Observatoire régional de la santé du Centre-Val de Loire

What Observatoire régional de la santé du Centre-Val de Loire does

Observatoire régional de la santé du Centre-Val de Loire (ORS Centre-Val de Loire) is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) founded in 1997 and headquartered at 1 bis rue Porte Madeleine, Orléans. Operating under director Céline Leclerc with a team of seven employees, it serves as the statutory regional health observatory for the Centre-Val de Loire region, covering its six departments (Cher, Eure-et-Loir, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, Loiret). Its mission is to produce and disseminate quantitative and qualitative health studies — surveys, diagnostics, evaluations — that serve as decision-support tools for regional health policymakers and professionals, and as informational resources for citizens.

The organization's product portfolio is built around four pillars. First, the core ORS publications span thematic reports (cancers, demographics of health professionals, elderly and disabled populations, health-environment) and territorial diagnostics (departmental syntheses, local health diagnostics, CLS key figures, CPTS profiles across all 33 territorial groupings). Second, the Observatoire régional des urgences (ORU), created in 2020 with ARS, the two regional CHU hospitals, Santé publique France, and GRADeS, delivers quarterly and annual emergency-services panoramas from RPU data. Third, the Plateforme d'observation sociale, active since 2007, publishes the annual OSCARD social-observation report in partnership with local social-sector actors. Fourth, the Plateforme d'indicateurs de santé is a self-service web portal offering territorial and thematic indicators at region, department, CPTS, and CLS scales, with a PDF profile-generation tool. Methodologically, ORS combines sociology, statistics, medicine, IT, geography, descriptive epidemiology, demography, and health economics, drawing on national databases (INSEE, CépiDc, SNDS, RPPS, CAF, FINESS) under a CNIL authorization (Délibération n°2021-046) granted via the Fnors federation.

Commercially, ORS is not a revenue-generating business. All outputs are distributed free of charge via orscentre.org and the indicators platform, and the organization is funded by public institutional grants — primarily from ARS Centre-Val de Loire, Dreets Centre-Val de Loire, and Dreal Centre-Val de Loire — for commissioned studies and observatories. There is no disclosed pricing model and no commercial segment; reach is built through content distribution on the website and organic social channels (Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn). The model is therefore that of a publicly funded regional public-health observatory operating in structural monopoly within its region, with strategic positioning anchored on regulatory data access, institutional partnerships, and a multi-decade publication library.

Name

Observatoire régional de la santé du Centre-Val de Loire

Legal name

Observatoire régional de la santé du Centre-Val de Loire

Website

https://orscentre.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ORS Centre-Val de Loire is a French non-profit regional health observatory, founded 1997 in Orléans, that produces studies, diagnostics, and territorial health indicators for the six departments of Centre-Val de Loire, serving regional health authorities, professionals, and citizens with free, publicly funded outputs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Research Services

NAICS

Health Care and Social Assistance (62)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Health Data, Vital Statistics & Population Health Informatics (BPAIAJAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare Utilization, Claims & Administrative Data Analytics (HLAJAJAK), Health Systems Performance & Quality Measurement (Public Sector) (HLAJANAK), Health Information Exchange & Public Health Data Integration (HLAJAJAD)

Keywords

• Regional health observatory
• Public health studies
• Health indicators platform
• Epidemiological research
• Social health observation

Headquarters

HQ city

Orléans

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Public institutional funding: As a loi 1901 non-profit association, the ORS receives funding from public institutions including ARS Centre-Val de Loire, Dreets Centre-Val de Loire, and Dreal Centre-Val de Loire for specific studies and missions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The ORS Centre-Val de Loire is a non-profit regional health observatory (association loi 1901, founded 1997) that conducts quantitative and qualitative health studies, surveys, diagnostics, and evaluations covering the Centre-Val de Loire region (6 departments). It produces and freely publishes thematic and territorial health reports, manages the regional emergency observatory (ORU) and the social observation platform (OSCARD), and operates a web-based health indicators platform that aggregates national health databases (INSEE, CépiDc, SNDS, RPPS, CAF, FINESS) to deliver actionable health intelligence for policymakers, professionals, and citizens.

