Centralny Szpital Kliniczny i Instytut Stomatologii Uniwersytetu Medycznego. SPZOZ

What Centralny Szpital Kliniczny i Instytut Stomatologii Uniwersytetu Medycznego. SPZOZ does

Centralny Szpital Kliniczny i Instytut Stomatologii Uniwersytetu Medycznego (CSK UM w Łodzi) is a public university hospital operating as a Samodzielny Publiczny Zakład Opieki Zdrowotnej (SPZOZ) in Łódź, Poland, affiliated with and supervised by Uniwersytet Medyczny w Łodzi (Medical University of Łódź). Founded in 1945, it operates across four locations including the main campus at ul. Pomorska 251, the Uniwersyteckie Centrum Pediatrii im. M. Konopnickiej (pediatric center), the admissions and pediatric diabetes clinic on ul. Sporna, and the youth mental health center on ul. Bardowskiego. The hospital delivers a full spectrum of tertiary clinical services spanning 40+ clinical departments — including emergency medicine, obstetrics/gynecology (ranked 1st in Fundacja Rodzić po Ludzku 2024), cardiology (elevating to OK III Reference Cardiac Center status under a PLN 32.58M KPO modernization), pediatrics, maxillofacial surgery under the Instytut Stomatologii, nuclear medicine, pathology, and mental health services.

The technology backbone comprises the Szpitalny System Informatyczny Eskulap 2000 (HIS), KS-SOMED for dental outpatient clinics, an e-Rejestracja portal, online laboratory results access, and a biometric Digital Signature solution deployed via the Interreg Health Labs4Value Living Lab program. The hospital is undergoing a substantive digital transformation: a PLN 14.76M KPO-funded e-services project (KPOD.07.03-IP.10-0221/25) integrates hospital systems with the national P1 platform operated by Centrum e-Zdrowia and embeds AI-driven documentation processing, with implementation running May 2025 through July 2026.

The business model rests on three pillars: (1) NFZ (Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia) reimbursement contracts covering the majority of inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and specialist services under Poland's universal healthcare scheme; (2) fee-for-service 'Usługi poza NFZ' private-pay services with published price lists spanning laboratory diagnostics, imaging, cardiology, stomatology, and molecular pathology; and (3) EU and KPO grant co-financing — aggregating over PLN 100 million across active and pipeline projects — funding infrastructure modernization, equipment procurement, and digital transformation. The hospital is governed by Polish healthcare regulations and supervised by the Ministry of Health, with no equity issuance, venture capital, or private ownership structures.

Name

Centralny Szpital Kliniczny i Instytut Stomatologii Uniwersytetu Medycznego. SPZOZ

Legal name

Samodzielny Publiczny Zakład Opieki Zdrowotnej Centralny Szpital Kliniczny Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Łodzi

Website

https://csk.umed.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Public university hospital (SPZOZ) in Łódź, Poland, affiliated with the Medical University of Łódź, providing tertiary clinical care across four facilities including adult, pediatric, dental, and mental health services, reimbursed primarily through Poland's NFZ universal healthcare system and supplemented by EU infrastructure grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

University Hospital Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (62211), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110), Offices of Physicians (62111)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Regional General Hospitals (HLAFAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitals (HLAFAHAH)

Keywords

• University hospital services
• Public healthcare services
• Specialist outpatient clinics
• Emergency medical services
• Dental institute services

Headquarters

HQ city

Łódź

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 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. NFZ (Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia) — Public Healthcare Reimbursements: The primary revenue stream comes from contracts with the Polish National Health Fund (NFZ), which reimburses hospital and outpatient services under the public universal healthcare scheme. This covers the vast majority of clinical services, hospitalizations, diagnostics, and specialist consultations.
2. Private Pay / Non-NFZ Services: Patients can access services outside the NFZ basket, including diagnostic tests, cosmetic/aesthetic procedures, and specialist consultations on a fee-for-service basis. Pricing is published on the hospital's 'Cenniki' (price lists) page, covering areas such as laboratory tests, imaging, cardiology diagnostics, stomatology, and more.
3. EU Project Co-financing: The hospital generates supplemental revenue through EU-funded infrastructure and modernization projects. While these are grants (not direct revenue), they fund equipment, digital infrastructure, and construction that would otherwise require capital expenditure, effectively subsidizing operational capacity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Centralny Szpital Kliniczny Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Łodzi is a public university hospital providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient medical services, emergency care (SOR), maternity/obstetric care, pediatric care, dental/stomatology services, cardiology, psychiatry, and diagnostic imaging across 40+ clinical departments. Services are delivered through the Polish National Health Fund (NFZ) public system and through direct private pay (Usługi poza NFZ), supported by digital patient tools including E-Rejestracja and online laboratory results retrieval.

