Value-Based Health Care (VBHC) Effectiveness Research Laboratory
Division of Community Nursing & Health Promotion
Faculty of Health Sciences with the Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine
ABOUT US
The aim of establishing the Laboratory is to conduct interdisciplinary research on the effectiveness and efficiency of value-based healthcare models, in line with international recommendations from the WHO, the OECD and the European Commission. It will integrate data on Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs), Patient-Reported Experience Measures (PREMs) and cost-effectiveness analysis (HTAs, QALYs), as well as health care digitisation, to support the development of a sustainable health system.
Research activities
1. Evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of health services from patient, payer and system perspectives.
2. Modelling and implementation of Value-Based Health Care.
3. Implementation of nursing care effectiveness indicators (C-HOBIC, RNAO).
4. Standardisation and integration of data for research using semantic interoperability (ICNP®) in analytical systems.
5. Education of medical staff, especially advanced practice nurses (APNs).
Infrastructure
An Advanced Practice Nursing (APN) office with equipment (spirometer, pulse oximeter, ECG, scale, blood pressure monitor). Access to IT systems (ADPIECare, ONTOS), RNAO tools.
Planned research projects (2025-2028)
- Care Transition in Advanced Practice Nursing – a VBHC pilot in Primary Health Care and hospitals
- Evaluation of the implementation of a value-based care model for patients with COPD and CVD
- Studies on PROMs/PREMs and quality of life among patients in an integrated care model
- Research on digital maturity in nursing care
International collaboration:
- Dublin City University
- The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario
- UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems University College Dublin
- Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto
Publications
Biega, N., Kilańska, D., Hourican, S., & Lehwaldt, D. (2023). Experiences, Barriers and Supports in Digital Assessment Across 4 European Educational Institutions. W L. G. Chova, C. G. Martínez, & J. Lees (Red.), 15th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (s. 3213). https://doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2023.0890
Borzuchowska, M., Kilańska, D., Kozłowski, R., Iltchev, P., Czapla, T., Marczewska, S., & Marczak, M. (2023). The Effectiveness of Healthcare System Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study. Medicina, 59, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59050946
Chmielarz, A., Wieczorek-Wójcik, B., Zdęba-Mozoła, A., Kozłowski, R., Kilańska, D., Solarz, J. K., Czapla, T., & Marczak, M. (2023). Assessment of the Level of Practical and Theoretical Knowledge as a Starting Point for the Implementation of Lean Hospital Concept. Systems, 11, Article 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/systems11100517
Kieliszek, M., Kilańska, D., & Wrzesińska, M. (2019). Poland. W Y. W. Kemenade (Red.), Healthcare in Europe 2019: the finance and reimbursement systems of 11 European countries: Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Turkey (s. 127–145).
Kilańska, D., & Gaworska-Krzemińska, A. (2023). Clinical effectiveness through the tools of description and measurement of the quality of nursing care. European Journal of Translational and Clinical Medicine, 6, Article Suppl. 4.
Kilańska, D., Gaworska-Krzemińska, A., Karolczak, A., Szynkiewicz, P., & Greber, M. (2019). Work patterns and a tendency among Polish nurses to leave their job. Medycyna Pracy, 70, Article 2. https://doi.org/10.13075/mp.5893.00727
Kilańska, D., Lipert, A., Guzek, M., Engelseth, P., Marczak, M., Sienkiewicz, K., & Kozłowski, R. J. (2022). Increased Accessibility to Primary Healthcare due to Nurse Prescribing of Medicines. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010292
Kilańska, D., Ogonowska, A., Librowska, B., Kusiak, M., Marczak, M., & Kozłowski, R. (2022). The Usability of IT Systems in Document Management, Using the Example of the ADPIECare Dorothea Documentation and Nurse Support System. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, Article 14. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148805
Kózka, M., Brzostek, T., Ksykiewicz-Dorota, A., Gabryś, T., Kilańska, D. M., Ogarek, M., Cisek, M., Przewoźniak, L., & Brzyski, P. (2019). Poland. W A. M. Rafferty, R. Busse, B. Zander-Jentsch, W. Sermeus, & L. Bruyneel (Red.), Strengthening health systems through nursing: Evidence from 14 European countries (T. 52, s. 109–119).
Szydłowska-Pawlak, P., Matczak, A., Librowska, B., Zdżalik, E., Kilańska, D., & Wielemborek-Musiał, K. (2019). Evaluation of the workload of nurses caring for patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia in a neonatal intensive care unit, according to the TISS-28 and NEMS scales. Problemy Pielęgniarstwa, 27, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.5114/ppiel.2019.84626
Wieczorek-Wójcik, B., Gaworska-Krzemińska, A., Owczarek, A., & Kilańska, D. (2024). Economic evaluation of the prevention of falls resulting from missed care in polish hospitals. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1228471
Wieczorek-Wójcik, B., Gaworska-Krzemińska, A., Owczarek, A., Wójcik, M., Orzechowska, M., & Kilańska, D. (2022). The Influence of Nurse Education Level on Hospital Readmissions—A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, Article 7. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074177
Wieczorek-Wójcik, B., Gaworska-Krzemińska, A., Szynkiewicz, P. R., Wójcik, M., Orzechowska, M., & Kilańska, D. (2022). Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Improving Nurses’ Education Level in the Context of In-Hospital Mortality. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, Article 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020996
Wieczorek‐Wójcik, B., Krzemińska, A. G., Owczarek, A. J., & Kilańska, D. M. (2020). “In-hospital mortality as the side effect of missed care. Journal of Nursing Management”: https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12965, 28, Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12965
Wieczorek-Wójcik, B., Milewska, A. J., Kilańska, D., Kulma-Pytlak, A., Iltchev, P., Iltchev, P., Gaworska-Krzemińska, A., & Kozłowski, R. (2025). Patient Perspectives on Coordinated Care: Preliminary Results from the Implementation Stage Using Patient-Reported Experience Measures. Healthcare, 13, Article 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13091026
CONTACT
Value-Based Health Care (VBHC) Effectiveness Research Laboratory
Division of Community Nursing & Health Promotion
Medical University of Gdańsk
Powstania Styczniowego 9B Street
8 floor, room 809B
81-519 Gdynia
Phone 58 349 19 80
Dr Habil. Dorota Kilańska, Assoc. Prof.
E-mail dorota.kilanska@gumed.edu.pl
Phone 583 499 470
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Prof. Dr. Christoph von Dach
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Mail christoph.vondach@bfh.ch
Dr Chanel Watson
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Mail chanelwatson@rcsi.ie
Angelika Jakubowska, M.A. (Assistant)
E-mail angelika.jakubowska@gumed.edu.pl
Phone 583 499 468
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Magdalena Kuzepska, M.A. (Assistant)
E-mail magdalena.kuzepska@gumed.edu.pl
Phone 583 499 467
Michał Milewski, M.A.
E-mail michal.milewski@gumed.edu.pl
Phone 583 499 471
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Aleksandra Rutkowska, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor)
E-mail aleksandra.rutkowska@gumed.edu.pl
Phone 583 499 4667
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Anetta Ziółek, M.A.
Mail anetta.ziolek@gumed.edu.pl
Phone 583 499 466
Advance Nurse Practitioner, Szkocja
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