients requiring complex surgical interventions.
• Especialidades Clínicas (Clinical Specialties) Twenty clinical specialties including Medicina Interna, Cardiología, Endocrinología, Medicina Física y Rehabilitación, Neurología, Neumología, Anestesiología, Gastroenterología, Nefrología, Hematología, Alergología, Oncología Médica, Algología, Psiquiatría, Reumatología, Dermatología, Genética, Infectología, and Rehabilitación Cardíaca, covering complex diagnostic and therapeutic care for adult patients.
• Formación de Recursos Humanos para la Salud (Medical Residency and Specialist Training) Medical residency and specialist training programs (E010 Formación) for developing specialized healthcare professionals, including postgraduate clinical and non-clinical specialization programs offered to medical residents and healthcare professionals seeking specialization in Oaxaca.
• Capacitación Administrativa Gerencial y Técnico Médica (Administrative and Technical Medical Training) Administrative and managerial training (E010 Capacitación Administrativa Gerencial) and technical medical training (E010 Capacitación Técnico Médica) programs for institutional staff development and skill building.
• Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Salud (Health Research and Technological Development) Health research and technological development programs (E022) including scientific research projects, FOSISS funding, and institutional research activities focused on the Mexican public health system.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Secretaría de Salud (Ministry of Health)coreOthersThe hospital operates under the Mexican Ministry of Health as a federal public healthcare institution. The ministry provides regulatory oversight, funding, and policy direction for the hospital's operations.
• Hospital General "Dr. Aurelio Valdivieso"coreOthersThis secondary-level hospital in Oaxaca served as the primary provider of sub-specialty care before HRAEO's creation. It now refers complex cases to HRAEO through the referral system. The hospital had grown to offer 18 medical sub-specialties, leading to its saturation and budget insufficiency, which justified HRAEO's creation.
• IMSS-BIENESTARcoreOthersThe hospital is transitioning to operate under the IMSS-BIENESTAR program. Staff email addresses use the imssbienestar.gob.mx domain, indicating integration with this federal healthcare program aimed at providing universal health coverage.
• Gobierno del Estado de Oaxaca (Oaxaca State Government)minorOthersThe hospital serves the state of Oaxaca but operates as a federal institution. The Patronato (Board of Trustees) includes representation from state entities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán (INCMNSZ): Federal specialty hospital of national reference under SSA. Highly comparable on academic/teaching mission, research output, and tertiary complexity, but with national rather than state-level catchment and substantially larger footprint.
• Hospital General de México "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga": Large federal general hospital in Mexico City offering tertiary-level care across a wider specialty portfolio than HRAEO. Comparable as a federal SSA institution, but operates at substantially greater scale and serves a national rather than state-level catchment.
• Hospital de Especialidades Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI (IMSS): IMSS flagship specialty hospital offering high-acuity adult care under a different public payer (social security vs. SSA/MSS-BIENESTAR). Comparable on complexity and specialty breadth, but financed via employer/employee contributions rather than general federal budget.

Direct peers

• Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Ciudad Victoria "Bicentenario 2010": Tamaulipas-based HRAE-network hospital with the same federal-decree origin, tertiary referral mandate, and IMSS-BIENESTAR alignment. Closest analogue for evaluating cost structure and capacity planning.
• Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Ixtapaluca: Another HRAE-network federal tertiary hospital serving Estado de México. Same regulatory framework (SSA decree), same specialty breadth, same public funding model—directly comparable operational and economic structure.
• Hospital General "Dr. Aurelio Valdivieso": Oaxaca's principal secondary-level public hospital and HRAEO's primary referral feeder. Offers 18 sub-specialties but at lower acuity; directly comparable on workforce composition, public funding dynamics, and Oaxaca patient base.
• Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de la Península de Yucatán: Sibling federal tertiary hospital created under the same HRAE network model. Operates with the same referral-based structure, free services mandate, IMSS-BIENESTAR integration, and teaching/research mission, making it the closest structural peer to HRAEO Oaxaca.

Regional players

• Hospital Regional Presidente Juárez (ISSSTE Oaxaca): ISSSTE-affiliated public hospital in Oaxaca serving federal government workers and dependents. Comparable as a regional public-sector provider for a defined insured population; competing for Oaxaca's complex-case referrals from a different payer base.
• Hospital San Lucas Oaxaca: Private hospital operating in Oaxaca state, providing secondary/tertiary services to patients able to pay out-of-pocket. Comparable as a regional alternative for complex adult care, but limited specialty depth vs. HRAEO.
• Hospital Ángeles del Pedregal: Mexico's leading private tertiary hospital network with similar specialty breadth (transplant, oncology, cardiac, neuro). Comparable on service portfolio and technology adoption, but operates on fee-for-service private revenue rather than public appropriations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HRAEOAX
• Facebookfacebook.com/hrae.oaxaca
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hospital-regional-de-alta-especialidad-de-oaxaca

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

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