Product overview

Centralny Szpital Kliniczny i Instytut Stomatologii Uniwersytetu Medycznego. SPZOZ is a public university hospital in Łódź, Poland, operating as a multi-facility healthcare institution. The hospital provides healthcare services through three main centers: Uniwersyteckie Centrum Pediatryczne im. M. Konopnickiej (UCP) for pediatric care, Centrum Kliniczno-Dydaktyczne (CKD) for adult clinical services, and the Institute of Dentistry. Patient-facing digital services include e-registration, electronic laboratory results, dietary information, and online consultations through the hospital website at csk.umed.pl. The hospital operates internal information systems including Szpitalny System Informatyczny Eskulap 2000 for general hospital operations and KS-SOMED for dental clinics, with ongoing digitization projects including AI implementation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Uniwersyteckie Centrum Pediatrii im. M. Konopnickiej: University Pediatric Center named after M. Konopnicka, providing comprehensive pediatric healthcare services.
• Łódzki Ośrodek Dawców Szpiku
• Centrum Zdrowia Psychicznego

Products and services

• E-Rejestracja (Electronic Patient Registration) Online self-service patient registration portal allowing patients to book appointments for specialist outpatient clinics at the hospital.
• Online Laboratory Test Results Portal Online access system allowing patients to remotely retrieve laboratory test results from the hospital information system.
• Łódzki Ośrodek Dawców Szpiku (Łódź Bone Marrow Donor Center) Regional bone marrow donor center promoting bone marrow donation and transplantation, operating under the Polish Donor Registry; offers donor recruitment, registration, and related educational/community outreach services.
• Klinika Chirurgii Szczękowo-Twarzowej (Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic) Specialized maxillofacial surgery department within the Instytut Stomatologii providing surgical treatment for facial, jaw, and oral conditions.
• Poradnia Laktacyjna (Lactation Clinic) Free NFZ-covered lactation consulting services for women delivering at the hospital, available on Thursdays 8:00-13:00 with phone registration.
• Non-NFZ Private Pay Clinical Services (Usługi poza NFZ) Fee-for-service medical procedures and diagnostics outside the NFZ basket, including laboratory tests, imaging, cardiology diagnostics, stomatology, dermatology, neurology, pulmonology, nuclear medicine, histopathology, and other specialist procedures with prices published on the hospital's price list pages.
• NFZ-Funded Inpatient and Outpatient Hospital Services Publicly funded comprehensive hospital services reimbursed by the Polish National Health Fund (NFZ), covering hospitalizations, specialist consultations, diagnostics, surgical procedures, maternity care, and pediatric services free at the point of use for insured patients.
• Centrum Zdrowia Psychicznego (Mental Health Center Services) Psychiatric and psychological services for adults and children/youth, including psychiatric assessments, psychotherapy, inpatient psychiatric care, and community mental health services operated from the Centrum Pomocy Psychiatrycznej i Psychologicznej dla Młodzieży and Centrum Zdrowia Psychicznego dla Dzieci i Młodzieży facilities.
• Klinika Położniczo-Ginekologiczna (Obstetrics and Gynecology / Maternity Services) Maternity, prenatal, labor and delivery, and postnatal care services ranked among the top maternity hospitals in the Łódź Voivodeship (Top 3 for 2024, 1st place in the 'Rodzić po Ludzku' 2024 ranking).
• Uniwersyteckie Centrum Pediatrii im. M. Konopnickiej (Pediatric Hospital Services) Comprehensive pediatric healthcare services for children and adolescents up to 18 years, including hospitalizations, outpatient clinics, pediatric emergency care, neonatal care, childhood vaccination, pediatric diabetes management, and pediatric hematology/oncology services.
• Szpitalny Oddział Ratunkowy (Hospital Emergency Department — SOR) 24/7 emergency medical services for adults and children, including a dedicated Pediatric Emergency Department equipped with cardiac monitors, defibrillators, ventilators, infusion pumps, and other emergency medical devices funded through EU grants.

