Two Decades Of Collaboration Between Medicine And Informatics

This editorial article outlines the origins, development and scientific mission of Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems on the occasion of its 20th anniversary. It reconstructs the historical context of early 21st-century Poland, when interdisciplinary collaboration between medicine, computer science and engineering was still uncommon and often meet with scepticism. The text describes the pioneering role of the Jagiellonian University Medical College and AGH University of Krakow in promoting biomedical informatics, cybernetics and biomedical engineering fields that would later become essential to modern healthcare. It also recounts the establishment of the journal in 2005 as a response to the lack of publication venues for interdisciplinary work combining bio-phenomena, technical sciences and medical applications. The article presents the journal’s contribution to shaping the newly emerging discipline of biomedical engineering in Poland, its early publishing philosophy, and its evolution through various editorial and publishing stages. Finally, the authors reflect on the journal’s legacy, emphasising the importance of interdisciplinary cooperation, technological innovation and ethical frameworks as prerequisites for scientific progress.