Czech hospitals pay twice for every medical report. Grants worth 2.1bn CZK for hospital records close in December.

Doctors type reports as free text, then other staff re-read them by hand.2 sourceshackjakbrno.czHack jak Brno 2026 — StructREP, Masarykův onkologický ústav (another site)Brno's cancer institute asks for a tool that lets doctors write structured radiology reports straight into the hospital system from smart templates, so the report is data at the moment it is written.In the source’s words“StructREP — Vytvořte nástroj, který umožní lékařům jednoduše psát strukturované radiologické nálezy přímo v nemocničním systému pomocí chytrých…”Stated need · hackjakbrno.czHack jak Brno 2026 — AutoCode AI, JINAG (another site)The South Moravian public-innovation agency states that a hospital coding department spends hours transcribing discharge summaries into procedure and material codes for insurers by hand, that errors and…In the source’s words“AutoCode AI — Kodérské oddělení nemocnice tráví hodiny ručním přepisem epikríz do kódů výkonů a materiálů pro pojišťovny. Chyby nebo opomenutí…”Stated need · Two state grants pay named hospitals to upgrade, but both close to applications in December.2 sourcesIROPirop.gov.czIROP call 79 — eHealth for transition regions, open to 2 December 2026 (~1.14bn CZK) (another site)The open state eHealth grant call funds how hospitals keep their medical documentation so it can be exchanged, shared, stored and interpreted — up to 28M CZK per provider — and its list of eligible applicants…Subsidy · IROPirop.gov.czIROP calls 78 and 79 — eHealth, about 2.1bn CZK together (another site)The eHealth call in S8 has a companion, IROP call 78, with 471.9M CZK for its own list of named providers, up to 9.5M CZK each; both close on 2 December 2026 and together hold about 2.1bn CZK.In the source’s words“Evropský fond pro regionální rozvoj – 1 144 629 052 Kč Alokace výzvy Státní rozpočet – 490 555 308 Kč”Subsidy ·

Good for Developers who can plug into hospital software.

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Health
Entry
Very hard
Verified

The opportunity

2/2 · Clear, recurring pain

Doctors write findings and discharge summaries as free text, and other staff then read that same text again by hand.2 sourceshackjakbrno.czHack jak Brno 2026 — StructREP, Masarykův onkologický ústav (another site)Brno's cancer institute asks for a tool that lets doctors write structured radiology reports straight into the hospital system from smart templates, so the report is data at the moment it is written.In the source’s words“StructREP — Vytvořte nástroj, který umožní lékařům jednoduše psát strukturované radiologické nálezy přímo v nemocničním systému pomocí chytrých…”Stated need · hackjakbrno.czHack jak Brno 2026 — AutoCode AI, JINAG (another site)The South Moravian public-innovation agency states that a hospital coding department spends hours transcribing discharge summaries into procedure and material codes for insurers by hand, that errors and…In the source’s words“AutoCode AI — Kodérské oddělení nemocnice tráví hodiny ručním přepisem epikríz do kódů výkonů a materiálů pro pojišťovny. Chyby nebo opomenutí…”Stated need ·

  • A coding department turns discharge summaries into insurer codes by hand.hackjakbrno.czHack jak Brno 2026 — AutoCode AI, JINAG (another site)The South Moravian public-innovation agency states that a hospital coding department spends hours transcribing discharge summaries into procedure and material codes for insurers by hand, that errors and omissions cost money and overload staff, and asks for an AI that proposes the codes for a coder to validate.In the source’s words“AutoCode AI — Kodérské oddělení nemocnice tráví hodiny ručním přepisem epikríz do kódů výkonů a materiálů pro pojišťovny. Chyby nebo opomenutí znamenají finanční ztráty a přetížení personálu. Cílem je vyvinout AI”Stated need ·
  • Documentation staff dig the same facts out again for the cancer registry.hackjakbrno.czHack jak Brno 2026 — AI DocuHelper, Masarykův onkologický ústav (another site)The same institute states that extracting data from oncology records is slow and demanding today, and asks for an AI assistant that finds the key facts in a report, filters them and pre-fills forms for documentation staff, registries and research.In the source’s words“AI DocuHelper — Extrakce dat z onkologické dokumentace je dnes pomalá a náročná. Cílem je vytvořit AI asistenta, který dokumentátorům usnadní práci: rychle najde klíčové údaje ve zprávách, nabídne přehledné”Stated need ·
  • Brno's cancer institute set two challenges for such software in one week.2 sourceshackjakbrno.czHack jak Brno 2026 — StructREP, Masarykův onkologický ústav (another site)Brno's cancer institute asks for a tool that lets doctors write structured radiology reports straight into the hospital system from smart templates, so the report is data at the moment it is written.In the source’s words“StructREP — Vytvořte nástroj, který umožní lékařům jednoduše psát strukturované radiologické nálezy přímo v nemocničním systému pomocí chytrých…”Stated need · hackjakbrno.czHack jak Brno 2026 — AI DocuHelper, Masarykův onkologický ústav (another site)The same institute states that extracting data from oncology records is slow and demanding today, and asks for an AI assistant that finds the key facts in a report, filters them and pre-fills forms for…In the source’s words“AI DocuHelper — Extrakce dat z onkologické dokumentace je dnes pomalá a náročná. Cílem je vytvořit AI asistenta, který dokumentátorům usnadní práci:…”Stated need ·