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Centrum e-Zdrowia (Poland's National e-Health Center)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 May 2025Under the KPO-funded 'Wdrożenie e-usług w CSK UM w Łodzi' project, CSK UM is integrating its hospital information systems with the national P1 platform of Centrum e-Zdrowia, connecting to the central medical data repository and the Platforma Usług Inteligentnych (PUI). This is a mandatory national infrastructure integration.
• Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK)minorOthers · 1 January 2022The hospital's designated banking partner for receiving public funds, EU project disbursements, and processing NFZ reimbursements. Listed as the bank for the hospital's account: 70 1130 1163 0014 7148 0720 0001.
• Uniwersytet Medyczny w Łodzi (Medical University of Łódź)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021CSK UM is the clinical teaching hospital of the Medical University of Łódź. The partnership integrates clinical care with medical education and research. The university provides academic oversight, research collaboration, and student training. The hospital provides clinical training facilities and contributes to medical research. Additionally, both institutions collaborate on the Interreg Health Labs4Value project.
• Interreg Central Europe — Health Labs4Value Consortium (11 partners across Central Europe)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021CSK UM is one of 11 consortium partners in the Health Labs4Value project under Interreg Central Europe 2021-2027. The project aims to introduce innovation to healthcare facilities following Value-Based Healthcare and Open Innovation 2.0 doctrines, creating a Living Lab ecosystem. Partners include healthcare institutions and innovation centers from across Central Europe.
• Ministerstwo Zdrowia (Ministry of Health of Poland)coreOthers · 1 January 2014CSK UM operates under the supervision of the Ministry of Health and receives Ministry co-financing (dotacja) for EU-funded projects (e.g., cardiac equipment modernization, pediatric ward upgrades, mental health infrastructure). The Ministry of Health also issues the clinical approvals and guidelines under which the hospital operates.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves16 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Karolinska University Hospital: Major Nordic academic medical center. Comparable as a publicly funded university teaching hospital integrating multi-specialty clinical care, research, and digital transformation at a larger scale.
• Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin: One of Europe's largest university hospitals. Comparable as a publicly funded academic medical center combining multi-specialty clinical care, medical education, and research, with active digital health and AI initiatives.

Direct peers

• Instytut Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki w Łodzi: Specialty women-and-children's hospital also located in Łódź. Comparable as a Polish public specialty teaching hospital in the same catchment area, with overlapping obstetrics/gynecology and pediatric services competing for the same NFZ patient pool.
• Szpital Uniwersytecki w Krakowie: University Hospital in Kraków, a major SPZOZ clinical teaching facility affiliated with Jagiellonian University. Comparable scale, multi-specialty footprint, NFZ reimbursement, and EU-funded infrastructure programs.
• Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy: National oncology institute with a branch in Łódź. Comparable as a Polish public specialty hospital/institute under Ministry of Health oversight, combining tertiary care, research, and EU-funded modernization.
• Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne w Gdańsku: University Clinical Center in Gdańsk, another Polish public academic hospital with multi-specialty services and similar EU-funded modernization. Comparable as a regional tertiary referral center under the Medical University of Gdańsk.
• Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny im. Jana Mikulicza-Radeckiego we Wrocławiu: University Clinical Hospital in Wrocław affiliated with the Medical University of Wrocław. Comparable as a Polish SPZOZ multi-specialty teaching hospital with NFZ funding and active EU/KPO modernization programs.
• Szpital Kliniczny im. Heliodora Święcickiego UM w Poznaniu: University clinical hospital in Poznań under the Medical University of Poznań. Same SPZOZ legal form, NFZ-funded multi-specialty hospital with academic teaching mission and similar EU grant pipeline.
• Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne Warszawskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego: Public university hospital in Warsaw affiliated with the Medical University of Warsaw. Comparable as a Polish SPZOZ clinical teaching hospital with multi-specialty services, NFZ reimbursement, and EU-funded modernization projects.

Regional players

• Wojewódzki Szpital Specjalistyczny im. Mikołaja Kopernika w Łodzi: Regional specialist hospital in Łódź. Comparable as a competing public multi-specialty provider in the same geographic market, drawing on the same NFZ-funded patient base in central Poland.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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