2024 Edition
Implementation of Innovation in Healthcare
Categories: outpatient care, hospital care, Innovator
The “Implementation of Innovation in Healthcare” competition was addressed to a broad audience: doctors and medical staff, facility management, administrative personnel, IT professionals, and new technology experts.
It was open to both those who implemented their innovative ideas in single facilities and those whose solutions already operate on a larger scale.
Competition goal: To promote new solutions and best practices by awarding clinics and hospitals that have developed effective methods for implementing innovation, and to recognize leaders whose implementation, educational, and public activities widely support and promote innovation.
Competition Categories
- Outpatient care – Dr. Małgorzata Kiljańska
- Hospital care – Dr. Tomasz Maciejewski
- Innovator – Katarzyna Sadowska-Cioch
Evaluation Criteria
- Innovation of the solution
- Effectiveness of implementation – is the innovation used daily, and at what scale
- Were the benefits of the innovation measured from the perspective of doctors/medical staff, patients, and the facility
- What was the role of doctors in the implementation
- Implementation potential in other facilities, systems, or countries
- For the Innovator category: educational activity supporting innovation (lectures, training, publications, etc.)
- For the Innovator category: public engagement supporting innovation (e.g., in scientific societies, associations, unions, etc.)
Competition Winners
Hospital Care Category
iWound Telemedicine System – Hospital of the Baptism of Poland Memorial in Gniezno
Implementation Leader: Marcin Cieślak
Implementation Team: Tomasz Banasiewicz, Piotr Piątek, Krzysztof Łuczak, Wojciech Francuzik, Paweł Cyrson, Krzysztof Karaś, Karol Makowski, Olena Sotnyk
iWound is a telemedicine solution that enables remote patient contact with specialists in monitoring and treating postoperative and chronic wounds. The hospital-developed app offers consultations, document sharing, surveys, treatment recommendations, and billing – all in one secure place. It includes a prehabilitation module for physical and psychological preparation for surgery, with access to dietitians, physiotherapists, psychologists, nurses, and doctors.
Outpatient Care Category
System Software for Coordinated Care Management – CenterMed Sp. z o.o. in Tarnów
Implementation Leader: Andrzej Witek
Implementation Team: Elżbieta Szczecina, Michał Boryczko
The software improves coordinated care delivery, enables faster and more efficient patient data management, and better team communication. It raises care quality, increases patient satisfaction, and enhances financial process efficiency. The tool integrates with office systems and includes five modules: IPOMy (care plan management), Test Billing, Patient Database, Controlling, and Statistics.
Innovator Category
Innovator: Dr. hab. Jarosław Biliński
Innovation: Mbiotix HBI Caps – oral intestinal microbiota
A safe alternative to fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) via colonoscopy or gastroscopy. This non-invasive method is crucial for patients unable to undergo those procedures. Mbiotix HBI Caps is the first capsule-based FMT product in Poland, with high bacterial viability, demonstrating 90% effectiveness in treating recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections.
Competition Finalists
Hospital Care Category
- University Clinical Center in Gdańsk
Innovation: HosPanel, an electronic medical rounds system with a module for the Early Response Team - Independent Public Healthcare Facility in Szamotuły
Innovation: Pilot treatment for patients with diabetic foot syndrome – Piotr Liszkowski, MD, PhD - Specialist Provincial Hospital in Ciechanów
Innovation: Designing changes to the organization of therapeutic processes based on the theory of Evidence-Based Design - University Clinical Hospital in Wrocław
Innovation: Implementation of the e-consylium project - University Clinical Center in Gdańsk
Innovation: SorBan - Baptism of Poland Memorial Hospital in Gniezno
Innovation: iWound Telemedicine System - Independent Public Clinical Hospital named after Prof. W. Orłowski in Warsaw
Innovation: Implementing modern care for patients over 65 years of age - Gemini Specialist Clinic in Żychlin
Innovation: Greater Poland Infection Control Team Consultations for Complicated Bone and Joint Infections - Jan Mikulicz-Radecki University Clinical Hospital in Wrocław
Innovation: Atrial arrhythmia ablation procedure using electroporation and a 3D electroanatomical system - Wiktor Dega Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital of the Karol Marcinkowski Medical University in Poznań
Innovation: Robotic rehabilitation for children and young adults with CP and other paralytic syndromes
Outpatient Care Category
- Goldenmed Medical Center in Warsaw
Innovation: Patient service optimization via HIS - Pain Clinic in Poznań
Innovation: Online pre-visit qualification - CMP Medical Center in Warsaw
Innovation: Skip the queue innovation - CenterMed Tarnów
Innovation: Coordinated care system software - COMARCH HEALTHCARE & iMed24 Kraków
Innovation: Patient Portal for online services - COMARCH HEALTHCARE & iMed24 Kraków
Innovation: eContractor B2B coordination platform - K+MED Gorzów Wlkp.