Suggested solution

Build report templates that doctors fill in inside the hospital's own software, so staff only confirm the codes, as companies in Germany already do.

  1. Doctor. Today: Writes the report as free text. With the suggested solution: Fills a report template in the hospital system.
  2. Coder. Today: Re-reads the report for the insurer's codes. With the suggested solution: Confirms the proposed insurer codes.
  3. Documentarian. Today: Re-reads it for the cancer registry. With the suggested solution: Confirms the proposed registry entry.
  4. Who does this is not known. Today: What happens when the insurer queries or rejects a coded case, and who answers it, is not known. With the suggested solution: Unchanged — the suggested solution changes how the report is written, not what follows the claim.

Not known: what happens when the insurer queries or rejects a coded case, and who answers it.

Why now

1/3 · Soft deadline

A coding department loses hours to hand transcription, and the state money to pay for the fix closes in December.2 sourceshackjakbrno.czHack jak Brno 2026 — AutoCode AI, JINAG (another site)The South Moravian public-innovation agency states that a hospital coding department spends hours transcribing discharge summaries into procedure and material codes for insurers by hand, that errors and…In the source’s words“AutoCode AI — Kodérské oddělení nemocnice tráví hodiny ručním přepisem epikríz do kódů výkonů a materiálů pro pojišťovny. Chyby nebo opomenutí…”Stated need · IROPirop.gov.czIROP call 79 — eHealth for transition regions, open to 2 December 2026 (~1.14bn CZK) (another site)The open state eHealth grant call funds how hospitals keep their medical documentation so it can be exchanged, shared, stored and interpreted — up to 28M CZK per provider — and its list of eligible applicants…Subsidy ·

  • Every omission in hand coding loses the hospital money and overloads its staff.hackjakbrno.czHack jak Brno 2026 — AutoCode AI, JINAG (another site)The South Moravian public-innovation agency states that a hospital coding department spends hours transcribing discharge summaries into procedure and material codes for insurers by hand, that errors and omissions cost money and overload staff, and asks for an AI that proposes the codes for a coder to validate.In the source’s words“AutoCode AI — Kodérské oddělení nemocnice tráví hodiny ručním přepisem epikríz do kódů výkonů a materiálů pro pojišťovny. Chyby nebo opomenutí znamenají finanční ztráty a přetížení personálu. Cílem je vyvinout AI”Stated need ·
  • Named hospitals can apply to two state grants until 2 December 2026.2 sourcesIROPirop.gov.czIROP call 79 — eHealth for transition regions, open to 2 December 2026 (~1.14bn CZK) (another site)The open state eHealth grant call funds how hospitals keep their medical documentation so it can be exchanged, shared, stored and interpreted — up to 28M CZK per provider — and its list of eligible applicants…Subsidy · IROPirop.gov.czIROP calls 78 and 79 — eHealth, about 2.1bn CZK together (another site)The eHealth call in S8 has a companion, IROP call 78, with 471.9M CZK for its own list of named providers, up to 9.5M CZK each; both close on 2 December 2026 and together hold about 2.1bn CZK.In the source’s words“Evropský fond pro regionální rozvoj – 1 144 629 052 Kč Alokace výzvy Státní rozpočet – 490 555 308 Kč”Subsidy ·
  • Coders at 23 hospitals ran 2,200 cases through a free assistant in July.stapro.czSTAPRO — AI coding assistant in 23 Czech hospitals, free to 31 August 2026 (another site)The hospital-system vendor Stapro reports its AI assistant for insurer coding running in 23 hospitals on a free pilot, with 2,200 unique cases coded through it in July 2026 alone — the buyer side voting with its coders' time.News ·

Willing to pay

2/2 · Clear signs

Hospitals pay for the coding half today: in coders' time, and in software that proposes the codes from the report.2 sourceshackjakbrno.czHack jak Brno 2026 — AutoCode AI, JINAG (another site)The South Moravian public-innovation agency states that a hospital coding department spends hours transcribing discharge summaries into procedure and material codes for insurers by hand, that errors and…In the source’s words“AutoCode AI — Kodérské oddělení nemocnice tráví hodiny ručním přepisem epikríz do kódů výkonů a materiálů pro pojišťovny. Chyby nebo opomenutí…”Stated need · Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — hospitals paying for ICZ's coding assistant, 2024 to 2026 (another site)The public contracts register shows Czech hospitals signing paid contracts for software that proposes diagnosis codes from the discharge report, from a pilot in 2024 to a tender purchase in February 2026.Contract ·

