Ministerio de Salud Chubut

What Ministerio de Salud Chubut does

Ministerio de Salud Chubut is the provincial government health ministry of Chubut Province, Argentina, operating as the Secretaría de Salud under the Gobierno de la Provincia de Chubut. It delivers universal public healthcare services to all provincial residents through an integrated network comprising one Regional Hospital (Hospital Regional Víctor Manuel Sanguinetti in Comodoro Rivadavia, inaugurated 1968), multiple Zonal hospitals (Trelew, Puerto Madryn, Esquel, Alvear), Rural hospitals in smaller towns, and 15+ Centros de Atención Primaria de la Salud (CAPS) distributed across the Patagonian territory. The workforce at the main regional hospital alone exceeds 1,300 agents, with 170+ specialist professionals supporting high-complexity services including the only public MRI in the province.

The ministry operates a portfolio of digital health systems that form the operational backbone of the network. HSI (Historia de Salud Integrada) is the province-wide electronic health record system; DINO is an online appointment scheduling platform covering multiple hospitals; OCASA Markey is the administrative billing and claims management system used to recover costs from health insurers; and web-based triage calculators (pediatric and adult), along with a soft skills assessment tool, are hosted on the huenu.chubut.gov.ar platform. Specialized programs include vaccination, HIV/ITS testing and treatment, mental health and addiction services, disability certification (CUD), professional licensing, and environmental health (food safety, laboratory, occupational risk, sanitation, zoonosis) under the Dirección Provincial Una Salud. CUCAI Chubut coordinates organ and tissue donation within the national INCUCAI/COFETRA framework.

The revenue model is dual: primary funding flows from provincial government budget allocations, supplemented by hospital fee recovery (arancelamiento) from Obras Sociales and private insurers (including GEA S.A., OSUTHGRA, IOSFA, OSDE, OSPECON) processed through the OCASA Markey system under formal billing conventions. Services are provided free of charge to residents, consistent with a public health system rather than a commercial enterprise.

Name

Ministerio de Salud Chubut

Legal name

Secretaría de Salud de la Provincia de Chubut

Website

https://ministeriodesalud.chubut.gov.ar

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Ministerio de Salud Chubut is the provincial government health ministry of Chubut, Argentina, delivering universal public healthcare through an integrated network of one Regional Hospital, multiple Zonal and Rural hospitals, and 15+ primary care centers serving all provincial residents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Healthcare Administration

NAICS

Administration of Public Health Programs (923120), Administration of Public Health Programs (92312)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Hospitals (8060)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

State/Provincial/Regional Health Departments (HLAJAAAA), State/Provincial Human Services & Benefits Administration (Welfare, Disability, Child & Family) (BPAIABAI), Health Policy & Legislation Authorities (HLAJACAA)

Keywords

• Public health administration
• Provincial health services
• Hospital network operations
• Health system management
• Government healthcare programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Rawson

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Government Budget Allocation: Funded through provincial government budget allocations as a public health ministry providing free healthcare services to all residents of Chubut Province.
2. Hospital Arancelamiento (Hospital Fee Recovery): Recovery of costs for hospital services provided to patients with health insurance (Obras Sociales) and private insurers, managed through the provincial hospital billing system with established conventions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Provincial government ministry responsible for administering and delivering public healthcare services across the Chubut province, including the operation of hospitals, health centers, and public health programs.

Product overview

Ministerio de Salud Chubut is a provincial government health ministry offering a portfolio of interconnected digital health systems and services. The core infrastructure includes HSI (Historia de Salud Integrada), a province-wide digital clinical history system, complemented by DINO for online medical appointments and OCASA Markey for hospital billing and claims management. Clinical decision support is provided through Triage tools (Pediátrico and Adulto) and the Habilidades Blandas assessment. The ministry operates the CUCAI Chubut organ donation coordination center, the Hospital Regional Víctor Manuel Sanguinetti in Comodoro Rivadavia as the main referral hospital, and manages public health programs including vaccination, HIV/ITS services, mental health, disability certification, and professional licensing. The Arancelamiento Hospitalario system handles billing and staff profit-sharing under collective labor agreements, while the Dirección Provincial Una Salud oversees food safety, laboratory services, occupational health, and zoonosis control.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Public Hospital Services
• Primary Care Health Centers
• Public Health Programs

