Stauferklinikum

Name

Stauferklinikum

Legal name

Kliniken Ostalb gkAöR

Website

https://stauferklinikum.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Aalen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Inpatient hospital services (DRG system): Revenue is generated through the German Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRG) inpatient hospital payment system, billed to statutory health insurers (GKV) and private health insurers (PKV). This is the primary revenue stream for all three hospital sites.
2. Outpatient services and MVZ: Outpatient clinic consultations and services billed under the German ambulatory care fee schedule (EBM), including services at the Medizinische Versorgungszentren (MVZ) in Aalen, Mutlangen, Westhausen, and HNO.
3. Rehabilitation services: Outpatient rehabilitation (Staufer-Reha) including MBOR and EAP programs, billed through rehabilitation cost bearers.
4. Additional support services: Revenue from physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, palliative care (SAPV), and other ancillary medical services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Stauferklinikum Schwäbisch Gmünd is an acute care hospital providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient medical services across multiple specialty departments (internal medicine, surgery, orthopedics/trauma, gynecology, obstetrics, pediatrics, radiology, anesthesiology, urology) as one of three sites of the Kliniken Ostalb gkAöR municipal hospital network. It operates certified specialty centers (oncology, breast, perinatal, colorectal, endoprosthetics, trauma), a 24/7 emergency department, outpatient MVZ clinics, and the Staufer-Reha ambulatory rehabilitation program, serving the resident population of the Ostalbkreis district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Product overview

Stauferklinikum Schwäbisch Gmünd is one of three main hospital locations within the Kliniken Ostalb gkAöR (Klinikverbund des Ostalbkreises), a nonprofit municipal public-law institution providing comprehensive acute care hospital services. The hospital operates multiple specialized departments including Internal Medicine, Surgery, Orthopedics/Trauma Surgery, Gynecology/Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Radiology, Anesthesiology, and Urology. It also operates certified medical centers such as the Oncological Center, Breast Center, Perinatal Center, and provides specialized services including emergency medicine, palliative care, rehabilitation (Staufer-Reha), and medical care centers (MVZ). The hospital functions as part of a larger network offering coordinated care across the Ostalbkreis region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Staufer-Reha: Ambulatory rehabilitation services offered at the Stauferklinikum Schwäbisch Gmünd site.
• Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum (MVZ)

Products and services

• Stauferklinikum Schwäbisch Gmünd - Inpatient Care Acute care hospital providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient medical services across multiple specialty departments for residents of the Ostalbkreis district.
• Zentrale Notaufnahme (Emergency Department) Emergency department providing 24/7 emergency medical care for acute and life-threatening conditions at Stauferklinikum Schwäbisch Gmünd.
• Innere Medizin (Internal Medicine) Internal medicine department providing gastroenterology, hematology/oncology, pneumology, cardiology, geriatrics, diabetology, stroke unit, and palliative care services.
• Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie (General and Visceral Surgery) Surgical department providing general and visceral surgery services including gastrointestinal procedures.
• Gefäß- und Thoraxchirurgie (Vascular and Thoracic Surgery) Vascular and thoracic surgery department offering treatment for vascular diseases, lung conditions, and prevention programs.
• Klinik für Orthopädie, Unfall- und Wirbelsäulenchirurgie (Orthopedics, Trauma and Spine Surgery) Orthopedics, trauma surgery, and spine surgery department offering joint replacement, shoulder/elbow surgery, trauma care, and rehabilitation.
• Frauenheilkunde (Gynecology) Women's health services including gynecology, oncology, breast cancer treatment, endoscopic surgery, urogynecology, endometriosis treatment, and plastic surgery.
• Geburtshilfe (Obstetrics) Obstetrics department with perinatal center providing prenatal care, delivery services, and postpartum support, designated as a baby-friendly birth clinic (WHO/UNICEF).
• Kinder- und Jugendmedizin (Pediatrics) Pediatric department providing medical care for children and adolescents with specialized services including perinatal center and a children's sleep laboratory.
• Radiologie (Radiology) Radiology department providing conventional X-ray, CT, bone density measurements, angiography, interventional radiology, mammography, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, radiation therapy, MRI, and teleradiology services.
• Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensiv-, Schmerz- und Notfallmedizin (Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, Pain and Emergency Medicine) Anesthesiology, intensive care, pain medicine, and emergency medicine department providing anesthesia services, intensive care, pain management, emergency care, and patient blood management.
• Urologie (Urology) Urology department providing urological treatments and services for outpatient and inpatient care.
• Onkologisches Zentrum (Oncological Center) Certified specialized oncology center providing comprehensive cancer diagnosis and treatment across multiple disciplines.
• Brustzentrum (Breast Center) Certified breast center providing specialized diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer.
• Perinatalzentrum (Perinatal Center) Certified perinatal center providing specialized care for high-risk pregnancies and neonatal care.
• Ambulante Rehabilitation (Staufer-Reha) Outpatient rehabilitation services including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, MBOR, EAP, and IRENA aftercare program.
• Medizinische Versorgungszentren (MVZ) Medical care centers (MVZ) providing outpatient specialist consultations in gastroenterology and other specialties across multiple locations.

