Hôpital de Montréal pour enfants

What Hôpital de Montréal pour enfants does

Hôpital de Montréal pour enfants (Montreal Children's Hospital, MCH) is the pediatric teaching hospital of the McGill University Health Centre (Centre universitaire de santé McGill, CUSM/MUHC), a publicly funded institution located at 1001 boulevard Décarie in Montréal, Québec, operating since 1904. It provides specialized inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and tertiary pediatric care for newborns through age 18, organized across roughly 100 specialty clinics and support services. The hospital holds several provincially designated roles that anchor its referral base: it is the Provincial Reference Center for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) and a member of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) since 1988; a designated tertiary supra-regional pediatric trauma center and Center of Expertise in Neurotrauma; and operates a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (USIN/NICU), Pediatric Intensive Care Units (USIP 6 and USIP 8) caring for more than 850 complex patients per year, and specialty programs including the Eating Disorders Program (operating for over 25 years), Complex Pain Centre, Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Urology, Adolescent Medicine, and Pediatric Palliative Care.

Its core clinical infrastructure comprises ECMO, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT), advanced ventilation modes (high-frequency oscillatory and high-frequency jet ventilation), and the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP) national injury surveillance information system operated in partnership with the Public Health Agency of Canada. The hospital also runs a Research and Teaching program affiliated with McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, training future pediatric specialists and conducting clinical research (e.g., Dr. Pia Wintermark's neonatal HIE research). Support services include the Referral Portal (Portail de référence), Patient Complaints Commissioner, Media Relations, Infection Prevention and Patient Safety, Trauma Injury Prevention, and a Staff Directory.

Revenue is sourced primarily through the Quebec public health insurance system (RAMQ) for clinical services, supplemented by philanthropic donations channeled via Fondation du Children (Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation), out-of-province and uninsured patient fees administered through Client Accounts and Rates (Comptes clients et tarifs), and research grants and academic funding (e.g., FRSQ, NSERC). Patient access is driven by physician referrals via the Referral Portal, phone scheduling for follow-ups, walk-in emergencies, and inter-hospital transfers coordinated through the Centre de coordination de l'accès aux soins (CCAS) — a referral-driven, healthcare-professional-led intake model rather than a consumer-facing one. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is governed by the provincial public payer; non-medical newborn circumcision is explicitly not covered by RAMQ.

Name

Hôpital de Montréal pour enfants

Legal name

Hôpital de Montréal pour enfants (HME)

Website

https://hopitaldemontrealpourenfants.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1904

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Hôpital de Montréal pour enfants is the publicly funded pediatric teaching hospital of the McGill University Health Centre in Montréal, providing specialized tertiary care for newborns through age 18 across roughly 100 specialty clinics, including ECMO, trauma, NICU/PICU, and eating-disorder programs, funded via Quebec's RAMQ and the Children's Foundation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Healthcare Funding (Quebec Health System): As a hospital within the McGill University Health Centre (CUSM/MUHC), the institution is funded primarily by the Quebec public health system (RAMQ) for the provision of pediatric inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and specialized tertiary care services. Patient care services are publicly funded for residents covered by the provincial health insurance plan.
2. Donations via the Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation: Philanthropic donations raised through the Foundation du Children (Children's Foundation), channeled to support patient care, family programs, research, and capital needs. Donation page is integrated into the hospital website.
3. Out-of-province / uninsured patient fees and client accounts: The hospital operates a Client Accounts and Rates (Comptes clients et tarifs) service, billing non-residents, uninsured patients, or non-medically necessary procedures (e.g., newborn circumcision is noted as not covered by RAMQ for non-medical reasons).
4. Research Grants and Academic Funding: Funding for research activities through grants (e.g., Karine Gauthier held FRSQ, NSERC, and McGill research scholarships) and university-affiliated academic appointments at McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Hôpital de Montréal pour enfants provides specialized inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and tertiary pediatric care to newborns, infants, children, and adolescents (up to age 18) across roughly 100 specialty clinics and programs, integrated with teaching and research missions under the McGill University Health Centre (CUSM). Designated as Quebec's supra-regional pediatric trauma center and Provincial Reference Center for ECMO, it delivers advanced life-support services (ECMO, CRRT, advanced ventilation), neonatal intensive care, complex pediatric surgery, and specialty programs in cardiology, urology, eating disorders, and complex pain. It also trains future pediatric specialists through McGill University affiliation and operates pediatric injury surveillance via the CHIRPP program in partnership with the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Product overview

