Institut Català de la Salut

Name

Institut Català de la Salut

Legal name

Institut Català de la Salut

Website

https://ics.gencat.cat

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (622310), Offices of Physicians (62111)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Safety-Net & Public Hospitals (HLAFAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

State/Provincial Health Department & Public Health Administration (BPAIABAH)

Keywords

• Public healthcare services
• Primary care network
• Hospital care services
• Clinical diagnostics
• Healthcare provider

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Health System Funding: ICS is a public healthcare institution funded through the Catalan public health system (CatSalut/SISCAT). Services are provided free at point of use or at subsidized rates to the Catalan population under the universal public healthcare framework.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Institut Català de la Salut (ICS) is the largest public healthcare provider in Catalonia, Spain, operating as a government-owned entity under the Generalitat de Catalunya. It delivers comprehensive healthcare services through a network of 8 hospitals (3 tertiary high-tech, 4 territorial reference, and 1 county), approximately 290 primary care teams (CAPs), and 6 networked clinical laboratories. Services span primary prevention, specialized hospital care, diagnostic services, clinical research, teaching, and digital health innovation, all provided under the universal public healthcare framework (CatSalut/SISCAT).

Product overview

Institut Català de la Salut (ICS) is the largest public healthcare provider in Catalonia, operating as an integrated health services organization structured around a network of 8 hospitals (3 tertiary high-tech, 4 territorial reference, 1 county hospital), approximately 290 primary care teams (CAPs) distributed across Catalonia, and 6 networked clinical laboratories. The core offering encompasses hospital care, primary care, clinical diagnostics (laboratory and imaging), and specialized expert programs (PADEICS) including ERAS surgical recovery, diabetes management, HIV care, and antibiotic stewardship. ICS also operates a portfolio of digital health initiatives including the ICSPro and ICSfluencers podcast channels, the Smart Part wireless fetal monitoring innovation, the DigiPATICS AI-powered digital pathology project, the Care4Women service redesign initiative, and the Projecte Diabetis integrated care model. Supporting services include teaching units for healthcare professional training, a musicotherapy unit at Hospital Germans Trias, the La Meva Salut patient portal, and an Arts in Health strategy (ARTSALUT). The institution employs approximately 56,000 professionals and manages 33% of Catalonia's public hospitalization beds.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hospital Care Network
• Primary Care (Atenció Primària)
• Clinical Laboratories
• Diagnostic Imaging (Diagnòstic per la Imatge)
• PADEICS - Programes Assistencials d'Expertesa
• ERAS - Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
• Smart Part
• DigiPATICS
• Care4Women
• Projecte Diabetis
• Musicotherapy Unit (Hospital Germans Trias)
• Teaching Units (Unitats Docents)
• Advanced Triage Circuit at Hospital Emergency Departments