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Freundes- und Förderkreis der St. Anna-Virngrund-Klinik e.V.minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 1994Founded in 1994, the friends and support association of St. Anna-Virngrund-Klinik provides ideological and material support to the hospital through organizing diagnostic and therapeutic information events, specialist lectures, and public outreach activities. Membership is free, funded solely by voluntary donations.
• Freundeskreis StauferklinikumminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 7 October 1987The 'Friends Circle' of Stauferklinikum (founded October 7, 1987) is a charitable association of approximately 250 paying members (individuals, companies, and municipalities of the Schwäbisch Gmünd area) that raises funds to support equipment purchases and staff training beyond what public funding covers. Has provided approximately €1,000,000 in total support to date.
• Universität Ulm (University of Ulm)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKliniken Ostalb operates as Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus (Academic Teaching Hospital) of the University of Ulm. Medical students in their practical year (Praktisches Jahr / PJ) are trained at both Ostalb-Klinikum Aalen and Stauferklinikum Schwäbisch Gmünd sites. The partnership supports medical education, residency programs, and continuous professional development.
• DHBW (Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg / Cooperative State University)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKliniken Ostalb offers dual study programs in health and nursing sciences (Gesundheits-/Pflegewissenschaften) in cooperation with DHBW, providing academic pathways for healthcare professionals.
• AOK Ostwürttemberg (KIGS — Kontakt- und Informationsstelle gesundheitliche Selbsthilfegruppen)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe St. Anna-Virngrund-Klinik cooperates with KIGS, the AOK Ostwürttemberg's contact and information center for health self-help groups, as part of its 'Selbsthilfefreundliches Krankenhaus' certification. Annual working group meetings (since 2006) bring together self-help group representatives, KIGS, and hospital management.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Asklepios Kliniken: Major German hospital group operating acute and specialty hospitals under DRG reimbursement. Represents the broader incumbent private-sector model against which a public network's flexibility and cost structure must be measured.
• Helios Kliniken: Germany's largest private hospital operator with broad DRG-based acute care portfolio across multiple states. Relevant for benchmarking operational scale and capital deployment even though it competes primarily in larger metropolitan areas.
• Sana Kliniken: Private German hospital chain with significant acute care and specialty center footprint. Comparable on DRG-based revenue model and certified center strategy, though operating at larger national scale.
• Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg: Large academic hospital in Baden-Württemberg serving as a tertiary referral center for the same regional catchment. Sets the upper competitive bar for specialty depth and complexity in the state.
• HCA Healthcare: Large publicly listed hospital operator providing a comparable portfolio of acute inpatient and outpatient services under regulated reimbursement. Useful for benchmarking capital allocation and operating leverage, though US payer dynamics differ substantially.

Direct peers

• SLK-Kliniken Heilbronn: Regional municipal hospital network in Baden-Württemberg operating multiple acute sites with comparable DRG-based service portfolio and academic teaching affiliations. Closest structural analog to Kliniken Ostalb in terms of multi-site municipal governance and service mix.
• RKH Klinikum Ludwigsburg-Bietigheim: Multi-site regional hospital network in Baden-Württemberg providing acute inpatient care across comparable specialties (oncology, OB, orthopedics). Comparable as another DRG-funded municipal hospital network serving a defined catchment in the same German state.
• Klinikum Stuttgart: Public-law hospital network in Baden-Württemberg operating multiple hospital sites under municipal governance. Highly comparable as a fellow gkAöR-style entity with academic teaching ties and certified specialty centers.

Others

• DHBW (Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg): Cooperative state university that partners with Kliniken Ostalb on dual study programs in nursing and health sciences. Adjacent ecosystem partner that supplies the workforce pipeline rather than competing for clinical revenue.
• Universitätsklinikum Ulm: Full university hospital that is Kliniken Ostalb's academic teaching partner. Not a direct competitor for the same patient base, but anchors the medical training pipeline and provides superspecialty referral pathways.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance13 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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Investments

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