Hôpital de Montréal pour enfants (Montreal Children's Hospital, MCH) is a pediatric teaching hospital of the McGill University Health Centre (Centre universitaire de santé McGill / CUSM). It does not offer a single unified software product; rather, its public-facing web ecosystem consists of a WordPress-based website that publishes a Clinics Directory (Cliniques) of roughly 100 specialty clinics and support services. The core clinical services highlighted across the site include the Pediatric Emergency Department, the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit / Advanced Care Unit (USIP/USA) with its ECMO program, the designated supra-regional Trauma Center (Centre de traumatologie), the Eating Disorders Program, and specialty divisions such as Urology, Cardiology, Neonatology (USIN/NICU), Adolescent Medicine, Psychology, and the Complex Pain Centre. Surrounding these are support services that the website itself offers: the Referral Portal (Portail de référence) for first-appointment referrals, the Patient Complaints Commissioner (Commissaire aux plaintes), the Infection Prevention & Patient Safety Program, Media Relations, the Staff Directory, the Trauma Injury Prevention Program, and the hospital's research/teaching/careers pages. The Clinics Directory is the central navigational hub, organized alphabetically (A–Z) across outpatient clinics, inpatient services, and support services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pediatric Emergency Department (Service des urgences) Tertiary pediatric emergency service providing 24/7 acute care to children and adolescents, serving as the primary public entry point for emergencies.
• Pediatric Intensive Care Unit / Advanced Care Unit (USIP / USA) Provincial referral center caring for more than 850 complex patients per year (newborns to age 18) with specialized programs including ECMO, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT), advanced ventilation, and a designated trauma program. Member of ELSO since 1988.
• Trauma Center (Centre de traumatologie) Designated provincial supra-regional tertiary pediatric trauma center and neurotrauma center of expertise, operating five interprofessional clinical programs: neurotrauma, general trauma, burn trauma, mild traumatic brain injury/concussion clinic, and trauma team leadership.
• Urology Division Treats the full range of pediatric urological conditions from birth to adulthood with sub-specializations in minimally invasive surgery, stone surgery, urethral reconstruction, bladder exstrophy, disorders of sexual differentiation, genito-urinary tumors, peritoneal dialysis, renal transplantation, neurogenic bladder, and voiding disorders.
• Eating Disorders Program (Programme des troubles du comportement alimentaire)

Quantifiable outcome

• Provides care to more than 850 patients per year in the Pediatric Intensive Care Units (USIP 6 and USIP 8) alone
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, minor and core.