  • Hospitals already staff a coding department to read every report back into codes.hackjakbrno.czHack jak Brno 2026 — AutoCode AI, JINAG (another site)The South Moravian public-innovation agency states that a hospital coding department spends hours transcribing discharge summaries into procedure and material codes for insurers by hand, that errors and omissions cost money and overload staff, and asks for an AI that proposes the codes for a coder to validate.In the source’s words“AutoCode AI — Kodérské oddělení nemocnice tráví hodiny ručním přepisem epikríz do kódů výkonů a materiálů pro pojišťovny. Chyby nebo opomenutí znamenají finanční ztráty a přetížení personálu. Cílem je vyvinout AI”Stated need ·
  • Hospitals have paid for code-proposing software under signed contracts since 2024.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — hospitals paying for ICZ's coding assistant, 2024 to 2026 (another site)The public contracts register shows Czech hospitals signing paid contracts for software that proposes diagnosis codes from the discharge report, from a pilot in 2024 to a tender purchase in February 2026.Contract ·
  • A state call pays a hospital up to 28M CZK for documentation work.IROPirop.gov.czIROP call 79 — eHealth for transition regions, open to 2 December 2026 (~1.14bn CZK) (another site)The open state eHealth grant call funds how hospitals keep their medical documentation so it can be exchanged, shared, stored and interpreted — up to 28M CZK per provider — and its list of eligible applicants names Masarykův onkologický ústav, the institute that wrote two of the three asks.Subsidy ·

Per year

One purchase

Validated abroad

3/3 · Proven in 2+ markets

Both halves already sell as products: structured report templates from Germany, and code proposals from the report in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.2 sourcestvm-capital.comSmart Reporting (Jacobian) — EUR 23M Series C for structured reporting, Munich (another site)A Munich company founded by radiologists in 2014 sells structured, machine-readable radiology and pathology reporting to more than 16,000 physicians in over 90 countries, raised a EUR 23M Series C in April…Company abroad · id-berlin.deID Berlin — ID DIACOS coding software in more than 1,200 hospitals (another site)A Berlin company trading since 1985 whose coding software, with plausibility checks and rule-based code suggestions, runs in more than 1,200 hospitals in Germany, Austria and Switzerland — what the coding…Company abroad ·

Where it works: DE, US — operating markets: CA, AU, AT, CH — home market CZDECZUS
  1. Jacobian (another site)Based in GermanyAlso sells in United States, Canada, Australia
  2. Rad AI (another site)Based in United States
  3. ID Berlin (another site)Based in GermanyAlso sells in Austria, Switzerland
  4. Tiplu (another site)Based in Germany

Market gap

0/2 · Crowded

The coding half is taken: a Czech vendor has sold code proposals from the discharge report since 2023, and named hospitals pay for them.2 sourcesMarket checkiczgroup.comCzech clinical-documentation supply — three hospital-system vendors on the coding half (another site)A Czech-language sweep of who sells this here: Stapro, ICZ and Medicalc each sell or pilot one half of it inside their hospital systems; Datlowe, NEWTON Dictate and Carebot sell something adjacent; no vendor…Market check · Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — hospitals paying for ICZ's coding assistant, 2024 to 2026 (another site)The public contracts register shows Czech hospitals signing paid contracts for software that proposes diagnosis codes from the discharge report, from a pilot in 2024 to a tender purchase in February 2026.Contract ·

New, selling this: Medicalc (since 2026), STAPRO (AI asistent výkaznictví) (since 2026). Established, selling this: ICZ (Asistent vykazování AV(D)) (since 2023). New, selling something nearby: nobody on file. Established, selling something nearby: NEWTON Technologies (NEWTON Dictate) (since 2008), Datlowe (HAIDI) (since 2014), SEFIMA (since 2017), Carebot (since 2021).

Execution difficulty

0/3 · Very hard

Makes it easier

  • No licence is needed.
  • The templates sit inside the hospital's own software.
  • A state call already pays hospitals for documentation work.

Makes it harder

  • The buyers are public hospitals.
  • A pilot comes before the first invoice.

Suggested first moves

  1. Build the structured radiology report inside the hospital's own system, so the finding becomes data the moment the doctor types it.
  2. Take one named hospital through the open state call, and write its application as part of the deal.
  3. Do not sell the coding step on its own; charge for the report and the registry entry.