Product overview

The ORS Centre-Val de Loire operates as a regional health observatory providing a comprehensive portfolio of health observation products and services. The core offering includes the ORS publications (health studies since 1997), the ORU (Observatoire régional des urgences, emergency services observatory since 2020), and the social observation platform OSCARD (since 2007). These are complemented by the Plateforme d'indicateurs de santé, a web platform providing health indicators at regional, departmental, and territorial levels (CPTS, CLS). The product portfolio includes thematic reports (cancer, health demographics, health-environment, elderly/disabled care), territorial diagnostics (local health diagnostics, departmental health syntheses), emergency services panoramas, and a PDF profile creation tool. The platform aggregates data from national sources (INSEE, CépiDc, SNDS, RPPS, CAF, FINESS) to produce actionable health intelligence for policymakers, healthcare professionals, and citizens.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Plateforme d'observation sociale: Social observation platform developed since 2007, publishes Oscard annually
• Observatoire régional des urgences (ORU)
• Plateforme d'indicateurs de santé

Products and services

• ORS Centre-Val de Loire – Regional Health Observatory Studies Core regional health observatory service conducting studies, surveys, diagnostics, and evaluations on health determinants, health supply, and population health for the Centre-Val de Loire region, targeted at policymakers, healthcare professionals, and citizens.
• ORU Centre-Val de Loire (Observatoire régional des urgences) Regional emergency observatory providing observation and analysis of urgent care services using RPU (résumés de passage aux urgences) data, producing quarterly and annual panorama reports and quality indicators for healthcare establishments and authorities.
• OSCARD – Social Observation Platform Annual social observation publication series (OSCARD) and broader social observation platform developed in partnership with regional and departmental social-sector actors, including the OSCARD 2024 study commissioned by Dreets Centre-Val de Loire.
• Plateforme d'indicateurs de santé (Health Indicators Platform)

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ARS Centre-Val de LoirecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Primary institutional partner collaborating on the regional emergency observatory (ORU) and various health studies and diagnostics. ARS commissions health-related work and provides strategic direction for regional health observation.
• FNORS (Fédération nationale des observatoires régionaux de santé)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational federation providing access to mortality data (CépiDc) through CNIL authorization and supporting shared methodologies across regional observatories.
• GRADeScoreTechnology or IntegrationCollaborates in the operation of the regional emergency observatory (ORU) for observation of urgent care services.
• CHU de la région Centre-Val de Loire (2 CHU hospitals)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner hospitals collaborating in the regional emergency observatory (ORU) for data collection and analysis on urgent care.
• SpF (Santé publique France)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational public health agency collaborating in the regional emergency observatory for urgent care observation.
• Local actors in the social sectorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple local organizations working in the social sector that partner with ORS for the OSCARD social observation platform developed since 2007.
• Dreets Centre-Val de LoirecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional directorate that commissions the OSCARD (Observation sociale croisée) annual social observation study.
• Dreal Centre-Val de LoirecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional environmental authority that co-commissions the regional health environment diagnostic (DRSE).

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• ORS Bretagne: Bretagne regional health observatory, FNORS member, producing health indicators, diagnostics and thematic reports including cancer, aging and health-environment topics. Closely comparable to ORS Centre-Val de Loire in scale and scope.
• ORS Pays de la Loire: Regional health observatory for Pays de la Loire, member of FNORS, producing health studies and indicators for its region. Comparable mission, output mix (panoramas, diagnostics, demographics) and partnership model.
• ORS Normandie: Regional health observatory for Normandie, FNORS member, providing regional health studies, diagnostics and indicator platforms. Same governance (loi 1901), funder base (ARS) and product portfolio as ORS Centre-Val de Loire.
• ORS Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Regional health observatory covering Nouvelle-Aquitaine, also a FNORS member producing similar regional health diagnostics, observatory reports and indicator platforms. Same loi 1901 non-profit structure and ARS-aligned funding model.
• ORS Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: Regional health observatory for PACA, member of FNORS, producing health studies, indicators and diagnostics for its region. Closest functional analogue to ORS Centre-Val de Loire in terms of mission, partnership model with ARS, and publication portfolio.
• ORS Île-de-France: The regional health observatory for Île-de-France, another FNORS-member association conducting quantitative and qualitative health studies, producing territorial diagnostics and health indicators for its region. Directly comparable in mandate, structure and product mix to ORS Centre-Val de Loire.
• ORS Grand Est: FNORS-member regional health observatory for the Grand Est region, publishing territorial diagnostics, health indicators and thematic reports on cancer, demographics of professionals and emergencies. Functionally a near-identical peer to ORS Centre-Val de Loire.
• ORS Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: Regional health observatory covering Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, FNORS member, providing regional health indicators, territorial diagnostics and thematic publications — same operating model and ARS partnership structure as ORS Centre-Val de Loire.

Broad incumbents

• Santé publique France (SpF): France's national public health agency, which ORS Centre-Val de Loire partners with for the ORU emergency observatory. SpF operates at national scale and produces regional health surveillance outputs that overlap with ORS work — a broader incumbent rather than a direct regional competitor.

Others

• FNORS (Fédération nationale des observatoires régionaux de santé): National federation of regional health observatories of which ORS Centre-Val de Loire is a member. FNORS coordinates methodologies, holds the CNIL authorization for CépiDc mortality data, and acts as an umbrella ecosystem partner rather than a competing entity.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ORSCVDL
• Facebookfacebook.com/ORSCVDL
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/observatoire-regional-de-la-sante-du-centre-val-de-loire

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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