Innovation: Medication reviews in primary care - Hospital in Gniezno
Innovation: iWound telemedicine in post-hospital care - K+MED Gorzów Wlkp.
Innovation: Structured postgraduate internship in family medicine - COMARCH HEALTHCARE & iMed24 Kraków
Innovation: Takieai virtual receptionist system
Innovator Category
- prof. dr hab. n. med. Iwona Niedzielska
Innovation: Surgical navigation system for orthognathic surgery - dr Agnieszka Siennicka
Innovation: Creating an environment conducive to innovation - dr Michał Mikulski
Innovation: Robotic rehab devices with EMG & EMS - lek. Ewa Pawłowska
Innovation: HORUS app - dr n. med. Agnieszka Sawicka
Innovation: STRUCTOGRAM training system in healthcare - Dr. hab. Jarosław Biliński
Innovation: Mbiotix HBI Caps - dr hab. Jerzy Sacha
Innovation: Percutaneous subclavian-axillary access for Impella/TAVI - dr n. med. Jakub Kwiatek
Innovation: Pantomonitoring system - dr n. o zdr. Paweł Sip
Innovation: VR Hand Mirror app - dr hab. n. med. i n. o zdr. Piotr Czempik
Innovation: Red cell transfusion protocol for adult anemia
Awards and Benefits
Winners in each category receive a voucher for participation in one of two specialized modules of the MBA in Healthcare program. Prize funded by the Postgraduate Education Center – Lazarski University.
Competition Jury
The jury of the “Implementation of Innovation in Healthcare” competition included representatives passionate about innovation from public and private healthcare institutions, patient organizations, scientific societies, universities, public institutions, and innovative technology providers.
Łukasz Jankowski
Artur Drobniak
Artur Białoszewski
Aleksander Biesiada
Adam Boruch
Andrzej Browarski
Nikoletta Buczek
Bartłomiej Chmielowiec
Igor Farafonow
Małgorzata Gałązka-Sobotka
Michał Gontkiewicz
Arkadiusz Grądkowski
Paulina Gumowska
Paulina Ignatowska-Zaremba
Tomasz Jeruzalski
Iwona Kania
Paweł Kaźmierczyk
Małgorzata Kiljańska
Katarzyna Kolasa
Magdalena Kołodziej
Tomasz Maciejewski
Małgorzata Maj
Agnieszka Mastalerz-Migas
Artur Olesch
Dariusz Paluszek
Krystyna Piskorz-Ogórek
Marcin Połowniak
Artur Prusaczyk
Katarzyna Sadowska-Cioch
Jolanta Sobieranska-Grenda
Łukasz Sosnowski
Piotr Soszyński
Marzena Sygut-Mirek
Grzegorz Wrona
Małgorzata Wywrot
Tomasz Zieliński
Diana Żochowska
Hubert Życiński
Examples of innovations to report
Competition schedule
13.06 – 15.09
Submission registration
16.09 – 29.09
Evaluation by the Network of Innovative Doctors (NIL IN) community
03.10-13.10
Jury evaluation
03.10
Contact with top-rated submissions for further evaluation
03.10-13.10
Submission of additional presentation materials
24-31.10
Jury panel meeting
21.11
Announcement of winners
Technology Partner
Media Partner
Competition Sponsor
Postgraduate Education Center – Lazarski University
Voting in the competition:
In this year’s competition, we invite the NIL IN Community to vote in the first stage.
People who are members of the community or join it by September 11, 2024, will be able to participate in the vote. People outside the NIL IN community will not be able to participate. The 10 highest-scoring entries in each category will advance to the second stage of the evaluation process – by the Competition Jury.