Quantifiable outcome

• Extensive referral network serving the entire Province of Chubut
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Feature5 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• INCUCAI (Instituto Nacional Central Único Coordinador de Ablación e Implante)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCUCAI Chubut serves as the jurisdictional representative of INCUCAI in Chubut Province, coordinating all activities related to organ, tissue, and cell donation and transplantation. Works to guarantee access to transplantation for all persons with medical indication through the national waiting list (lista de espera INCUCAI).
• COFETRA (Comisión Federal de Trasplante)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCUCAI Chubut acts as jurisdictional representative before COFETRA (Federal Transplant Commission) for all activities related to organ donation and transplantation in the province.
• GEA S.A.minorOthersPrivate health insurance provider operating under a billing convention with the provincial health ministry. CUIT: 33-68915085-9. Services billed through the OCASA Markey system.
• OSUTHGRAminorOthersHealth insurance provider for railway workers operating under a billing convention with the provincial health ministry.
• IOSFAminorOthersHealth insurance provider for armed forces operating under billing conventions with circulars issued for payment procedures.
• OSDEminorOthersMajor private health insurance provider in Argentina operating under billing conventions for hospital services.
• OSPECONminorOthersHealth insurance provider for construction workers operating under billing convention with the provincial health ministry.
• Clínica del Valle Salud S.R.L.minorOthersPrivate clinic operating under billing conventions with OSPECON and OSUTHGRA for healthcare services.
• Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partnership for training medical students, nurses, biochemists and other health professionals. Hospital Regional de Comodoro Rivadavia serves as a training hospital for UNPSJB students.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ministerio de Salud de la Provincia de Mendoza: Argentine provincial health authority with similar public-hospital network structure, Obras Sociales billing arrangements and provincial-government funding model. Operates under the same federal health-policy framework.
• Ministerio de Salud de la Provincia de Buenos Aires: Argentina's largest provincial health ministry, operating a similar integrated network of public hospitals, primary care centers and digital health systems to serve Buenos Aires Province residents. Directly comparable in mandate, funding model (provincial budget + Obras Sociales billing) and regulatory scope.
• Ministerio de Salud de la Provincia de Córdoba: Córdoba's provincial health authority administers a comparable network of regional, zonal and rural hospitals with digital appointment and EHR systems. Same jurisdictional scale (provincial), same GTM (direct-to-consumer public healthcare) and same Argentina regulatory framework.
• Ministerio de Salud de la Provincia del Neuquén: Neighbouring Patagonian provincial health ministry serving a comparable dispersed population with an analogous hospital hierarchy (regional reference hospital plus zonal and rural facilities) and shared Argentine public-health regulatory environment.
• Ministerio de Salud Pública del Uruguay: Uruguay's national public health authority (ASSE-adjacent) operates a comparable universal-coverage public hospital and primary-care network in the same Río de la Plata region, with similar regulatory authority and Obras Sociales-style complementary insurance recovery.
• Ministerio de Salud de la Provincia de Río Negro: Patagonian provincial health ministry directly comparable in geography (dispersed Patagonian population), network structure (regional reference hospital + zonal + rural) and regulatory framework (Argentine provincial jurisdiction).
• Ministerio de Salud de la Provincia de Santa Fe: Santa Fe's provincial health ministry runs a parallel network of regional and zonal public hospitals with digital health systems; comparable in service mix (universal public coverage, Obras Sociales recovery) and population served.

Broad incumbents

• NHS England: National-scale public health authority operating a universal-coverage network of hospitals and primary care providers with integrated digital systems. Larger and broader in scope, but serves as a benchmark for publicly funded integrated digital health delivery models similar to Chubut's ministry.
• Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires: Major Argentine private academic hospital with its own integrated EHR (ITALICA) and teaching hospital structure. Overlaps with Chubut's ministry in tertiary-care capability, digital health infrastructure and university-affiliated medical training, but operates under a private-payer model rather than provincial public coverage.
• Alberta Health Services: Canadian provincial health authority responsible for delivering publicly funded hospital and community health services across an entire province, with integrated digital records and a comparable universal-coverage mandate. Similar structural role but materially larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/saludchubut
• Facebookfacebook.com/MinSaludChubut
• Instagraminstagram.com/saludchubut
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/planificacion-recursos-humanos

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Subsidiaries5 records

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