Quantifiable outcome

• 33% of total hospitalization beds in the Catalan public health system managed by ICS
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Nexe FundacióminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNexe Fundació collaborates with the Musicotherapy Unit at Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol. Nexe has over 40 years of experience working with children with multiple disabilities. Music therapist Mercè Redorta from Nexe works alongside pediatrician Pablo González at the hospital's Neonatology Unit, providing music therapy to infants and families.
• Banc de Sang i TeixitscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBanc de Sang i Teixits hosts the fourth node of the pooling-sample PCR network (alongside Bellvitge, Vall d'Hebron, and Germans Trias). This partnership enables a combined capacity of 25,000-30,000 PCR tests per day across Catalonia using pooling-sample technology to detect SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens.
• Care4Women (CatSalut)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCare4Women is a CatSalut initiative that redefines sexual and reproductive health care in Catalonia, breaking down silos between ASSIR teams and Obstetrics and Gynecology services across SISCAT. The project uses Lean Healthcare and Value Based Healthcare methodologies, focusing on women's empowerment, territorial equity, and value-based integration.
• VHIR (Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVHIR is the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute associated with Hospital Vall d'Hebron. ICS professionals conduct research through VHIR, including projects such as DigiPATICS, headache and neurological pain research, pathological gambling unit, and other clinical research programs.
• IDIAP Jordi Gol (Institut Universitari d'Atenció Primària)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIDIAP Jordi Gol is the University Institute for Primary Care Research associated with ICS. Multiple ICS professionals conduct research through IDIAP, including primary care research, epidemiological studies, medication safety, and community health programs.
• Pla Director de les Malalties Cardiovasculars (Departament de Salut)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Cardiovascular Diseases Strategic Plan of the Catalan Department of Health coordinates cardiac care across ICS hospitals, including the collaborative cardiac surgery arrangement between Hospital Vall d'Hebron (Servei de Cirurgia Cardíaca) and Hospital Arnau de Vilanova (Servei de Cardiologia).
• PADEICS Programs (Programme Assistencial d'Expertesa)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPADEICS are expert care programs within ICS covering areas such as PROA (Prudent Use of Antibiotics), Diabetes, VIH/HIV, and other specialized clinical domains. These programs coordinate multi-disciplinary expertise across ICS hospitals and primary care.
• World Health Organization (OMS/WHO)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWHO collaborates with ICS on patient safety (World Patient Safety Day), antimicrobial resistance awareness (European Antibiotic Awareness Day), and other global health initiatives. WHO Art and Health initiative collaborator Christopher Bailey has worked with ICS Art and Health programs.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Servicio Andaluz de Salud (SAS): Andalusia's regional public health service. Largest Spanish autonomous-community health service by population; most relevant comparable for ICS at scale, with similar integrated hospital+primary care mandate and universal coverage.
• Servei Valencià de Salut: Valencia regional public health service managing hospital and primary care network. Comparable autonomous-community public health system with similar scale and integrated care delivery mandate under Spanish national framework.
• Servicio Madrileño de Salud (SERMAS): Madrid's regional public health service operating hospitals, primary care centers, and laboratories across the Community of Madrid. Most direct functional peer to ICS as another large Spanish autonomous-community health service with an integrated hospital + primary care model under a regional government.
• Servei de Salut de les Illes Balears (IB-Salut): Balearic Islands regional health service operating integrated public hospital and primary care. Same architectural model as ICS — autonomous-community health service funded through the Spanish public system — though operating in island geography.
• Servicio Gallego de Salud (SERGAS): Galicia's regional public health system operating integrated hospital and primary care networks. Comparable as another Spanish regional public health service with similar population-health, primary-care gatekeeping, and hospital referral mandate.
• Osakidetza - Servicio Vasco de Salud: Basque Country regional public health service managing hospitals, primary care, and integrated information systems. Highly comparable to ICS: integrated public provider, teaching/research functions, similar Spanish autonomous-community structure with universal coverage mandate.

Others

• VHIR - Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca: Research institute associated with Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron (an ICS hospital). Not a healthcare provider itself, but a key research partner that channels ICS clinical data into translational research outputs, making it the most relevant adjacent ecosystem peer.

Broad incumbents

• NHS England (Integrated Care Boards): National Health Service England's integrated care system structure. Functionally analogous to ICS at a regional/national scale: publicly funded universal hospital and primary care network operating under government oversight, but with significantly broader scope and population coverage.

Regional players

• Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau: Catalan tertiary university hospital managed outside ICS (under a private non-profit foundation, Fundació de Gestió Sanitària). Comparable as a Catalonia-based tertiary hospital offering overlapping clinical services and competing for the same specialist referrals within the SISCAT system.
• Consorci Hospitalari de Catalunya: Catalan hospital consortium operating public-use hospitals within the same SISCAT framework. Comparable because it operates alongside ICS as a public hospital network in Catalonia and serves overlapping patient populations under CatSalut funding.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/icscat
• YouTubeyoutube.com/icscat
• Facebookfacebook.com/icscat
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/institut-catala-de-la-salut
• Instagraminstagram.com/icscatalunya

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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