HealthTech of the Week: MCSC Opened the Door for Them. Nursee Prepares to Scale Across European Healthtech

A growing shortage of staff, an aging population, pressure to improve efficiency, and rising infection risks — today’s healthcare reality demands new tools. We have emphasized this many times in our HealthTech of the Week series, and today we can highlight another solution that helps address these problems. Nursee, a Polish real-time video analysis system, is emerging as one of the most promising responses to these challenges. After years of industrial experience, its creators are now directing their know-how to where the shortage is most acute: caregivers and nurses working under increasingly heavy pressure.

The team behind Nursee did not start in healthtech, yet their previous background became the foundation of the current project. For years, they worked on advanced real-time video analysis in industrial settings, where precision, reaction speed, and reliability are absolutely critical. At some point, they began to ask themselves: could this technology be brought into an environment where attentive observation is even more important, patient care?

– We noticed that healthcare lacks tools that could relieve staff of the most demanding and exhausting task: continuous patient observation – says Maciej Migacz, the project’s CEO.

Data confirmed the scale of the issue: the average age of a Polish nurse is around 54, and the number of patients requiring round-the-clock care is rising much faster than the number of people available to look after them. Add to that additional challenges: hospital-acquired infections, growing antimicrobial resistance, and increasing strain on the entire system.

Nursee was therefore created as technological extra eyes for medical staff – a tool that doesn’t replace humans but helps them act more effectively and safely. And, as it turns out, the future has already validated this need.

Privacy First

One of the first questions raised in the context of intelligent patient-monitoring systems is, of course, privacy. The creators of Nursee approached this area with exceptional caution, designing the system to minimize access to visual data.

– In Nursee, we treat the image as a signal. We don’t record it, store it, or make it available to staff. It’s not just about legal compliance, including GDPR, it’s fundamentally a matter of human decency and respect for patients – the founders emphasize.

That’s why the system’s vigilance is based exclusively on real-time analysis. Only when an incident requires intervention can single, anonymized frames be shared, frames that are impossible to use for patient identification. Importantly, all analysis can run entirely within the facility’s local infrastructure, without any data leaving the premises. This approach makes Nursee not only helpful but also compliant with the strictest safety standards.

The Role of MCSC and the First Hospital Pilots

In HealthTech of the Week, we’ve often observed that for many young projects the toughest challenge is… simply getting through the hospital door. Hospitals are cautious by nature, and deployments require strong credibility and solid proof that the product works, after all, human health (and often life) is at stake. Until now, the Nursee team primarily worked with care homes, where implementation barriers are lower. Hospitals, however, particularly valued two aspects: increased patient safety and meaningful relief for personnel who are currently operating at the very limits of capacity.

Participation in MCSC quickly translated into interest from investors and technology partners. This accelerated the development of the innovation, enabling the current version of the system to run 24/7. Thanks to infrared support at night, image quality remains sufficient even in complete darkness. What’s more, AI detects movement in real time. That means risks such as falls (e.g., approaching the edge of the bed), patients leaving the room, or breaches of isolation protocols are immediately signaled, enabling rapid staff intervention.

Why does this matter? Because these functions play a crucial role in the day-to-day operation of hospital wards. As the creators highlight, each of these situations requires an immediate response, yet they often go unnoticed when staffing levels are low. This is precisely where Nursee fulfills its mission: helping at the exact moment it is needed most.

What’s Next? Trend Analysis and Detecting Emergencies

The Nursee team is looking far ahead. They are currently developing modules for long-term monitoring of patient behavior, especially in care homes where subtle changes in activity can indicate serious health risks. In the future, the system could track the frequency of awakenings, nighttime activity, sitting on the bed, or shifts in daily rhythm. Such data can support both caregivers and physicians managing treatment.

Another planned set of functionalities includes more advanced applications: attempts to assess pain in bedridden patients, potentially improving treatment decisions, as well as detecting acute conditions such as delirium or epileptic episodes. 

– The potential is enormous. We rely on a single infrastructure cameras and as our algorithms grow stronger, we can deliver increasingly valuable support to healthcare staff – explains Maciej Migacz.

The team is also exploring the detection of especially dangerous incidents, such as accidental removal of a cannula. This is a rare occurrence, but one that requires an immediate response. As the creators emphasize, participation in MCSC has become an important element in building their credibility with hospitals and investors. They plan to leverage this momentum in the next stages of development. In the near future, the goal is to expand pilots and deepen collaboration with facilities that have already expressed interest in testing the system. In parallel, discussions with new partners are underway, along with preparations for international expansion, for which we are already keeping our fingers crossed.

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