• Centre universitaire de santé McGill (CUSM/MUHC)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Hôpital de Montréal pour enfants (HME/MCH) operates as the pediatric hospital within the McGill University Health Centre (CUSM/MUHC). The CUSM is the parent institution responsible for IT security certification, privacy oversight, complaints commission, social media policy, and central support functions referenced throughout the MCH website. All MCH copyright and operations fall under '© Centre universitaire de santé McGill 2026.'
• Fondation du Children (Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation)flagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerPhilanthropic fundraising partner. The hospital website prominently features donation calls-to-action linking directly to the Foundation's secure donation platform. The Foundation raises funds to support hospital patient care, family programs, and research; 'Aidez les enfants, faites un don maintenant' messaging is integrated into the hospital homepage and footer.
• Santé QuébecminorOthersSanté Québec is referenced as an external health-information resource linked from the homepage for parents seeking guidance on caring for minor childhood illnesses at home. Not a formal partnership but a recognized public health resource co-referenced for patient education.
• Info-Santé (Quebec Health Line 8-1-1)minorOthersHospital's emergency guidance directs parents to call Info-Santé at 8-1-1 for non-urgent health advice before considering a visit to the pediatric emergency department. Recommended as a first point of contact for non-urgent cases as part of the hospital's tiered triage communication.
• Agence de la santé publique du Canada (Public Health Agency of Canada)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Debbie Friedman serves as Director of the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP), operated in partnership with the Public Health Agency of Canada. CHIRPP is a national injury surveillance system providing research data that informs hospital trauma prevention programs.
• Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe hospital's ECMO program has been a member of the international Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) consortium since 1988, an international consortium of healthcare centers. This affiliation supports protocol standardization, data sharing, and quality benchmarking for extracorporeal life support.
• Children's Healthcare Canada (Soins de santé pour enfants Canada)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry association partner. Multiple hospital experts attended the Children's Healthcare Canada annual conference (May 31 to June 2) in Calgary under the theme 'Tomorrow's Promise, Today's Plan: Transforming Children's Healthcare in Canada.' Participation supports knowledge exchange and policy collaboration across Canadian pediatric hospitals.
• Commissaire aux plaintes et à la qualité du CUSM (CUSM Complaints Commissioner)coreOthersOperates as the hospital's complaints commissioner and ombudsperson, assisting patients and families in investigating and resolving complaints. Mailing address 1001 Décarie, Salle D02.7017; phone 514 412-4400 ext 22223. Patients can submit complaints via email or the CUSM complaints form.
• Santé publique Ontario (Public Health Ontario) and Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInformation sources for CPE (Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae) clinical guidance. The CPE page content was authored by infection prevention and control advisors at the hospital and is based on publications from these public health agencies.
• Fondation des étoiles (implied via pediatric research context)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerReference to research study led by Dr. Pia Wintermark that Adam's family participated in reflects ongoing pediatric research collaborations; no formal partnership announcement provided in source data.
• Centre de coordination de l'accès aux soins (CCAS)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerProvincial access-to-care coordination body that channels inter-hospital transfer requests (notably trauma) to the hospital's trauma center. Referring urgentologists must contact the CCAS at 514-412-4242 (press 1 for trauma) to initiate a transfer.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• IWK Health Centre: Halifax-based pediatric and women's academic health centre serving the Maritime provinces. Direct peer in pediatric tertiary and trauma care with an integrated research-teaching mission analogous to MCH's.
• The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids): Canada's largest pediatric academic health sciences centre, affiliated with the University of Toronto. Direct peer in pediatric tertiary care, research, and teaching at a national scale; sets the benchmark for specialty programs, outcomes, and fundraising that MCH competes against.
• CHU Sainte-Justine: Montreal's other major pediatric tertiary and academic hospital, operated by Université de Montréal. Direct peer competing for Quebec provincial pediatric reference designations (ECMO, trauma, neurotrauma), specialist talent, and referral volumes across the same catchment.
• McMaster Children's Hospital: Hamilton-based pediatric academic hospital affiliated with McMaster University. Direct peer in pediatric tertiary services, family-centered care, and pediatric residency/research training.
• BC Children's Hospital: British Columbia's primary pediatric tertiary and academic hospital affiliated with UBC. Direct peer in provincial pediatric reference roles, PICU/ECMO capability, trauma designation, and integrated research-teaching missions.
• Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO): Ottawa-based pediatric tertiary and academic hospital serving eastern Ontario and western Quebec. Direct peer in pediatric specialty care, research, and provincial referral mandates; potential referral partner/competitor for MCH in the Outaouais region.
• Children's Hospital of Winnipeg (Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg): Manitoba's primary pediatric tertiary hospital operating within the Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg. Direct peer in pediatric intensive care, neonatology, and provincial referral mandates.
• Alberta Children's Hospital: Calgary-based pediatric academic hospital affiliated with the University of Calgary. Direct peer in pediatric tertiary care, trauma services, and family-centered programs; also the site of the Children's Healthcare Canada annual conference MCH attended.

Broad incumbents

• McGill University Health Centre (CUSM / MUHC): Parent institution of MCH within Quebec's public health network. Broad incumbent providing shared administrative, IT, privacy, and complaints oversight across adult and pediatric sites; relevant for capital planning and integrated care pathways but not a direct competitor.

Others

• Fondation du Children (Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation): Affiliated fundraising entity that channels philanthropic donations to MCH. Comparable in role to peer hospital foundations (e.g., SickKids Foundation, CHU Sainte-Justine Foundation) and a key GTM/partner channel for donor-driven capital and program growth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/hme.mch

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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